How To Pick Pockets For Fun And Profit

In this book you will discover the secrets of picking pockets for entertainment purposes. Written by a professional magician, the techniques are based on elementary principles of misdirection and sleight-of-hand, which can be easily learned by anyone. Anything that can be carried in a person’s pocket can be secretly removed. This book will show you how. You will be able to remove objects from people’s pockets while talking to them and even up on a stage while a thousand eyes are watching you. You will amaze everybody! You will also learn how to remove wristwatches and articles of clothing without being detected. Many excellent effects for magicians. Produces great comedy. Imagine the expressions on the faces of the audience, and your victim, when you remove his boxer shorts! Great stuff!

A treatise on the fundamental principle, theory, and practice of picking pockets for magicians. For entertainment purposes only! Removing objects from an audience member is a staple in magic acts, and here magician Eddie Joseph provides the basics of various pickpocket maneuvers (coat pockets, hip pockets, watches, and more). Practice, practice, and don't get caught . . .

While examining its neuro-cognitive hardware, psychology usually ignores the socio-cognitive software underlying human attention. Yet although it is nature that equips us with our sense organs, it is nevertheless society that shapes the way we actually use them. The book explores the social underpinnings of attention, the way in which we focus our attention (and thereby notice and ignore things) not just as individuals and as humans but also as social beings, members of particular communities with specific traditions and conventions of attending to certain parts of reality while ignoring others.

The Fourth Edition has full-color photos and drawings throughout. Known as the "Bible of Clowning" by professional clowns, this fun-filled book goes beyond merely explaining how to perform the physical skills, it teaches the reader how to use these skills creatively to become funny and entertaining. Drawing from the combined experience and talents of eight professional entertainers and respected authors, this book provides step-by-step instructions on everything from juggling to makeup, and being funny, to setting up and operating a home-based entertainment business.Includes information on comedy magic, stiltwalking and unicycling, balloon sculpting, funny juggling, fun with puppets, silly music, balancing buffoonery, mine and physical comedy, makeup and wardrobe, developing a lovable character, controlling an audience, creative use of props, how to create funny routines and gags, how to be a good comedian, and how to make a successful living as a children's entertainer."More than balloon tying and makeup tips, this tutorial teaches the practical and business aspects of the clowning profession...The eight authors, all experts in the field, explain the how-to's of juggling, puppetry, slapstick, magic, joke telling and stiltwalking. Even for those not aspiring to clown stardom or planning to set up their own entertainment business, this volume can be useful as a source for planning a party or special school event."-Booklist, American Library Association"The strengths of the book lie in the detailed, comprehensive coverage of the topic, the inclusion of many ideas and examples, and the emphasis on in-depth understanding of the process involved in creation of character and comic routine."-School Library Journal"It's an excellent book, for both beginner and advanced clown. I have recommended it to my local clown groups and my beginning class at Purdue."-Janet Tucker, President, World Clown Association"An excellent reference...outstanding book and I would rate it as a five red clown nose book."-Lee Mullally, Education Director, World Clown Association"Creative Clowning-the name says it! And the book shows the creativeness of its authors, and the ability to insert that same creativeness in its readers. Sit back, enjoy, learn, and truly become a creative clown."-Aye Jaye, world famous clown and magician"I would recommend the 223 page book to any clown, beginner or professional. It is the most complete book on clowning to date...it is factual, informative and will become the reference book on clowning for the foreseeable future...the best on the market." -Jim Russell, Clowning Around magazine"An excellent book...If you're not funnier after reading this book, you're hopeless."-The Book Reader "Magicians have the Tarbell Course of Magic and now, at last, clowns have a source in the same caliber. It doesn't matter if you have been a clown for an hour or for years, you can learn and benefit from this book. I cannot say enough about this book but "Thanks" and my future audiences would definitely say "Thanks" for your contribution to the future development of laughter!"-Charles G. Martin, professional clown and magician"Provides oodles of information on everything from funny juggling and performing miracles to handling troublemakers and putting on clown makeup...It could definitely be used as a textbook in clown school, but it could just as well be read by anyone who is interested in comedy in general...the writing in this book is clear and simple and hence, very entertaining...For those who are considering a career in clowndom, this book is a must For those who just want to have a good time reading about this most happy of careers, this book is also a must."-Nashua Telegraph

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Soon to be a Hulu Original series • The internationally acclaimed author of Wild collects the best of The Rumpus's Dear Sugar advice columns plus never-before-published pieces. Rich with humor and insight—and absolute honesty—this "wise and compassionate" (New York Times Book Review) book is a balm for everything life throws our way. Life can be hard: your lover cheats on you; you lose a family member; you can’t pay the bills—and it can be great: you’ve had the hottest sex of your life; you get that plum job; you muster the courage to write your novel. Sugar—the once-anonymous online columnist at The Rumpus, now revealed as Cheryl Strayed, author of the bestselling memoir Wild—is the person thousands turn to for advice.

Have you ever had the urge to balance a pool cue on the end of your nose or manipulate a spinning ball at the end of your finger? Until now such feats have been confined to jugglers, basketball players, and other dexterously talented individuals. Did you know that many seemingly difficult balancing tricks are amazingly simple to do? Yes, even the coordinately challenged individual can master many seemingly difficult feats of balancing—if they know the professional secrets. This book reveals the methods used by world famous jugglers which allows them to balance everything from spinning balls to chain saws and full-sized bicycles. You will find step-by-step instructions on how to balance, balls, canes, plates, and various other objects. Many of the tricks are surprisingly simple to learn, others will take some time to master. Includes chapters on balancing odd-shaped objects, showmanship, and novelty and comedy balancing.

Professional methods and techniques for information and intelligence gathering... now revealed for you to use. Now you can find out anything you want to know about anyone you want to know about! Satisfy your need to know with these revealing professional manuals on investigation, crime and police sciences. "It's all here, from the two-finger sang to 'reefing' (a method that utilizes the mark's pocket lining)". -- Reflex If you wonder how someone can get inside your pockets without your knowing, then get inside this book. You'll learn all the techniques of the pickpocket: how they guess which pocket holds the loot, the grab and run, the finesse lift, cutting the pockets, how they use accomplices, how they can steal a watch right off the wrist. Learn how the pros get into your clothes, and what you can do to protect yourself.