Adopt a Houdini Book at British Library

Inside Magic Image of Harry Houdini's Classic Magical Rope Ties & Escapes from 1921The British Library Board is looking for someone to adopt Harry Houdini's Magical Rope Ties & Escapes.

In a very interesting new program, the premiere library for the English-speaking world (appropriately located in England) asks ordinary people like you to help preserve the great original books in their vast collection.

Among the 40 or so offerings is Houdini's classic from 1921.

The Library Board notes:

In this practical guide with illustrations, Houdini explains how to perform ties "of two distinct types, namely, those adapted to use in spiritualistic work, and those intended for the escape artist." A perfect adoption for fans of the most famous magician in the world.

The cost to adopt this book or one of the other classics of non-magic literature, is a mere £30.00 which prices out at about €36.00 or $47.50 in U.S. Dollars.

Your name will be on the certificate and in the records of the British Library.

Not to be outdone, our hometown Mystic Hollow Library has a similar adopt a book program.  For $2.50, you can adopt the entire 2009 collection of TV Guide in hardback.  Not quite a classic, but it does contain some very interesting information about what you could have seen during that crucial year in television. 

In the United States, analog television signals were replaced by their digital equivalent and millions of homes were stripped of their ability to see Wheel of Fortune or Jeopardy.  The nation was rocked and congressional efforts to supply conversion boxes to those affected by this horrific crisis fell short.  You can read about the congress and the president's efforts to delay or fix the great social upheaval here.

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