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Magical: How Magic and its Star Performers Transformed the Entertainment Economy

Author : Bharat Rao
Publisher : Bharat Rao
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Magical: How Magic and its Star Performers Transformed the Entertainment Economy written by Bharat Rao and published by Bharat Rao. This book was released on 2019-01-19 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you ready for some magic? There are solo magicians today who are making over $20,000 per performance, while those in the big leagues routinely bring in over $20 million a year. How did they get there and what are the keys to their success? What skills and techniques do they possess and deploy that can be easily adapted for your own personal use? In this book, you will learn of the key attitudes and practices that propel their success, as well as the path they have paved for other magicians and performers hoping to gain an entry into this competitive yet lucrative industry. We look at the magic industry through the lens of two of its most celebrated performers, Penn and Teller, who are not just as magicians and entertainers, but smart entrepreneurs running a global entertainment business. In parallel, we look at how the field of modern magic has evolved since its inception, what the outlook is for its future in our global, interconnected, always-on economy. We consider the successful careers of legendary magicians like Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, Harry Houdini, Dai Vernon, Doug Henning, and others, and how they have shaped the growing magic industry and made it a force to be reckoned with. Through shows like Penn and Teller Fool Us, America’s Got Talent, Britain’s Got Talent, and The World’s Best, and through social media outlets like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube, contemporary magicians have an unprecedented opportunity to make themselves known to a global audience. The success secrets followed by the likes of Penn and Teller, David Copperfield, David Blaine, Criss Angel, and newer stars like Shin Lim, Dynamo, and Ryan Hayashi, both as professional magicians and business owners, can be applied by entrepreneurs, business people and self starters everywhere who want to make a mark in their careers. Through constant efforts at design, experimentation, prototyping, and field testing with peers and live audiences, these performers have been fine tuning their craft for decades. With their passion, perseverance, commitment, and unique and creative ways of identifying and solving problems, these trailblazers show the way for a better - and more magical future. In this book, you will not only learn how these stars successfully overcame their challenges, but also how YOU can transform your approach to magic and business. ADVANCE PRAISE FOR MAGICAL A modern synthesis of magic that every conjurer should keep in their knowledge bag of tricks. - Ryan Hayashi, International Stage Magician, Motivational Speaker, Samurai Entertainer, and Winner of the FU Trophy, Penn & Teller Fool Us. Entertaining, fast-paced, and full of ideas that will challenge your assumptions and beliefs about magic, and it's connections to popular culture and business. - Laura Vanderkam, Bestselling Author of What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast and Off The Clock. A rollicking ride into the business of magic. The connections to innovation, creativity, persistence and service excellence are engaging and insightful. Every entrepreneur should own a copy. - Michael McGetrick, Founder and CEO, Spark 451.

Think Straight

Author : Jon Guy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1633887987
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (338 download)

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Download or read book Think Straight written by Jon Guy and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-10-31 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Put simply, Think Straight is an owner’s manual for the human brain. Drawing from the vast history of scientific and cognitive research, this book is a tour de force through the science and philosophy of the human mind, and what it means to think as a rational human being in the 21st century. Our world is awash in mis- and disinformation, baseless conspiracy theories, New Age ideology, anti-science propaganda, and all manner of magical thinking. Pseudo-experts fill the airwaves with false and bogus claims, news media twist and spin information to suit their ends, celebrities and corporations push evidence-free beliefs on their followers, and politicians continue to mislead the masses with false promises and bad thinking. In careful detail, author Jon Guy investigates the art of thinking critically, offering readers the ability to empower themselves and our society at large. In order to think critically, we must also learn what it means to know, what knowledge is, how to investigate, how to question, and how everything from computer algorithms written by geniuses to psychological traits embedded in us from our evolutionary origins conspire to construct a model of reality that we have much reason to doubt. The human mind is not only the most powerful and complex structure ever discovered, it is also riddled with a host of flaws, shortcomings, errors, and limitations, most of which none of us are ever made aware of. Critical thinking is the ability to both capitalize on the strengths and power of human cognition, as well as understand and combat the error-prone nature of our brains. Think Straight encourages us to accept that not everything we think is true and explores how we can compensate for the many errors of our minds. Backed by the best available research and data, and written in clear and decisive language, Think Straight provides readers with the proper guidance and tools to improve your thinking, inform your decisions, avoid fraud and deceit, and make the world a better place to live and prosper.

Goddess Mode (2018-2019) #6

Author : Zoe Quinn
Publisher : Vertigo
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Goddess Mode (2018-2019) #6 written by Zoe Quinn and published by Vertigo. This book was released on 2019-06-19 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the astonishing secret of Azoth revealed at last and the fate of the digital and analog worlds at stake, the Tall Poppies come into conflict over which is the best of very bad options, all of them fatal. As Cassandra agonizes over whom to side with, the girlsÕ true enemy makes their move.

Pop Convergence

Author : James Gabrillo
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019766511X
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (976 download)

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Download or read book Pop Convergence written by James Gabrillo and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-08-31 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pop Convergence explores the dynamic and fascinating history of Manila's entertainment industry at the turn of the twenty-first century. Taking a close look at the production and reception of popular media, author James Gabrillo offers fascinating insights through the use of archival recordings, close readings of multimedia, and multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork, including dozens of interviews with artists, producers, critics, and audiences.

How Magicians Think

Author : Joshua Jay
Publisher : Workman Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1523507438
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (235 download)

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Download or read book How Magicians Think written by Joshua Jay and published by Workman Publishing Company. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The door to magic is closed, but it’s not locked. And now Joshua Jay, one of the world’s most accomplished magicians, not only opens that door but brings us inside to reveal the artistry and obsessiveness, esoteric history, and long-whispered-about traditions of a subject shrouded in mystery. And he goes one step further: Joshua Jay brings us right into the mind of a magician—how they develop their other worldly skills, conjure up illusions, and leave the rest of us slack jawed with delight time after time. Along the way, Jay reveals another kind of secret, one all readers will find meaningful even if they never aspire to perform sleight of hand: What does it take to follow your heart and achieve excellence? In 52 short, compulsively readable essays, Jay describes how he does it, whether it’s through the making of illusions, the psychology behind them, or the way technology influences the world of magic. He considers the aesthetics of performance, discusses contemporary masters, including David Copperfield, Penn & Teller, and David Blaine, and details how magicians hone their craft. And answers questions like: Can a magic trick be too good? How do you saw a person in half? Is there real magic in the universe? The answers, like so much in magic and life, depend on you.

Beyond Reality

Author : Kenneth J. Varnum
Publisher : American Library Association
ISBN 13 : 0838917852
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Reality written by Kenneth J. Varnum and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2019-07-03 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current price of virtual reality headsets may seem out of economic reach for most libraries, but the potential of “assisted reality” tools goes well beyond merely inviting patrons to strap on a pair of goggles. Ranging from enhanced training to using third-party apps to enrich digital collections, there is a kaleidoscope of library uses for augmented, virtual, or mixed reality. In this collection, Varnum and his hand-picked team of contributors share exciting, surprising, and inspiring case studies from a mix of institution types, spotlighting such topics as collaborative virtual reality for improved library instruction, education, and learning and teaching; 3D modeling using virtual reality; virtual reality as collaboration space, from gaming to teleconferencing; balancing access with security, and other privacy issues; future possibilities for augmented reality in public libraries; and augmented reality for museums and special collection libraries. A perfect introduction to the topic, this book will encourage libraries to look beyond their own reality and adapt the ideas inside.

International Business Strategy and Cross-Cultural Management

Author : Richter, Nicole F.
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839108630
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book International Business Strategy and Cross-Cultural Management written by Richter, Nicole F. and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive yet accessible textbook provides readers with an advanced and applied approach to traditional international business that integrates key cross-cultural management topics. Its ten chapters give profound insights into analysing, selecting and entering international markets, strategic partnerships, strategic positioning, global value chains, organizational designs, intercultural interaction, leadership and motivation and international human resources management. For each of these topics, advanced and contemporary theoretical and analytical frameworks are discussed and translated into toolsets that will assist readers in solving practical challenges.

Make Learning Magical

Author : Tisha Richmond
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781946444998
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (449 download)

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Download or read book Make Learning Magical written by Tisha Richmond and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Make Learning MAGICAL, educator Tisha Richmond pulls back the curtain to reveal strategies you can use to transform your classroom. Laughter, fun, and gamified experiences can make school a place where students are inspired, empowered, and immersed in learning. The techniques Tisha shares will equip you to put your students center stage.

The Digital Social

Author : Alphia Possamai-Inesedy
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110497891
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book The Digital Social written by Alphia Possamai-Inesedy and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The edited volume aims to present a critical analysis of the current state of research on religion and belief systems in the realm of the ‘Digital Social’. The rapid expansion and democratization of digital technologies in conjunction with the significant shifts taking place within the practices of religion and belief through digital technology demand a critical examination across the social sciences and humanities. These changes call for an overview of not only our current methodological tool box but also the epistemological and ethical considerations that researchers must contend with. The proposed volume provides a critical framework that recognizes that the social, and therefore the religious, cannot be fully understood without recognizing how the digital world actively constitutes notions such as identity, social networks, embodiment, and social institutions. While some specific methods will be discussed, the volume’s emphasis remains on the critical epistemological and logistical considerations that are needed when undertaking this form of research.

Believing in Dawkins

Author : Eric Steinhart
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030430529
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Believing in Dawkins written by Eric Steinhart and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-09-16 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dawkin's militant atheism is well known; his profound faith less well known In this book, atheist philosopher Eric Steinhart explores the spiritual dimensions of Richard Dawkins’ books, which are shown to encompass: · the meaning and purpose of life · an appreciation of Platonic beauty and truth · a deep belief in the rationality of the universe · an aversion to both scientism and nihilism As an atheist, Dawkins strives to develop a scientific alternative to theism, and while he declares that science is not a religion, he also proclaims it to be a spiritual enterprise. His books are filled with fragmentary sketches of this ‘spiritual atheism’, resembling a great unfinished cathedral. This book systematises and completes Dawkins’ arguments and reveals their deep roots in Stoicism and Platonism. Expanding on Dawkins’ ideas, Steinhart shows how atheists can develop powerful ethical principles, compelling systems of symbols and images, and meaningful personal and social practices. Believing in Dawkins is a rigorous and potent entreaty for the use of science and reason to support spiritually rich and optimistic ways of thinking and living.

The New Witches

Author : Aaron K.H. Ho
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476679150
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The New Witches written by Aaron K.H. Ho and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Charmed ended in 2006, witches were relegated to sidekicks of televisual vampires or children's programs. But during the mid-2010s they began to resurface as leading characters in shows like the immensely popular The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, the Charmed reboot, Salem, American Horror Story: Coven, and the British program, A Discovery of Witches. No longer sweet, feminine, domestic, and white, these witches are powerful, diverse, and transgressive, representing an intersectional third-wave feminist vision of the witch. Featuring original essays from noted scholars, this is the first critical collection to examine witches on television from the late 2010s. Situated in the aftermath of the #MeToo movement, essays examine the reemergence and shifting identities of TV witches through the perspectives of intersectional gender studies, hauntology, politics, morality, monstrosity, violence, queerness, disabilities, rape, ecofeminism, linguistics, family, and digital humanities.

Green Fraud

Author : Marc Morano
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1684511143
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (845 download)

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Download or read book Green Fraud written by Marc Morano and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If you care about America's future, read this book."—Mark Levin "A must-read book that shows how the Green New Deal is dangerous, impractical, misguided, and guaranteed to fail with disastrous results for the American people.”—Sean Hannity A New Lockdown to "Save" the Climate That’s what’s in store for us if Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Democrats pass their radical climate plan—the Green New Deal. It is packed with guarantees so completely irrelevant to the problem it purports to “solve” (like “free college” and incomes for everyone “unable or unwilling to work”) that even its boosters have admitted it’s not really about the climate. The intrepid Marc Morano, author of the bestselling Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change, breaks down the science and the politics to expose the truth about the Green New Deal: • The science is settled: copious evidence—and prominent defections from the “climate consensus”—make clear we are not facing a man-made climate disaster • “Climate change” is the perfect Trojan horse for the socialist agenda of the Left • Fossil fuels lifted the West out of poverty—but our elites now want to deny them to the world’s poor • The Green New Deal is on a collision course with self-government and our fundamental rights Climate change has already been “solved” multiple times over the past two decades—with highly touted international agreements—and yet it never goes away as an excuse for leftist policies that will cripple our economy, impoverish the world, and take away our freedoms. Packed with telling statistics, damning quotations, and real science, Green Fraud is your source for all the facts you need to understand—and resist—the threat.

Developing Child-Centred Practice for Safeguarding and Child Protection

Author : Rachel Buckler
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000438996
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Developing Child-Centred Practice for Safeguarding and Child Protection written by Rachel Buckler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Placing children at the centre of safeguarding principles and practices is vital for ensuring the best child protection. This essential resource provides early years practitioners with all that they need to be confident and competent as they fulfil their roles and obligations to safeguard and protect children. Exploring the main factors that impact on the lives of young children in the current safeguarding climate, this book is a starting point for understanding the risks and categories of abuse and neglect. Grounded in best practice, it gives practitioners encouragement and advice to help shape and drive practice forward with child-centred motives, practices and perspectives. The book offers: Insights into the current safeguarding climate backed by practical examples An introduction to managing the different safeguarding challenges faced by early years professionals Methods for contextualising these for children in the early years Guidance on supporting vulnerable children, their families and other agencies working alongside them Reflections, case studies and a wide range of example scenarios Voices and insights from across the sector woven throughout for a holistic understanding of safeguarding With accessible chapters drawing on best practice from across the sector at every level, this is a valuable resource for all those working in the early years, whether just starting out or highly experienced in the field.

The Responsibility of Online Intermediaries for Illegal User Content in the EU and the US

Author : Folkert Wilman
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 183910483X
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The Responsibility of Online Intermediaries for Illegal User Content in the EU and the US written by Folkert Wilman and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-27 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring foreword from Maciej Szpunar, First Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union and Professor at the University of Silesia in Katowice This book delivers a comprehensive examination of the legal systems that regulate the responsibilities of intermediaries for illegal online content in both the EU and the US. It assesses whether existing systems are capable of tackling modern challenges, ultimately advocating for the introduction of a double-sided duty of care, requiring online intermediaries to do more to tackle illegal content whilst also better protecting their users’ rights.

Pagan Portals - Fairy Herbs for Fairy Magic

Author : Daniela Simina
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1803415568
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Pagan Portals - Fairy Herbs for Fairy Magic written by Daniela Simina and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2024-08-30 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fairy Herbs for Fairy Magic, the first book to cater exclusively to fairy-related herbalism, gathers in one volume more than 40 fairy-specific herbs, and details their uses in fairy magic. Introducing its reader to fairies, their mercurial nature and relationship to people, this book gives insights into the roles and attributes of fairy witches and seers - from olden times to the present day - and also into the role of fairy familiars. As a practical resource, Fairy Herbs for Fairy Magic is complete with ideas for rituals, charms, and spells.

Flourishing in Museums

Author : Kiersten F. Latham
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100382868X
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Flourishing in Museums written by Kiersten F. Latham and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-19 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book Includes contributions from a wide range of scholar-practitioners working across the arts, humanities, sciences, education, business, and mental health disciplines. Uses abundance-thinking and takes a strengths-based appreciative approach to museum purpose, function and being. Demonstrates that, even within the most difficult climates, abundance-oriented methods and perspectives can inspire and elicit flourishing in visitors, staff and communities, thus positioning museums as places where people find meaningful and purposeful work and where visitors find satisfaction, meaning, inspiration, and motivation. Draws from the disciplines of positive psychology, positive organizational scholarship, contemplative studies, and museum studies, the book is unified and organized into six thematic areas that comprise the Flourishing Museum Framework: courage, transformation, care, optimism, gratitude, and delight. Will be essential reading for academics and students working in the museum and heritage fields, as well as the cognate disciplines of arts management and creative industries. It will also be useful to practitioners working in museums and heritage sites around the world.

Beyond Fake News

Author : Justin P. McBrayer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000222551
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Fake News written by Justin P. McBrayer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world is swimming in misinformation. Conflicting messages bombard us every day with news on everything from politics and world events to investments and alternative health. The daily paper, nightly news, websites, and social media each compete for our attention and each often insist on a different version of the facts. Inevitably, we have questions: Who is telling the truth? How would we know? How did we get here? What can we do? Beyond Fake News answers these and other queries. It offers a technological and market-based explanation for how our informational environment became so polluted. It shows how purveyors of news often have incentives to mislead us, and how consumers of information often have incentives to be misled. And it chronicles how, as technology improves and the regulatory burdens drop, our information-scape becomes ever more littered with misinformation. Beyond Fake News argues that even when we really want the truth, our minds are built in such a way so as to be incapable of grasping many facts, and blind spots mar our view of the world. But we can do better, both as individuals and as a society. As individuals, we can improve the accuracy of our understanding of the world by knowing who to trust and recognizing our limitations. And as a society, we can take important steps to reduce the quantity and effects of misinformation.