We offer a Price Match Guarantee, and QuickQuote form, to make purchasing quick and easy. Unlike Amazon and other retailers who may also offer Fooling Houdini (Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks, and the Hidden Powers of the Mind) books on their website, we specialize in large quantities and provide personal service, from trusted, experienced, friendly people in Portland, Oregon. ![]() ![]() All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days. This book title, Fooling Houdini (Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks, and the Hidden Powers of the Mind), ISBN: 9780061766220, by Alex Stone, published by HarperCollins (June 11, 2013) is available in paperback. By investing some of the lesser-known corners of psychology, neuroscience, physics, history, and even crime, all through the lens of trickery and illusion, Fooling Houdini arrives at a host of startling revelations about how the mind works-and why, sometimes, it doesn’t. ![]() From the back rooms of New York City’s age-old magic societies to cutting-edge psychology labs, three-card monte games on Canal Street to glossy Las Vegas casinos, Fooling Houdini recounts Alex Stone’s quest to join the ranks of master magicians.Īs he navigates this quirky and occasionally hilarious subculture populated by brilliant eccentrics, Stone pulls back the curtain on a community shrouded in secrecy, fueled by obsession and brilliance, and organized around one overriding need: to prove one’s worth by deceiving others.īut his journey is more than a tale of tricks, gigs, and geeks. 'Fooling Houdini is an eye-opening, irresistible journey into the world of magic. But thats what may well happen when you finish reading Fooling Houdini: Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks, and the Hidden Powers of the Mind, by Alex Stone.
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