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 Mind Tricks . Mastery of the skills outlined in Sleight of Hand will allow illusionists to appear to pass a ball through their head, turn water into ice in seconds and make the spots on a die change.