Each week Inside the Actors Studio takes the unique insights and intimate revelations of its celebrated guests into 84 million homes on the Bravo network and 125 countries. Now, with 'Inside Inside', James Lipton, the 2007 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Emmy, is handing every one of us a backstage pass. You will witness in unprecedented close-up the wit, wisdom and candor of a galaxy of stars, from Paul Newman to Barbra Streisand, Al Pacino, Steven Spielberg, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Sean Penn, Clint Eastwood, Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, Ellen Burstyn, Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, Martin Scorsese, Sharon Stone and many, many more, and marvel at the comic inventions of Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Mike Myers, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle - and Will Ferrell as James Lipton on the Inside stage.

Professional magicians everywhere have hailed fourteen-year-old Micah Lasher as a prodigy. In this introduction to the basics of magic - perfect for beginners of any age - Lasher shows you how to perform the tricks he's used to delight (and deceive) his legion of fans. Easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step illustrations guide you in the arts of coin and currency magic, card magic, rope magic, ball magic, magic with household objects, and mental magic. Some of the tricks are old favorites; others are inventions of Lasher's own fertile imagination. Either way, they'll amaze you with their baffling effectiveness and dazzling simplicity. More than a how-to book, The Magic of Micah Lasher is spiced with sharp wit, historical tidbits about the conjuring trade, and little-known stories about a host of other magicians, including such famous figures as Johnny Carson, George Bush, and Shari Lewis. Exciting and informative, The Magic of Micah Lasher is the perfect book for any budding magician.