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		<title>Great magic books</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can you recommend some good, general books on magic? Presto has quite a library of magic tomes. Some of his favorites are: Card Collage. A tapestry of divergent magic techniques all thrown together in an attractive way. The Barbell Course in Magic. A huge, multivolume overview of the entire magic profession, bound in sheets of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Can you recommend some good, general books on magic?</p></blockquote>
<p>Presto has quite a library of magic tomes. Some of his  favorites are:</p>
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<li><em>Card Collage.</em> A  tapestry of divergent magic techniques all thrown together in an attractive  way.</li>
<li><em>The Barbell Course in  Magic.</em> A huge, multivolume overview of the entire magic profession, bound in sheets of lead so that you can build up your arms while you build up your knowledge.</li>
<li><em>Ant Man&#8217;s Complete  One Ant Mental and Psychic Routine.</em> A complete routine, absolutely  timeless, and as classic as the super hero who wrote it.</li>
<li><em>The Expert with a  Card Table.</em> A classic treatise on magic that can be done anywhere, any time,  with just a deck of cards and a folding table.</li>
<li><em>The Royale Road to  Magic:</em> Another classic, this one named after what they call a hamburger in  France.</li>
<li><em>A Magician Among  Spirits.</em> How you, too, can see magical things if you just drink enough.</li>
<li><em>Art of  Astonishment.</em> Three volumes of innovative (and, sometimes, weirdly rambling) magic by some guy named Art who seems to think that everything in his house is a magic prop.</li>
<li><em>101 Tricks with a  Stripper.</em> A treatise on effects that are particularly appropriate for stag  parties.</li>
<li><em>The Encyclopedia of  Cards for Tricks.</em> An exhaustive discussion of all aspects of each card in a deck, starting with the ace of spades and working its way through the king of diamonds in just under 700 pages.</li>
<li><em>13 Steps to a  Migraine.</em> The #1 book on mentalism, with a focus on heavy, brain-numbing  memorization.</li>
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