Jim Steinmeyer

22 books

Art and Artifice and Other Essays of Illusion by Neil Gaiman, Jim Steinmeyer

Art and Artifice and Other Essays of Illusion

Neil Gaiman, Jim Steinmeyer

204 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction essays history informative slow-paced
Charles Fort: The Man Who Invented the Supernatural by Jim Steinmeyer

Charles Fort: The Man Who Invented the Supernatural

Jim Steinmeyer

352 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
The Glorious Deception: The Double Life of William Robinson, aka Chung Ling Soo, the Marvelous Chinese Conjurer by Jim Steinmeyer

The Glorious Deception: The Double Life of William Robinson, aka Chung Ling Soo, the Marvelous Chinese Conjurer

Jim Steinmeyer

464 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative slow-paced
Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear by Jim Steinmeyer

Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear

Jim Steinmeyer

392 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous informative slow-paced
The Last Greatest Magician in the World: Howard Thurston versus Houdini & the Battles of the American Wizards by Jim Steinmeyer

The Last Greatest Magician in the World: Howard Thurston versus Houdini & the Battles of the American Wizards

Jim Steinmeyer

384 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative fast-paced
The Magic Book by Mike Caveney, Jim Steinmeyer, Ricky Jay

The Magic Book

Mike Caveney, Jim Steinmeyer, Ricky Jay

544 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art informative medium-paced
The Magic of Alan Wakeling: The Works of a Master Magician by Jim Steinmeyer

The Magic of Alan Wakeling: The Works of a Master Magician

Jim Steinmeyer

352 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography adventurous slow-paced
Magic: 1400s–1950s by Noel Daniel, Mike Caveney, Jim Steinmeyer, Ricky Jay

Magic: 1400s–1950s

Noel Daniel, Mike Caveney, Jim Steinmeyer, Ricky Jay

650 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction art history adventurous informative medium-paced
The Secret History of Magic: The True Story of the Deceptive Art by Peter Lamont

The Secret History of Magic: The True Story of the Deceptive Art

Peter Lamont

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative mysterious slow-paced
Who Was Dracula?: Bram Stoker's Trail of Blood by Jim Steinmeyer

Who Was Dracula?: Bram Stoker's Trail of Blood

Jim Steinmeyer

318 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography history horror informative slow-paced