The Greatest Card Cheat & the Mythical Sleight
Print:
- Revelation by Dai Vernon
- The Magician and the Cardsharp: The Search for America’s Greatest Sleight of Hand Artist by Karl Johnson
- The Expert at the Card Table by S.W. Erdnase
- The Vernon Touchby Dai Vernon
Online
- Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic (video)
- Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay (film)
- Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants (video)
Mystery Spots, Gravity Hills & the Perpetuation of the Mysterious
Print:
- Psychological Science Vol 10, No. 6 November 1999, Arthur P. Shimamura and William Prinzmetal.
Online:
- Santa Cruz “Mystery Spot” Explained
- Mystery Spots Explained – Sand Lot Science
- Oregon Vortex: Paved Road All The Way
- Mystery Spot – Illusionworks
- LIFE Magazine, Nov 15, 1948 – Google Books
The Illusion of Perfection: Fake Boobs, Fake Butts & Our Unending Struggle With Human Inadequacy
Print:
- Underwear: Fashion in Detail Series by Eleri Lynn
- The Agony of Fashion by Elaine Cremers
- What Clothes Reveal by Linda Baumgarten
- The Language of Clothes by Alison Lurie
- The History of Underclothes by Cunnington & Cunnington
- The Changing World of Fashion by Ernestine Carter
Online:
- Dress: Journal of the Costume Society of America
- “Silhouettes and Signals” – Final Fashion
- “Pulling the Puppet Strings: How the Brain Tricks Itself” – Slate
- “Brain Surgery-Induced Laughter” – Nature
- “Study of Vision Tackles a Philosophy Riddle” – New York Times
Space Aliens & Deadly Beauty: Cosmetic Triumph & Folly
Print:
- Fashions in Makeup: From Ancient to Modern Time, by Richard Corson
Online:
- The Makeup Gallery
- Elizabethan Makeup 101 – ElizabethanCostume.net (Video)
- Historical Makeup – TCM
- Deadly Beauty – Atlas Obscura
- Cosmetics and Perfume in the Italian Renaissance
- On Venetian Ceruse and Queen Elizabeth I – TheMedicalBag.com
How Do They Do That? The Art of Prestidigitation
Print:
- Counts, Moves and Subtleties, by Jerry Mentzer
- The Art of Astonishment – Volumes 1 through 3, by Paul Harris
