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The Intrepid Rogues Manual Of Deception (soft cover) by Atlas Brookings

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The Intrepid Rogues Manual Of Deception (soft cover) by Atlas BrookingsThe Intrepid Rogue's Manual of Deception is a new book by performing mentalist Atlas Brookings, and represents his first major work since Train Tracking. This book is full of helpful advice and brilliant effects to improve your magic. The Manual of Deception is 224 pages long and comprises 8 essays, one switch technique, and 14 effects. While he is known for his propless work, the majority of the material within encompasses some of his work with

The Intrepid Rogue's Manual of Deception is a new book by performing mentalist Atlas Brookings, and represents his first major work since Train Tracking. This book is full of helpful advice and brilliant effects to improve your magic.

The Manual of Deception is 224 pages long and comprises 8 essays, one switch technique, and 14 effects. While he is known for his propless work, the majority of the material within encompasses some of his work with props. The Hollywood Squares prop also ships with the book.

A brief outline of the contents is included below:

* You'll Never Find a More Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy...

This essay asks you to take a closer look at your goals within mentalism, encouraging you to use your analytical skills to determine who is best positioned to help you to achieve those goals as you select the path you'd like to follow. It offers a system for cutting through the hype and nonsense that so often surrounds creators. It outlines what I think are the four archetypes that we most often see within this subculture.

* Quinnfluence

A propless effect that can be used with a single participant or a crowd of hundreds. People are asked to think of random bits of information, which are subsequently easily revealed. This can be played either as mind reading or influence, and is a powerful technique that is always available to you.

* Gesticulate

An incredibly simple and deceptive, self-contained, one-handed billet switch -- the hand not in use never leaves the pocket.

* The Importance of Being Earnest...

An essay that asks you why you are drawn to mentalism, and examines the implications for success that your answer may have.

* The Lexi-Con

A compelling, three-phase routine in which three words are freely chosen by a participant -- two from a list and the third an entirely free choice. Yet, their words are the only words spelled out in a deck of alphabet cards.

* The Subtle Swindle

Formerly the Subtle Hustle (I was informed that this name was already in use elsewhere). An easy and propless means of winning or losing (your choice) at Rock, Paper, Scissors.

* The Untangled Web...

An essay that encourages the performer to consider how the audience perceives their performance, asking whether it is best to simplify and streamline presentations, and how to approach such a problem.

* High Five

An example of the principles above put into practice, High Five is a close-up effect using five numbered business cards. The participant selects a card at random for both the performer and themselves, and their choices are predicted, as is the five-digit number that they create.

* Imbalanced

An impromptu and propless murder mystery game in which the performer becomes a human lie detector and hunts the elusive killer.

* Hollywood Squares

A wonderful routine that involves an apparently innocent, yet gimmicked business card (supplied with the book). It allows the performer, working with up to three participants, to determine which different celebrities have been thought of by the participants.

* A Head Bloodied but Unbowed...

An essay that emphasizes the importance of developing and improving problem-solving skills, complete with an example from my personal working repertoire that allows dual reality to be performed in audiences of any size. This includes those who know one another well and corporate audiences -- all without any of the drawbacks typically associated with the method.

* Ariadne's Thread

A hands-off effect in which the performer gets the participant to randomly think of a number, deal out playing cards onto the table, remember the card at their number, and reveal that card with ease.

* Market Traitor

A game is played revolving around honesty and Wall Street. Envelopes containing stock picks made by anonymous 'whistleblowers' are laid down before four participants, who are then given a free choice of stocks to invest in. After three days of trading, the proceedings are called to a halt as the Securities and Exchange Commission (or FCO in the UK) arrests all four participants for insider trading. The prediction envelopes are opened, proving that, in each case, the anonymous whistleblower's information was correct.

* Wasting Time is Only Robbing Oneself...

An essay that examines the formula for finding the most direct route to accomplishing your effects, both in script and actions. Its goal is to help you remove dead time from your show, allowing you to establish and keep the pace moving.

* Don't Make a Mess of Your Message...

An essay discussing the benefit of conveying a message in your presentation, and how best to accomplish this.

* Choicest

Contained within the above essay, the workings of this Blackpool effect (filmed back in 2014) are explained along with the history and reasons behind embedding a message into an effect.

* White Out

A pseudo hypnosis effect in which a participant, apparently in a trance state, is able to select the match to a playing card chosen by another despite no one's knowing the card's identity (including the performer). Moreover, when shown the faces of the rest of the deck, they are blank to this participant despite the deck's being clearly visible to the audience.

* It's Still Snowing

A single-person version of the above effect, with an influence theme. A prediction is tabled before the card is even selected - and the participant selects from a face-up, fanned pack in which each card is demonstrably different. Still, the selected card matches the tabled prediction!

* CloudNine

A casual, conversational personality reading that ends with the performer revealing the day, month, and year of the participant's birth - despite apparently none of this information being communicated to the performer. The most common feedback I hear about this effect is that it is better than Isabella's Star, which is no small compliment indeed!

* What Will Your Verse Be...

An essay that deals with what is, in my opinion, the right way and the wrong way to contribute your ideas to the mentalism community, along with a marketing guideline for those seeking to establish and manage their brand.

* The Intrepid League of Super Villainy

A companion to my "think of a super hero" plot, along with the two-person presentation that makes this such an entertaining piece for the set of friends with whom you are working.

* One in the Chamber

An incredibly simple billet technique that can be applied to nearly any billet routine. Imagine a load, switch, and peek that are invisible. Your hands are shown clean throughout, and you never go to your pockets. This is my 'go to' move when performing a Q and A routine.

* It's a Traaaaaaaaaaap!!

A final word of advice to those who would like to chase their dreams and live life on their own terms. It is entirely possible, but you HAVE to know this one thing - and you have to take it to heart.
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Chelsea, US
★★★★★ 5
Spooky Middle Grade Book
Format: Hardcover
I cannot explain how excited I was to hear that Ash Van Otterloo was putting out another book. I was a big fan of Cattywampus and was very excited once I read the summary of this book. I requested and was granted an ARC copy of this book by Scholastic in exchange for a fair and honest review. I don’t think I have the exact words to express how much I adore this book. I’ve only recently discovered that as an adult I can actually enjoy middle grade books and this book has probably become one of my new all-time favorite books ever. One of the biggest things that I adored about this book is the characters. Tennie is an absolute sweetheart who is way to willing to give up and hide pieces of herself for the sake of keeping the peace. It’s sweet and heartbreaking at the same time. I also love towards the end when she gets some fire in her. Fox was also quite a character. They’re kind of a bit much at times, but they’re also aware of their faults. They know that they can forget things and that they might annoy their friends, but they also try to soothe things over. I honestly really liked them, and it was really nice to see a character using they/them pronouns so casually. The two characters had a really nice dynamic with each other. They grew close quickly, the way kids do, and delved into a ghost hunting adventure. It was honestly really cute and heartwarming to watch them grow closer. This also felt really good because of Tennie and her desire to always be the peacekeeper. She even considered being friends with Fox and exploring the forest together as her being “selfish”. I just really loved it and their interactions made me so happy. It wasn’t always great, but it just gave me so much joy and I was constantly smiling. I did not expect to love the atmosphere that was created in this book. It was sufficiently spooky without being necessarily scary. It worked really well in the town of Howler’s Hollow. Howler’s Hollow is a town in the rural south, somewhere that’s not always popular with the LGBTQ+ community. The thing is, I don’t know if this book would have worked as well in other locations. It’s one of those towns where everyone seems to know everyone. It appears to be relatively close-knit, even if the people don’t always get on, and it has a great forest. The forest allows the atmosphere to be appropriately creepy while the people in the town add a source of information for Tennie and Fox. It was also built up very well and created an atmosphere that led to a great payoff at the end. I cannot fully encapsulate everything that I love about this book, but I will recommend it to everyone who asks. This book is fun and whimsical with a dark edge and serious topics that need to be explored. It might hurt at times when things are discussed, but it has a happy ending.
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Midnight Library
Dallas, US
★★★★★ 5
Magic, Mayhem, Ghosts and First Love!
Format: Hardcover
This book has it all: amazing Halloween feels, magic gone awry, ghosts wreaking havoc, family secrets, and even a delightful first crush! As a middle child, Tennie thinks it's her job to keep her big, rambunctious family in order, but she could really use a break. So she's thrilled when she gets the chance to stay with her grandma, away from all the family chaos, but that changes when she accidentally unleashes a whole host of restless spirits. And what's more, those spirits have something to tell her about grandma's mysterious new boyfriend, a secret that might upend everything she knows about her family and their beloved mountain home. This book is teeming with beautiful odes to nature and delightfully folksy language that draws readers into the cozy, bucolic Appalachian setting. The friendship and budding romance between Tennie and Fox shines off the page, and readers will experience all of the tingles, speed bumps and awkwardness of a first crush. Van Otterloo weaves a poignant tale about families going through tough times but ultimately finding hope and strength in each other, and, of course, it's all suffused with a delightful dose of oh-so-cozy magic. Layered alongside the family tale is an important storyline about protecting nature and valuing the "small" lives of country folk, which we can see by the end of the story are anything but small.
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Kristiana Sfirlea
Birmingham, US
★★★★★ 5
Folksy, spooky, downright darling
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Oh my goodness, this book. Ash Van Otterloo is quickly becoming one of my insta-read authors. Their folksy, spooky, downright darling stories are such a joy to read! A TOUCH OF RUCKUS was magnificent. I adored Tennie and Fox's relationship, the ghosts were creepy as heck, and the setting of a small, mountain-side town was as charming as ever. If I could eat pizza, I would have taken a bookstagram pic with it and this book! Boy, did it make me hungry!! 🍕
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Bayymae
Belleville, US
★★★★★ 5
Amazing book!!
Format: Kindle
Ash Van Otterloo is one of my absolute favorite middle grade authors. Their voice is so beautiful and full of heart and I always find myself quickly lost in their books. I absolutely adored everything about these characters and this story. I can’t wait to read whatever Ash Van Otterloo writes next!
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Entertaining for 1-3 year olds
Format: Hardcover
My 2.5 year old son loves this book and has been quite entertained by it for a while. The illustrations are very nice and it conveys enough information that he will probably continue to be entertained by it for a while
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