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Having a brief look around "the Works today I found two great book. If you are like me and have a addiction to purchasing anything to do with magic especially books this is great.

Practical Magic by Nigel Anderson

Tommy Coopers Mirth Magic and Mischief by John Fisher

Practical Magic is 8 books in one and covers a wade variety of tricks. It would be great for a beginner and includes scripts for the effects. It is a ring binder with a comb binder instead of the rings if you know what I mean.
The flexible pencil
Ghost pencil
Impossible knot spoon levitation real spoon levitation
Kissing cards rubber band surprise
Knotting rings
Coin book
Number predictions
House of Cards Hotel
Jackpot Poker
Colour Spectrum
ESP
Lost and Found Card
Broken Toothpick
Vanishing toothpick
Instant Knot
Not a knot
Pencil paddle move
French drop
Confetti in my pocket
How to peek at a card
Key Cards
Police Interrogator
Pulse detection
Coin from anywhere
Invisible coin
Invisible coin gift
sponge ball through table
splitting the atom
Sponge ball countdown
Instant silk streamer
Lucky silk streamer
Coin Story
Cut and restored rope
Slip cutting to four ace
Four Ace assembly
cut and restored naplin
Svengali deck
Cups and balls
Rabbit from hat
Coin through Silk
Silk vanish
Sponge ball routine - Phase 1
Sponge ball routine - Phase 2
Bannana Prediction
Named card
Crazy mans handcuffs
Crazy mans handcuffs with spectator
Rubber band meltdown
Professors nightmare
Magic square
Coin Matrix
Real mind reading
Tea cup gag
Rising card
Bouncing apple
Levitating cup
Cup crunch
Back Palm Vanish
Pencil in nose
Correct card gag
52 card gag
Human Levitation

£4.99 Bargain

The Tommy Cooper book is great it features many of his one liners, effects and practical jokes. The list is to long to put here but at £4.99 it is an excellent hardback book.

awesome, thanks for the heads up!

you can also get a few magic tricks on their website: https://www.theworks.co.uk/search.asp?k ... ic&x=0&y=0

and here's a direct link to the practical magic book: https://www.theworks.co.uk/product.asp?cid=&pid=8726

Also mentioned at http://www.talkmagic.co.uk/ftopic35918-0-asc-0.php - but the photo of the book's disappeared !

I have practical magic and tried "triple treat" at a party (I did dress it up quite a bit) and it got better reactions than many of the effects I do! It is now one of my first choices for impromptu card magic. Try it out, it will surprise you!

I love the Works, I've found countless little gems in there.

The Tommy Cooper book is the best book but they don't seem to have it on the web site

My 'practical magic' book/binder arrived today - looks great, packed with simple and classic tricks and techniques.

Thanks again for the heads up. It was well worth a fiver.