Criss Angel will be signing copies of his book Criss Angel Mindfreak: Secret Revelations, which gets released April 24, 2007 at the following places:

Los Angeles
April 30th
7pm
Book Soup
8818 Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90024

May 1st
1pm
Dark Delicacies
4213 W. Burbank Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91505

6pm
Westwood Borders
1360 Westwood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90024

New York
May 7th
Borders, Penn Station
2 Penn Plaza
New York, NY

May 8th
7pm
Bookends
232 East Ridgewood Ave
Ridgewood, NJ

May 9th
9pm
Book Revue
313 New York Ave.
Huntington, NY 11743

Las Vegas
May 16th
7pm
Henderson District Public Library
280 S. Green Valley Pkway
Henderson, NV

May 17th
7:30pm
The Reading Room (in Mandalay Place – between luxor and mandalay bay hotels/casinos)
3930 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Suite 201A
Las Vegas, NV

Criss Angel won’t be coming to my area but If you plan to go don’t forget to order your book now.

Ultimate Street Magic: Amazing Tricks for the Urban Magician is an ideal book for people just getting into magic or even to the experienced magician who wants to add a few tricks to his or her arsenal

The best thing about the book is the sheer variety of tricks included. Card tricks, levitation, money tricks, fire tricks, rubber band tricks, mentalist tricks and random other kinds or combinations of all of the above. All of them are tailored to working on the street.

A lot of it is fairly basic and anyone who has been involved in magic for awhile will be familar with many of the tricks but there are also quite a few new ones.

The instructions are fairly clear and are accompanied with actual photographs of the magician doing the trick step by step, which I much prefer over the small black and white sketches!

It’s a pretty good book, worth adding to any street magician’s library or anyone who wants a few new tricks to try out but i’ll also be discussing similar tricks on Street Magic Blog for free.

Here is some additional information on the book:

Book Title: Ultimate Street Magic: Amazing Tricks for the Urban Magician
Author: Gary Sumpter
Published: 2006
Synopsis On The Book Flap:
“These days magicians have to work hard to keep their public happy. The traditional figure on stage, in sweeping tailcoats and top hats, has gone, usurped by a cooler and edgier trickster taking up their own brand of magic to the streets.

In Street Magic, Gary Sumpter offers readers a wide range of tricks that will wow the public up-close and personal. From impressive effects involving everyday objects, such as coins and rubber bands to playing cards, he moves on to mind magic and stunning illusions to confuse the steel-willed and scare the strong of stomach, with useful tips and thoughtful advice throughout.

Whereever you go - pubs, clubs, markets, restaurants - Street Magic will give you everything you need to entertain, perplex and baffle audiences everywhere.”

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” the last of seven installments of the boy wizard’s adventures, will be published July 21

The final chapter of the Harry Potter series has at least one thing in common with the first six - it’s already a runaway best seller, six months before it hits store shelves.

Online book retailer Amazon.com listing the next book in the popular series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” as the No. 1 seller Friday, a day after they began taking pre-orders for the book.
 
A single day of pre-orders for the final Harry Potter book has already made it a best seller, six months before it hits stores and mailboxes.