Tom Adams

A Miscellany of Mischief and Magic

Discover History's Best Hoaxes, Hijinks, Tricks, and Illusions
Illustrator: Floyd, Jasmine

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Produktbeschreibung

A Miscellany of Mischief and Magic is a compendium of history's best hoaxes, hijinks, tricks and illusions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wide Eyed Editions
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Altersempfehlung: 7 bis 11 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 310mm x 254mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9780711280595
• ISBN-10: 0711280592
• Artikelnr.: 67293008

Autorenporträt

Tom Adams is an award-winning television producer and author. He was born in Yorkshire but now lives in Kent, UK. With a science background, he was inspired to turn his hand to writing children’s books once his eldest son, then 5, started asking questions about how the world worked. He won the Society of Authors/ ALCS Award for Educational Writing for his book Molecule Mayhem.

Inhaltsangabe

Welcome to a World of Mischief and Magic
ICONIC ILLUSIONS
Sawing a Lady in Half
Pulling a Rabbit from a Hat
Levitation
TRY YOUR OWN TRICKS: Incredible Prediction
HISTORICAL HOAXES
Warfare is Never Fair
Pranks on the Public
The Cardiff Giant
TRY YOUR OWN TRICKS: The Homegrown Hoax
THE GREAT ILLUSIONISTS
The Pioneers
The Showstoppers
The Game Changers
TRY YOUR OWN TRICKS: The Rising Card Trick
NOTORIOUS PRANKSTERS
In for a Penny
Mischief with a Message
TV Tricksters
TRY YOUR OWN TRICKS: Pranking Friends
SCIENCE SCAMS
All that Glitters isn’t Gold
Would you Believe it?
CLEVER DISGUISES
Dressing the Part
The Good, the Bad, and the Beardy
TRY YOUR OWN TRICKS: The Disguise
Made-up Monsters and Myths
Hoaxes from Space
Alien Conspiracy
Psychic Frauds
Made-up People
April Fools’
TRICKSTER’S TOOLKIT
THE BIG REVEAL