This excursion into the history of bizarre entertainments includes armless calligraphers, mathematical dogs, tightrope-walking fleas and assorted quacks, flimflammers and charlatans of spectacle.
This celebration and meditation on dice through the ages includes an explanation of the etymology of craps and various tales of armless dicers and ingenious hustlers. It also features the tale of Scandinavian kings of the Middle Ages who diced for islands
Magic has enchanted humankind for millennia, evoking terror, laughter, shock, and amazement. Once persecuted as heretics and sorcerers, magicians have always been conduits to a parallel universe of limitless possibility – whether invoking spirits, readi
Celebrations of Curious Characters cracks open the personal vaults of Ricky Jay—raconteur, historian, and one of the world's great sleight-of-hand artists—exposing a wonderful world of amusing and arcane knowledge. Adapted from his popular radio serie
