Unexpected Agenda by Roberto Giobbi

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Roberto Giobbi is one of the most acclaimed authors of magic literature. His Card College series is an absolute classic, as are his other publications. Unexpected Agenda follows the style of the previously published Secret Agenda and Hidden Agenda books.

Unexpected Agenda contains 365 articles, one for each day of the year. So you can take a few minutes each day to read and learn something new or improve what you are already doing.

The book covers effects, techniques, performance, history, and fun facts related to magic. So what can you read?

Discover...

• ... how the quality control for a fountain pen leads to a detailed check for a new deck, and how to break-in a new deck, preparing it for professional use.
• ... how a game played by the surrealists inspires a presentation for a trick.
• ... amusing anecdotes that conceal great wisdom between the lines.
• ... how professionals get rid of stage fright in a twelve-point program.

Read about...

• ... practical solutions to problems from the Dr. Daley's Notebooks.
• ... the professional advice Fred Kaps sends from Heaven.
• ... answers to questions you haven't even thought of asking, but are fundamental.
• ... seven strategies that will allow you to come up with your own original presentations.
• ... Stanley Jak's favorite card trick described in an unpublished private letter.
• ... how you can make an impromptu Himber "Wallet" from an ordinary paper napkin.

Find out...

• ... how to do Mel Stover's "Days of Force" with an emotional hook.
• ... what criteria to apply when buying a new deck of cards?
• ... how card experts break in a new deck of cards?
• ... professional advice on signing cards (why, how, when, and when not).
• ... how an idea from the Biedermeier period led to a Transparent Card you will use.
• ... what Dai Vernon considered the best close-up trick for laypeople.
• ... what Roberto Giobbi's favorite magic books and non-magic books are, and why.
• ... how you can turn the famous "Seventeen Camels Problem" into an entertaining card trick.

Learn...

• ... ten more ways of using a wallet than producing a signed card from it.
• ... five ruses of using a Key Card you have never heard of before.
• ... how to enhance any prediction effect by using an ancient Japanese idea.
• ... how to read magic books and watch videos efficiently.
• ... how to make notes that you will later find when sourcing for solutions.
• ... nine original ways to have a card thought of (instead of saying, "Think of a card").
• ... half a dozen original deck switches that do not require any sleight-of-hand
• ... novel ways of forcing a card with absolutely natural procedures.
• ... a few cool new tricks – not only with cards.
• ... to do a new Pass that you can do after only a few hours practice.