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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )The Modern Con Man: How to Get Something for Nothingby: Todd Robbins  List Price: $16.95 Amazon.com's Price: $11.53 You Save: $5.42 (32%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 364.163 EAN: 9781596914537 ISBN: 159691453X Label: Bloomsbury USA Manufacturer: Bloomsbury USA Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: April 01, 2008 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Release Date: April 01, 2008 Studio: Bloomsbury USA Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Cons, bar bets, card games, and general chicanery for the natural-born prankster. Whether it’s winning $50 on a bar bet, scoring seats closer to the fifty-yard line, or finagling a free meal, The Modern Con Man ensures that aspiring low-risk grifters will always come out on top. Filled with humorous facts and tables, a glossary of con terms, illustrations, the history of the con, and easy-to-follow swindles, this is the perfect gift for the hidden flim-flam artist in your life. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The Conman Cons his AudienceThis book is basically a con, perpetrated by the author. He smirks and chuckles as people read the cover and become intrigued by the flashy colors and the bold title. He licks his lips as they rush with it to the counter, or click purchase on an online site. He counts his billfold as he guffaws, bemused by the gaff taken at the expense of his 'customer'... or what he would refer to as his "mark". Buying this book, unless for the small cheap thrills of conning your co-workers ... Read More Rating:  - an awfully fun readThis book is slick, stylish and very naughty. I read "The Modern Con Man" for fun, and it is fun. That doesn't mean I'm above using some of these cons to see if they work. In fact, I already have. I used one last week when staying in a hotel on a business trip, and when I made my way to the hotel lounge, my drinks were on the house. This book is more than fun, it pays for itself! Rating:  - Fun, but Pretty Weak - Does Anyone Fall For This Stuff?This was an interesting book, and I read through it pretty quickly. But honestly, this has nothing to do with conning people. It's all about bar bets and tricks. The book details a lot of different tricks that you can do in various situations, like making a bet that you can wrap a normal-sized piece of paper around your head, or betting that you can roll a cue ball underneath a pool stick laid across a pool table. But some of them are exceedingly lame, and if anyone ever wins a bet with ... Read More Rating: - Finally, the Real Work...Finally, a real book for real con-men. Most of these kinds of books are written jokingly, not this one. Inside MODERN CON MAN you will find some very useful information, and even more between the lines.I have about 6000 books on magic and another 1500 of what are commanly refered to in the underground as "crook books". MODERN CON MAN falls into the later catagory and I'm proud to ad it to the collection.If you're a con artist or would like to become one, get yourelf a copy of MODERN CON MAN. And ... Read More Rating: - From the NEW YORK OBSERVER"A handy, illustrated manual for would-be artists of deception! Todd Robbins is a con man and a good one at that... He parts fools from money with the precision of a surgeon. Even more enjoyable, though, than the nostalgic whisky-and-shadow-soaked hinterland the book evokes is the sinister pleasure Mr. Robbins takes in swindling. At heart, all con men are Manichaean, and Mr. Robbins is no exception. "The world is...separated into the Deceivers and the Deceived," he writes. "The sooner you decide which ... Read More 
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