How to Be a Mentalist: Master the Secrets Behind the Hit TV Show
by Simon Winthrop
Review by Linda Marie Schumacher Berkley Trade Paperback ISBN/ITEM#: 9780425236512
Date: 04 January 2011
List Price $15.00 Amazon US / Amazon UK
Have you ever seen a mentalist perform and wonder how he does it? How to be a Mentalist describes many of the techniques. It also makes comparisons to everybody's favorite mentalist Patrick Jane from the CBS television show The Mentalist.
From official release/information:
Product Description: A renowned stage magician reveals the secrets of The Mentalist's brainpower.
On the hit television show The Mentalist, protagonist Patrick Jane employs his keen powers of observation and mental acuity to assist the police. Now, noted stage magician Simon Winthrop explains How to Be a Mentalist by revealing how Jane comes to his startlingly accurate conclusions- and also asserts that it's possible for anyone to bring similar skills to bear in their everyday life.
Featuring intellectual and physical exercises, readers will learn how to reach their fullest mental potential by enhancing memory, developing observational abilities, using persuasion, and much more.