Sterling Publishing (NY)

The Ultimate Book of Optical Illusions, Paperback/Al Seckel

Prepare to be amazedInside the covers of this incredible, colorful collection are hundreds of the world s most powerful optical illusions. They re beautiful to behold, and stunning in their trickery. Some of the mind-boggling images seem to spring into action, vibrating, pulsing, and spinning like a hula hoop. Other ambiguous illusions feature two subjects in one: the fun is in finding them both in the single pictureincluding a mouse playing hide and seek in a cat s face and a strange desert mirage where palm trees imperceptibly morph into camels. And still more, like The Impossible Terrace, which couldn t exist off the page: just try to figure out if you re viewing the space from above or below. Every one is astonishing."