{"product_id":"bb15-8","title":"Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women by Ricky Jay - Copyright 1986","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is from a Private Estate in \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGood Condition\u003c\/strong\u003e.  This is a softcover book with some dark smudges on the pages where it was used before.  The corners show wear and tear from use. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCopyright 1986\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUnique, Eccentric and Amazing Entertainers: Stone Eaters, Mind Readers, Poison Resisters, Daredevils, Singing Mice, etc., etc., etc. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Between these covers is the most satisfying array of oddities, marvels and novelties that has been gathered together in a blue moon...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Well-written and extensively researched...handsomly emblished with hundreds of illustrations...it belongs within reach of anyone who wishes to rejoice over the strange quriks and glorious victories of our species. The folks who will fil these pages are real, and they should invoke it us a deep sense of wonder.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- James Randi, New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\" Jay has given us a sparkling, hilariou mind-bending history of the forebears of Philipe Petit.  Jay, a stingingly witty writer, knows how to draw the reader in...For all its incomparable entertainment, strangely, LEARNDED PIGS \u0026amp; FIREPROOF WOMEN also ranks as one of the most intellectually stirring books of the years...LEARNED PIGS \u0026amp; FIREPROOF WOMEN is a book so magnificently entertaining that if a promotor booked it into theaters and simply distributed a copy for each patron to read, he'd have the hit of the season.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e -Carlin Romano, Philadephia Inqurier\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"A book that is both astonishing and genuinely funny...a work of true scholarship written with wit and style.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- Charles Reynolds, Los Angeles Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"A lavishly illustrated, entertaining, impressively researched off\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e-Cleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Irresistible...it is unlikely that any title in 1987 will top this one for the mystification and intrigue.   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e-Time\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Magic Shop San Diego","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40425011314781,"sku":"BB15 LPFWRJ","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1120\/5962\/files\/LDK_8092.jpg?v=1711091463","url":"https:\/\/magicshopsandiego.com\/products\/bb15-8","provider":"Magic Shop San Diego","version":"1.0","type":"link"}