"The warning, "You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover" is a lie because if a book has Denis Behr's name on the cover you can be sure it is well-written and filled with card magic that will delight your mind, your hands, your heart and your audiences." - Michael Weber
Contents vol. 1 (90 pages):
Foreword by Pit Hartling
Introduction
Brute Force Opening
An opener that does its job: Knocking the spectators out with three rapid-fire effects in no time.
Plop
Control any four-of-a-kind without looking at the faces of the cards.
The Culling Procedure
Plop — The Effect
A Trick for Allen Kennedy
One of the cleanest Center Deal demonstrations
Magic Monthly
A strong two-phase four-of-a-kind production with an emotional hook that is a real workhorse.
Finding The Way Home
The concepts and ideas in this section will change your stack-work and make it much more deceptive.
Possible strategies for rearranging cards systematically
"The Tantalizer"
Way into "The Tantalizer"
Packet Trick
Red-Black Division into Stack
Liebenow's Card Peelin
A Gambling Demonstration
An easy gambling routine that can be followed by anybody — interested in gambling or not.
Oil & Water
A real laymen pleaser. Try this routine and you'll want to keep it in your repertoire forever.
Oil & Water Finale
Contents vol. 2 (90 pages):
Foreword by Stephen Minch
Introduction
The Green Card
A surreal effect involving a signed card and a prediction in full view.
Two More Tricks for Allen Kennedy
Practical center deal demonstrations that look exactly like the real thing.
The First Routine (Pit Hartling & Denis Behr)
The Second Routine
Home Again
Further concepts and ideas for stacked deck work, expanding on the work in the previous book.
Chaotic Chaos Cut
The Plop Replacement
"Shuffling Lesson" into a Partial Stack
Messy — The Director's Shuffle (Pit Hartling & Denis Behr)
Probably the most convicing Triumph routine that you will find.
With a Stack
Stop It
The spectator repeatedly stops at predicted cards. Afterwards he will join your religion.
Further Thoughts on the Half Forcing Deck
Shuffled ACAAN
"Any Card at Any Number" with a deck shuffled by the spectator
A Palm-to-Palm Transfer
Optional Addition: Cemented ACAAN
Suit Surprise
A professional Suit Appearance routine.
Herbert — The Trained Rubber Band
Beware — Herbert will steal your show!
Epilogue
Bibliography
Contents vol. 3 (90 pages):
Foreword by David Williamson
Introduction
Routined Arith-Mate-ic
An ingenious Elmsley principle is reworked into an astonishing three-phase routine.
Set-Up from Tamariz Stack
Extended Gambling Demonstration
You want to be able to do anything with a deck of cards? Your audience will believe it after this routine.
Mating Season
A multi-phase mating extravaganza! The finale will melt the spectators's brains. Beware.
Getting into Power Stack from Tamariz Stack
The Dark Force
The choice couldn't be more free. Or so it seems.
On the Bottom Deal
A Bottom Deal that permits dry hands and a worn deck. It should be in anyone's toolbox.
Mr. Luckiest
If you want to play cards with anyone in the future, then you better never perform this routine.
Managing the Palm
Chair Holdout
Photographic Memory
Memorize a shuffled deck in a flash, and then prove it.
The Overhand Shuffle of the Deck
The More the Merrier
A strategy for more convincing multiple selection routines.
Haunted Herbert
The most popular rubber band on the planet learned a new trick!
Tabled Handling
In-the-Hands Handling
Epilogue
Bibliography
