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5 reviews
Robert Mandelberg

Sterling, 2005

Best buy for the money.
I have just finished reading Robert Mandelberg's Easy Mind-Reading Tricks and, as there are no reviews posted, I would like to air my thoughts. I have been actively involved in magic and mentalism for over 40 years, and I have read much of the published literature in the area. For the average amateur, I firmly believe this book is the best, and most reasonably priced, source of material I have ...

Tricks With Dollar Bills: Another Way to Make Your Money Disappear
Robert Mandelberg

Sterling, 2006

Got a dollar? Then you've got all it takes to astound friends and co-workers, and maybe even win a friendly wager or two! Well, that and this collection of more than two dozen incredible tricks that can be performed using everyday legal tender. Some of the tricks involve simple sleight of hand while others challenge both the audience's knowledge and powers of observation. Photographs and diagrams show the manipulations required to perform the ...

Mind-Reading Card Tricks

1 review
Robert Mandelberg

Sterling, 2004

Made me an expert at ESP (Extra Special Performances!)
I am an overgrown kid (37 years old) and I've always been tinkering with card tricks of one sort or another. Recently, I've become interested in doing them again for friends and family. I bought a few card trick books, and they all had some pretty good tricks, but this book has got a few that'll rattle some brains for your unsuspecting audience (be it one person or 100 people!) Mr. ...

Whodunit Puzzles: Brainteasers from Riddle Middle School (Puzzles)

1 review
Robert Mandelberg

Sterling, 2006

Classic puzzles repackaged in a delightful way
There are serious problems at the Riddle Middle School. The principal has suspended over 150 eighth graders and in retaliation, someone has stolen the mid-term exams. In an extortion note, they promise to give the exams back if the suspensions are lifted. Principal Graham Marshall is furious and will not under any circumstances rescind the suspensions. He calls together a staff meeting and ...

The Case of the Curious Campaign: A Whodunit of Many Mini-Mysteries

1 review
Robert Mandelberg

Sterling, 2003

Be prepared to groan over the jokes.
This is a book of puzzles based on a mayoral race in what appears to be a small town. There are two candidates, the current Mayor Hugh Ever and Quentin Milestone, former childhood friends who are now bitter political rivals. The story is presented using a few pages of text followed by simple puzzles in logic and deduction, based on what has just occurred. In most cases, you have been given all ...

Mystifying Mind Reading Tricks

5 reviews
Robert Mandelberg

Topeka Bindery, 2002

Truly an excellent book
I have read through the many pages of countless magic books only to find myself frustrated with the lack of high impact, hard-to-figure-out tricks. This book, however, was different. A few minutes after reading the first couple of pages I decided to try what I just learned of some of my friends. I blew them away, and they told me I should quit my job and start performing in Las Vegas. If you ...