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Loading... Stacking the Deck : Secrets of the World's Master Card Architectby Bryan Berg
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Six-star book! This far surpasses amazing. The author, Brian Berg, when he was 17, got into the Guinness Book of World Records for building from cards alone a tower 14.5 feet tall. Since then he travels the world building card structures as entertainment. The ending is always the same, he gets to knock them down. As he says, if he didn't knock the structure down - which may have taken weeks to build - no-one would believe it was cards alone, no tricks, no glue. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Written by the holder of several Guinness World Records for cardstacking, this is the first complete, fully illustrated guide to the art of building mind-boggling, multilevel structures with ordinary playing cards. In Stacking the Deck, Bryan Berg reveals the secret to successful cardstacking with his simple four-card-cell structure and expanded grid techniques. Using illustrations and step-by-step instructions, he guides readers on to more elaborate -- and incredibly strong -- creations. He covers a wide range of architectural styles, from classic to whimsical, and various types of structures, including pyramids, shrines, stadiums, churches, an oil derrick, and even the Empire State Building. Since first setting the height record in 1992, Bryan's built awe-inspiring card models of a Japanese shrine, the Iowa State Capitol building, Ebbets Field, and his latest tower, which is more than twenty-five feet tall! This book includes photographs of some of these amazing pieces, illustrating just how appealing and enduring a "house of cards" can be. Stacking the Deck will inspire everyone from youngsters experimenting with their first deck of cards to adults, who can create their own private skyscrapers. Once you've read Stacking the Deck, you'll never look at a deck of cards the same way again. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)795.4The arts Recreational and performing arts Games of chance Card gamesLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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