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.