Other Stuff

A Collection of Odd & Ends You Might Find Interesting

Camping Checklist : What to take with you when you go "car" or weekend tent camping.
Card Games (My family is a card playing family; here are a few games we play that you might find interesting and fun):

Angier, Bradford. How to Stay Alive in the Woods. New York: Fireside. 1998. ISBN:0684831015. [Excellent basic survival guide. Highly recommended.]
Boswell, John. The U.S. Armed Forces Survival Manual. New York: Times Books. 1980. ISBN:0-8129-0889-9. [another good survival guide]
Kelsey, Robert J. Walking in the Wild: The Complete Guide to Hiking and Backpacking. New York: Funk and Wagnalls. 1973. ISBN:0-308-10098-0.[good basic backpacking guide]
Manning, Harvey. Backpacking One Step at a Time. New York: Random House. 1986. ISBN:0-394-72939-0. [good, basic guide to backpacking. Originally produced by REI]

Scarne, John. Scarne on Cards. New York: New American Library. 1991. ISBN:0451149491. [discusses rules of play (both home and casino), strategy, and how to avoid becoming the victim of cheats. Excellent book. Written by a world famous sleight of hand magician as a guide to GIs in WWII. Still an excellent reference]

Birch, Linda. How to Draw and Paint Animals. UK: David & Charles. 1999. ISBN:0-7153-0930-7
Hamm, Jack. Drawing Animals. New York: Penguin Putnam Inc. 1982. ISBN:0-399-50802-3
Hamm, Jack. Drawing the Head and Figure. New York: Penguin Putnam Inc. 1983. ISBN:0-399-50791-4
Hamm, Jack. Drawing Scenery: landscapes and seascapes. New York: Penguin Putnam Inc. 1988. ISBN:0-399-50806-6
Kuramoto, John; Leib, Gary; Gray, Daniel. The Art of Cartooning with Flash. Almeda: Sybex Inc. 2001. ISBN:0-7821-2913-7 [For those of you who have Flash and would like to try your hand at cartooning on the computer]
Maddocks, Peter. How to Draw Cartoons. New York: Guild Publishing. 1991. ISBN:1854790781

Kippenhahn, Rudolf. Code Breaking. New York: The Overlook Press. 1999. ISBN:0-87951-919-3 [A very readable history and exploration of secret codes and codebreaking from the time of ancient Rome to the present. Recommended]
Singh, Simon. The Code Book: The Evolution of Secrecy from Mary, Queen of Scots, to Quantum Cryptography. New York: Doubleday. 1999. ISBN:0-965-073330
Smith, Laurence Dwight. Cryptography: the science of secret writing. New York: Dover Publications. 1971. ISBN:0-486-20247-X
Wrixon, Fred B. Codes, Ciphers, & Other Cryptic & Clandestine Communication. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Inc. 1998. ISBN:1-57912-040-7

Scarne, John. Scarne's New Complete Guide to Gambling. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1986. ISBN: 0671630636. [a comprehensive guide to casino, lottery, track, carnival, amusement park, and bazaar gambling, complete with commentary on bookmakers and spotting/coping with cheaters and hustlers. Also discusses private betting proposition cheats and hustles. Highly recommended]

Gibson, Walter. The Complete Illustrated Book of Card Magic. New York: Doubleday and Co. 1969. ISBN:0385063148. [focuses on how to do various techniques, then gives several tricks applying each. Excellent pictures. Highly recommended]
Hugard, Jean; Braue, Frederick. Expert Card Technique. New York: Dover Publications. 1976. ISBN: 0486217558.[one of the better books dealing with advanced card manipulation and close-up card magic technique. Lots of good tricks. Highly recommended.]
Hugard, Jean. Encyclopedia of Card Tricks.. New York: Dover Publications. 1976. ISBN: 0486212521.[lots of good tricks. Recommended]
Scarne, John. Scarne on Card Tricks. New York: New American Library. 1995. ISBN:0451158644. [Presents instructions for 155 card tricks, some created by the author. Not a bad selection of tricks]
Vernon, Dai. Dai Vernon's Inner Secrets of Card Magic, Part One. London: Harry Stanley. Copyright year unknown. ISBN: None. [a hard-to-find hardback book which may only be available in magic stores. Very excellent tricks by one of the world's greatest sleight-of-hand card magicians with photos showing the manipulation techniques involved.Highly recommended.]

Bobo, J.B. The New Modern Coin Magic. Chicago: Magic Inc. 1966. ISBN:Unknown. [the bible of close-up coin magic. Lots of good diagrams and clear explanations. Highly recommended]. Seems to be out-of-print, but may be the same as:
Bobo, J.B. Modern Coin Magic. New York: Dover Publications. 1982. ISBN:0486242587.

James, Stewart. Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks for Magicians. New York. Dover Books. 1975. ISBN: 0-486-23206-9. [one of the few books in existence which focuses strictly on this form of sleight-of-hand magic. Recommended.]

Robbins, Antony; McClendon, Joseph.Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement. New York: Fireside Books. 1997. ISBN:0684845776. [this is the most significant book I've ever read dealing with personal development; it's changed my life and the way I interact with others.Highly Recommended]

ACBL (American Contract Bridge League)
Cleveland, Ohio (If you'd like to learn about our town)
Denis the Magician's Magic Supplies [online source for all sorts of magical tricks and paraphernalia]
IBM (the other one: The International Brotherhood of Magicians) [Wannabees, amateurs, and professionals all belong to this group; local groups known as Magic Rings exist throughout the world]
Magictricks.com [another source of magical goodies]
SAM (the Society of American Magicians) [another group for those interested in magic; has local chapters]

Atom Films [Nifty site. Lots of short "movies"; check out the humorous ones]
Filmcritic.com [Read critics' comments about upcoming and now playing films]
Internet Movie Database (IMDB) [Lots of movie synopses and other information about movies and movie stars. Highly recommended]
Metacritic.com [Read reviews of movies, videos, games, and music]
QuickTime Movie Site [See trailers for upcoming movies]

Groups just starting out:

Splashdown Web Site ["alternative" music, really nifty . . . haunting in its own way]
Starlight Buzz Web Site [More "alternative" music. Their lead vocalist sounds like Grace Slick. Nifty guitar sound]

Timeshares

Mittersill Ski Resort [Located in the heart of the White Mountains of New Hampshire, it's our favorite timeshare for winter skiing]

Last Updated:

Sunday, January 20, 2008