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by **DenmarkKilo** » May 27th, '11, 13:32

I would say it's marginally unfair as my magic shelf is not within arm's reach when I'm home, and I'm currently at the Mother's house, in a room devoid of any reading material.

The books I brought with me:
Expert at the Card Table (S W Erdnase)
The Paper Engine (Aaron Fisher)

Other reading stuff near me:
The 4 Hour Work Week (Tim Ferriss)
Edge (June 2011 edition)
Manual for Halo Reach.

If I were to include DVDs then I have The Master Pushoff, Welcome to the Firm, a PK Ring one and Attack/Return of the Bag, but they don't count.

I'll post a better one when I'm actually at home...

by **Lawrence** » May 27th, '11, 13:36

At this desk I have:

VAT training books
Agresso / P2P manuals.
AAT course
A s*** load of invoices.

I am at work though.

by **mrz0mbie** » May 27th, '11, 15:20

My book shelves are all behind me so just looking in front of me at arms reach I have;

The Charlatan's Handbook - Pretty big book so its actually on the floor next to my computer desk

Reality is Plastic, and the little bible version of Expert at the Card table from conjuring arts that lives on my desk looking classy

by **nickmadsen** » May 27th, '11, 16:10

Corinda - 13 Steps
Annemann - Practical Mental Magic
Ken Weber - Maximum Entertainment.
Derren Brown - Tricks of the Mind
Bobo's Modern Coin Magic
Scarne's Magic Tricks
Paul Harris - Art of Astonishment 1,2,3

I need some more books

by **Barefoot Boy** » May 27th, '11, 21:13

Practical Mental Effects
Tarbell Course 1-8
Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy
Theatre of the Mind: Act Two and Act One
The Psychology of the Psychic
PRISM
Strong Magic
Expert card Technique
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
13 Steps to Mentalism
The Little Prince
Boy's Life by Robert McCammon
The Vernon Touch
Amazing World of Kreskin
Dunninger's Secrets
Encylopedia of Magic and Magicians
Flim-Flam
Designing Miracles
Life and Times of a Legend: Annemann
Stunners
Seance
Spirit Theatre
Handbook of Mental Magic
Spellbound
Psychology of the Psychic
Chan Canasta-A Remarkable Man
Hiding The Elephant
Complete Guide To Memory Mastery
Mind, Myth & Magick
Mentalism, Inc.
Al Koran's Legacy
Encyclopedia of Mentalism
Paramiracles
My Best
Boy's Life (Hardcover)
The Faith Healers
The Master Magicians
Harry Lorayne's Magic Book
Complete Syzygy
The New Jinx
The Art of Mentalism
Fogel: In Search of the Sensational

by **TonyB** » May 27th, '11, 23:33

I am amazed at how many of you are surrounded by magic books. I have enough, but my reading tends to veer off magic. Right now I can see:
Three Envelope Test by Alexander Marsh,
Hostage, Robert Cross,
Blood's A Rover, James Ellroy
Artful Mentalism, Bob Cassidy
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, Betty Edwards
More twisted, Jeffrey Deaver
How to Make A Fortune on the Internet
The Devil in the Red Dress
Cocaine Wars,
Present with Impact and Confidence
Easy magic tricks
Captain of Rome
Trainspotting
Foucault's Pendulum
Murder in Shandy Hall
The Little Friend, Donna Tartt
Candle Moth, RJ Ellory
Paranormality, Richard Wiseman
How to Fossilise your Hamster
Several issues of National Geographic
A dozen or more kids books from my son and daughter
Captain Francis Frazier - Last man standing
Silks, Dick Francis
Art - The Definitive Visual Guide
Runes with a View, Black Hart
Several boxing magazines.
That's without turning to the boxes behind me. Most of my books are boxed because I am between houses.

by **Rufio** » May 28th, '11, 01:18

A favourite book on my shelf has to be Archbold Criminal Pleading Evidence and Practice: it is a large, serious-looking, red leather bound book that has been useful for pressing down on playing card gimmicks.

by **Lord Freddie** » May 28th, '11, 09:10

The Mammoth Book of True Hauntings
50 Years of Carry On
The Golden Bough
The Lore of the Land
Mind Myth and Magick
The Witches of Warboys
London Lore
The True History of the Elephant Man
Tarbell 1-8
A New History of Witchcraft
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
Paramiracles
De Souza's Deceptions
Psychological Subtleties 1&2
Mind Fluff
Maleficium
Monsters and Magical Sticks
Books of Wonder 1&2
Art of Astonishment
Aleister Crowley and the Ouija Board
The Paranormal Entertainer
The Book of English Magic
Whatshisname - The Life and Death of Charles Hawtrey
Art - The Definitive Guide
A grim almanac of Old Berkshire
The Words and Music of Frank Zappa
Table Rappers
Malleus Maleficium
The Discovery of Witchcraft

And that's a quick glance around...

by **ace of kev** » May 28th, '11, 13:10

Neurology
Prevention and Management of Dental Caries in Children
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
Oxford medical dictionary
James patterson - run for your life
God delusion
American psycho
The Student Cookbook
Gordon Brown - Beyond the Crash (Signed I'll have you know

)
Expert card technique
Eats, shoots & leaves
Confessions of a conjuror
Carter beats the devil - Glen David Gold

Plus in the bog I have 13 steps and Annemann. Flip open to a random page and start reading. Thats where the best ideas come from!

Kev

by **Pickman** » May 28th, '11, 13:29

I have a few on the sofa next to the laptop:

The Secrets of Brother John Hamman - Richard Kaufman
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
World's Deadliest Fighting Secrets - Count Dante

I also have a couple of small piles along side the sofa:

Impossibilia - John Bannon
Smoke and Mirrors - John Bannon
Slade in Flame - John Pidgeon
Bound To Please - Simon Aronson
Paramiracles - Ted Lesley
Malini and his Magic - Dai Vernon
Magician's Arsenal (self defence with magic techniques) - Lee Scott

Master Mentality - Stanton Carlisle
The Close up Magic of Aldo Colombini
The Georgia Wonder - Barry H Wiley
Art of Astonishment volume 3 - Paul Harris (I have all three, the other two are upstairs)
Bob Ostin: A lifetime of Magical inventions - Stephen Tucker
Art of Eddie Joseph - Hugh Miller
Miracle Material - Michael Kaminskas

by **TonyB** » May 28th, '11, 19:17

Guys, there aren't enough cheap thrillers on any of the lists. As a guy who hopes to make a living on formulaic rubbish, this concerns me.

by **Ant** » May 28th, '11, 20:07

There are two bookcases in my study so too many;

Royal Road to Card Magic
Tricks of the Mind
Confessions of a Conjurer
Psychology For Dummies
Quirkology
A thin blue booklet which I think is 202 Methods of Forcing (cannot be bothered to stand and check)
Modern Coin Magic
Psychological Subtleties
7 Deceptions
The Magicians Tables
On Deception
PRISM
13 Steps to Mentalism
Self Working Mentalism
Naked Mentalism
7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Predictably Irrational
Building Blocks
Hypnotherapy for Dummies
An edition of 'Majoke' magazine
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Mindfreak

That's all I can see on the top shelf between various soft toys my wife appears to have placed there.

The next shelf is largely biographies, next shelf is largely financial books, then (just for Tony) ficition, then the bottom shelf are mostly medical books.

On the other bookcase the top shelf is all chick lit followed by a shelf of classics, DVD's below that for two shelves then cookery books.

To list them all individually would take too long.

by **Randy** » May 29th, '11, 03:47

Skeleton Key
two books on the Dresden Files that i haven't gotten around to reading in ages.
Lonely Planet: Europe on a Shoestring budget
Lonely Planet: Europe.

A bunch of magic books that I put away in my closet.

by **SamGurney** » May 30th, '11, 19:06

Talking of formulaic rubbish, Tony will be pleased to find out that went buying cheap books on Saturday and I have acquired some books by Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte. I did get some good books aswell though, you'll be distressed to discover.

Is what Ace of Kev said even legal on this forum? Corinda in the bog, dear lord!

by **Mandrake** » May 30th, '11, 19:15

SamGurney wrote:Corinda in the bog, dear lord!

Merely reading at your own convenience...

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