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    <body><![CDATA[Well... I had high hopes for this book, but I was left feeling somewhat disappointed. Those of you who know Derren Brown will know what to expect from this book: some information about a few tricks, some stuff about the power of the humand mind and some funny anecdotes, all presented in an interesti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24891516">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[So far, it is scary how much this man knows about the human brain! I have certain beliefs which (until now) I would have argued blind to defend. Now I am not so sure, afterall, as Derren put it himself - What is a belief, where do they come from and aren't we just subjective to what we really want t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4725665">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Delightful induction into a palace of memory tricks, performance tips, language hints, and the danger of invisible rhinos.   ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Brown's 'Tricks of the Mind' is not only fascinating but tickles the odd smirk with his humble tongue-in-cheek self-aggrandising repartee, astute witticisms, hilarious personal anecdotes, and sneekily mocking but honest dry turn of moistened phrase to test the more gullible readers. <br/><br/>Brown ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64106203">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was just about ready to buy anything this man would ever produce, and when it was announced that he had a book on the way, I was beside myself with excitement. <br/><br/>Its everything I wanted it to be. Derren Brown is the definative man of mystery, who I hold above Houdini himself, owning to t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63049451">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[At first I found this book funny, but still weird and in lack of editing.... But read on now... :)<br/><br/>Derren Brown didn't seem to have a specific goal with the book, but instead he pours his head (and heart?) out on a lot of subjects from memory and card tricks, self help psychology and ramp...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71520195">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[For those not familiar with him, Derren Brown is a British magician who has uses a variety of slight of hand, hypnosis, suggestion and misdirection for his shows. A few months ago while I was obsessed with watching every youtube video I could find of him, I found out that he had written a book and i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33015072">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was recently turned onto Derren's TV shows and think that he is a fascinating character. His book, while indeed fascinating, was not quite what I was expecting. <br/><br/>It jumps from topic to topic, sort of the way one would expect an excited individual to as he or she attempted to pen everyth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18568551">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Although a bit disjointed, with chapters jumping from topic to topic, Darren Brown, the renowned illusionist,  has still written a pretty interesting book on the subjects of magic, the mind and mysticism. <br/><br/>Early on he gives some insight into how his interest in magic and mentalism contrib...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3681294">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Derren Brown is a god.  This book is brilliant.  Derren comes across much better in written form than he does on his deceitful television shows.  He writes cleverly with a witty and humorous style giving an insight into the workings of the human mind.  The most interesting aspect is that he gives so...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72035448">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I like Derren Brown a lot and have a lot of resepect for his mastery of the assorted crafts he utilises.  <br/><br/>The book is a strange mix - part history of a variety of 'mind games' and techniques he employs, interspaced with small autobiographical anecdotes and frequent rants against religion...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28057112">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[For any Derren Brown fan this is a real treat! Full of little anecdotes here and there about Derren's quirky life, plus chapter after chapter of magic and mind tricks which you can use yourself. My favorite would definitely have to be his memory techniques, which actually make memorizing lists quite...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70127510">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Entertaining, light-hearted, and informative. Not an unforgettable book, but good summer reading. I liked especially the chapter on memory, and the use of anectdote, an informal style, and tit-bits of history really added to the book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A great book, not so much a read as a set of lessons to try and apply yourself.<br/><br/>Some of the book can be difficult to read late at night, and of course he never actually tells you how he does things - LOL]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Given that Mt Brown is about to start his latest series of &quot;Events&quot; tonight: predicting the lottery numbers live as the draw happens, then I've read this at an opportune moment.<br/><br/>I wasn't sure what to expect from the book, but it provides a cornucopia of delights, anecdotes, insi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64624818">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really good read, not all about Derren's life, but about his interests too, which include Phycology, Showmanship, Illusion, Magic (his past more so than now) and he brushes on NLP too.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really cool book. Tons of tricks to help you *think* (if you're a bit of an intellectual). Brown is quite a good writer - the book is full of puns and witty asides.<br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good book on tricks and suggestion.  His humor is hilarious, though I don't always agree with his words or philosophies, he is a master in his art.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really interesting look into the mind of a magician. Some useful chapters on memory techniques and self-hypnosis.<br/><br/><br/>]]></body>
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