Tricks, Scams and Practical Jokes

Geoff Tibballs left Central TV in 1989 to pursue a full-time career as an author. He has written a number of TV tie-ins, on London's Burning, Brookside, Taggart and Peak Practice among others.

• Introduction: how and when to trick for best effect; Practical Jokes and Tricks; A chapter of classical practical jokes for everyone (except the victim) to enjoy. Leave your friends and enemies with egg on their face (literally) or humiliated (but happy!); Card Tricks; The best card tricks around, a surprising number of which require only the barest minimum of skill - and a pack of cards.; Bar Tricks; How to amaze your friends while you're out for a drink, from juggling change to picking up ice cubes with cotton thread.; Tricks With Everyday Objects; A chapter of tricks to perform any time, anywhere - in the kitchen, at work or even in the bank queue.