Pockets Full of Miracles: Secrets from the Repertoire of a Professional Close-Up Magician [Hardcover]

Diamond Jim Tyler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2000

What you will soon read has served me well, placing bread in my pocket as well as on the table. Pockets Full of Miracles is filled with many of my own routines as well as my adaptations of effects that I feel are worth performing. My repertoire, like my life, is filled with variety. Within these covers you will find routines involving cards, money, fire, gags, bar-betchas, mind-reading, comedy and more.

In the school of magic, I have no idea at what level, or in what category, you would place yourself. With that in mind, I have tried to create a book for every type of magician. With the descriptive text and numerous photos I have tried capture every nuance during each routine. In addition, each term that falls into the category of "magic jargon" has been bold-faced. These bold-faced words are defined in the glossary at the back of the book.

Please do not read this book as if it were an instruction manual for simple tricks. Take the time to read between the lines, and I promise that you will find some of the true secrets of magic. A successful magician is not measured by the quantity of effects he or she learns. The important thing, as in most professions, is the quality of what you know. So be prepared...

You're about to learn how to do some incredible mind-blowing magic!

Magically yours, Diamond Jim Tyler

-Excerpt from Pockets Full of Miracles

Editorial Reviews

Review

...I liked Pockets Full of Miracles. If you're looking for some fresh ideas, you'll find them in this book. -- (Magic Magazine (September, 2000)

Diamond Jim has given you some of the most entertaining close-up magic you will ever do. I recommend it highly!!! -- Denny & Lee Magic Studio (July, 2000)

I like the material and believe that any audience will too. Definitely recommended. -- Linking Ring Magazine (August, 2000)

Take advantage of Diamond Jim Tyler's experience. It is his testament and gift to you. -- Jon Racherbaumer, noted magic author

About the Author

Early on, Diamond Jim's magic skills were prodigious. By the age of two, he knew every card in the deck, and by age six, he had pored through the daunting volume, Magic with Cards, by Garcia & Schindler. By age 16, Diamond Jim was performing close-up and stand-up magic professionally. That same year, he became a demonstrator for a local magic shop in Dallas, dazzling and absorbing for eight years. At age 22, his career heated up; he added fire-eating to his repertoire.

Diamond Jim's ascent in the magic world has been as a meteor from the heavens. In September of 1999 he earned the prestigious Best Close-Up Performer trophy at the Texas Association of Magicians (TAOM) Convention in Austin, Texas. He has performed on television, at hotels, and in restaurants. He has appeared at the world-famous Magic Castle in Hollywood, California. And in the corporate world, he has performed at trade shows and other events for such top clients as AT&T, IBM, Mobil, Pepsi, and Time Warner. The arrival of Diamond Jim's first book has taken on the aura of An Event. Pockets Full of Miracles: Secrets from the Repertoire of a Professional Close-Up Magician is packed full of Jim's favorite routines and best kept secrets. Diamond Jim is perhaps best known as the inventor of the Diamond Deck, the greatest advance in trick decks in many years, which is sold in magic shops worldwide. His follow-up trick deck, the Millennium Pack, takes everything two big steps further, inciting rave reviews from his peers. Several of Diamond Jim's routines have been featured in Genii, Magic and Linking Ring magazines.

Currently, Diamond Jim is at the top of the entertainer heap in Dallas, Texas. In addition, he performs five nights a week at three restaurants in the Dallas metroplex: Jack Astor's (in Plano), Slider & Blues (in Plano), and Tenaya's (in Irving). If you're on the Web, Diamond Jim's heavily trafficked Web site sits in the middle of everything magic. His domain has been prominently featured in Internet books and directories. If you visit the site, you certainly won't be bored: The site features games, prizes, interactive magic and even excerpts from Jim's new book.

On a personal note, Diamond Jim's greatest accomplishment has been his recent triumph over cancer (Hodgkin's Disease), of which he has officially been declared cured. That news is the magic community's triumph as well, paving the way for ever-greater contributions to the art that Diamond Jim loves so dearly- sleight-of-hand magic.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Diamond Jim Productions (June 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 096760186X
• ISBN-13: 978-0967601861
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,770,251 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How the pros think, March 26, 2001

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Cheese Lejeune "Cheese" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pockets Full of Miracles: Secrets from the Repertoire of a Professional Close-Up Magician (Hardcover)

This book not only has great tricks, but killer routines, with all the details. Most magic books have sketchy instructions with lots of bugs and mistakes, but Diamond Jim is a detail-oriented author, and I appreciate that. There is a difference, of course, between great tricks and killer tricks, and this book is a serial killer. I still have several of the tricks contained herein on my to-learn list.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars pure magic, September 26, 2000

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Chainsaw (Denton, Tx) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pockets Full of Miracles: Secrets from the Repertoire of a Professional Close-Up Magician (Hardcover)

Diamond Jim's book is an incredible book for all magicians. Whether you're just starting out or have been doing it for years, this book gives insight and, step by step, teaches you what you need to know to master the magic. It's a must read!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is Awesome!, September 22, 2000

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Andy Hickman (Lindale, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pockets Full of Miracles: Secrets from the Repertoire of a Professional Close-Up Magician (Hardcover)

Having been a professional magician for the past 17 years, I've read many books on magic. In my opionion, "Pockets Full of Miracles" is the best on the subject. It is beautiful, well-written, and has great photographs. It will help the beginner or the advanced magician by giving them clear-cut explanations to some of the many amazing effects in the professional repetoire of Diamond Jim.

If you read only one magic book this year, make it "Pockets Full of Miracles." You, and your audiences, will be glad you did.