The secrets of simple magic tricks that will amaze friends and family are revealed in this fun and educational series. Each title explains 13 tricks in easy-to-follow, colorfully illustrated spreads, and profiles of famous magicians and their best tricks offer a sense of the history of magic and its contemporary practitioners. Other titles in this series include: Card Tricks, Coin and Rope Tricks, and Sleight of Hand. Mind Tricks shows how to use everyday objects like toothpicks, pencils, wax crayons and water to baffle an audience with tricks named Change the Arrow and Magic Number Nine.