Renowned mystery author Arthur Conan Doyle and famous illusionist Harry Houdini first met in 1920, during the magician's tour of England. At the time, Conan Doyle had given up his lucrative writing career, killing off Sherlock Holmes in the process, in order to concentrate on his increasingly manic [...]
Enhanced with illustrations, this biography offers middle readers a look at the life-and-times of this celebrated magician, escape artist, pilot, and movie star. Simultaneous.[...]
Aspiring illusionists can learn from one of the world's greatest magicians with this facsimile of a 1922 book by Harry Houdini. The master sleight-of-hand artist explains how to use the simplest of props ? sheets of paper ? to completely captivate audiences. Houdini's easy-to-follow directions, many[...]
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Find out how a little boy named Ehrich Weiss became Harry Houdini -- the greatest magician the world has ever known[...]
New York City in 1897 and young Harry Houdini is struggling to make it in the brutal entertainment business, when detectives call on him to attempt the most amazing feat of his fledgling career: solve the mystery of a toy tycoon murdered in his posh Fifth Avenue mansion. It's a challenge which Harry[...]
Struggling young performer Harry Houdini is working for the renowned Kellar "Dean of American Magicians" in turn-of the-century New York. When his master's astonishing illusion the Floating Lady goes horribly wrong, Houdini, along with his wife Bess and brother Dash, must solve the deadly conundrum [...]
The Great Harry Houdini is still struggling to make a name for himself in turn-of-the-century New York. He sees an opportunity for glory in exposing the tricks of the medium Lucius Craig - if only he can work out how the medium managed to conjure a "spirit" while tied to a chair by Houdini himself o[...]
The world's most famous detective meets the world's most famous magician...and death ensues! Famed sleuth Sherlock Holmes and brash showman Harry Houdinimust combine forces to defeat a mysterious mystic dedicated to destroyingHoudini's career and killing anyone who gets in his way. Written by Anthon[...]
One of the most intriguing and recognized figures of the twentieth century conducts a masterclass in subversion
Part expose, part instruction manual, "The Right Way to Do Wrong" features history's most famous illusionist revealing the methods of deception involved in everything from burglary, to[...]
On Deception presents the highlights of Houdini's writings on illusions, revealing him to have been a remarkably prescient champion of rationalism and an ardent opponent of the duping of susceptible individuals. Throughout his life, the world's most famous escapologist strove to expose the methods [...]
This is the life story of Ehrich Weiss. If you don't recognise this man's name, that is because the world came to know him as the one and only Harry Houdini. George Bernard Shaw once remarked that Harry Houdini is the third most famous name in history after Jesus Christ and Sherlock Holmes. While th[...]
Den legendariske utbrytarkungen Harry Houdinis avslöjande bok om brottslingars arbetsmetoder: Hur tjuvar gör och tänker.
Boken skrevs 1906 och vissa saker i den känns kanske lite avlägsna, men det märkliga är att det mesta i den känns helt aktuellt. Tjuvarna var sluga redan d[...]