Tuesday, August 22, 2017

'The Magician and the Spirits' released today

The Magician and the Spirits by Deborah Noyes is released today by Random House Viking. Packed with photos, the book is aimed at middle school readers and is currently the #1 New Release in Children's Magic Books on Amazon.

A century ago, the curious idea that spirits not only survive death but can be contacted on the “other side” was widespread. Psychic mediums led countless séances, claiming to connect the grieving with their lost relations through everything from frenzied trance writing to sticky expulsions of ectoplasm.

The craze caught Harry Houdini’s attention. Well-known by then as most renowned magician and escape artist, he began to investigate these spiritual phenomena. Are ghosts real? Can we communicate with them? Catch them in photographs? Or are all mediums “flim-flammers,” employing tricks and illusions like Houdini himself?

Peopled with odd and fascinating characters, Houdini’s gripping quest will excite readers’ universal wonderment with life, death, and the possibility of the Beyond.

The Magician and the Spirits can be purchased at Amazon.com (U.S.) and Amazon.co.uk (UK).


It's been a healthy summer for new Houdini books. Below area few more recent releases.

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