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Marcel Danesi's outstanding introduction provides a clear guide to brands and brand identity, outlining their historical origins and their increasing centrality in contemporary consumer culture. He in

In this user-friendly dictionary of popular culture, over 800 A-to-Z entries provide historical information, definitions, and brief commentaries about the theories, media forms, fads, celebrities and

This brand-new puzzle book features 200 logic questions of varying types and difficulty.Mental workout warriors and logic lovers will adore The Everything Book of Logic Puzzles Volume I. You’ll learn

Basing his work on interviews carried out with 200 teens (from Toronto, Boston, San Francisco, Vancouver, San Diego, Milwaukee, New York, Montreal, and Miami) and writing for the general public, Danes

The second volume of this brand-new puzzle book features 200 logic questions of varying types and difficulty.Mental workout warriors and logic lovers will adore The Everything Book of Logic Puzzles Vo

This book will introduce the field of forensic semiotics as a tool for understanding crime and criminality. It will focus on how symbolism, ritual, and other sign-based activities play a crucial role

Readers who want to teach themselves Italian at their own pace and outside a formal classroom setting will find this book an excellent source for getting started. Meanwhile, its many exercises and qu

The most-often-used Italian regular and irregular verbs are presented with English translations in this quick-reference format. The six-panel card is laminated for long life and punched to fit either

"Humans are the only animals who create and solve puzzles -- for the sheer pleasure of it -- and there is no obvious genetic reason why we would do this. Marcel Danesi explores the psychology of puzz

What's more romantic than two people embracing, looking into each other's eyes, and then kissing each other? But how should we make sense of this iconic act? How and when did it become a vital sign of

What's more romantic than two people embracing, looking into each other's eyes, and then kissing each other? But how should we make sense of this iconic act? How and when did it become a vital sign of

All the skill-building Italian language practice you need--with five books in one value-packed volume--plus support from the McGraw Hill Language Lab appThe most effective way to learn any new language is to practice, practice, and practice, and no other workbooks put as much emphasis on this as the Practice Makes Perfect series. In Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Italian All-in-One, you get five skill-building titles to help you build a solid foundation of verbs, vocabulary, grammar and conversational skills--all in one value-packed workbook.This easy-to-use, one-stop resource includes thorough explanations that are reinforced by hundreds of hands-on practice exercises to help you build the skills needed to break through the barrier to competency and fluency in Italian. Enhanced with a comprehensive index that makes it easy to reference all grammar explanations throughout the book, it's an ideal resource for both advanced beginning and intermediate level learning. This Premium Editio

Italian makes sense when you approach it the E-Z way! You'll get reviews on pronunciation, parts of speech, and measure your progress with quizzes.

As the famous Pythagorean statement reads, 'Number rules the universe', and its veracity is proven in the many mathematical discoveries that have accelerated the development of science, engineering, a

Popular Culture: Introductory Perspectives explores human desire for meaning and the ways that popular culture embodies meaning. In this text, Marcel Danesi delves into social structures that have led

Popular Culture: Introductory Perspectives explores human desire for meaning and the ways that popular culture embodies meaning. In this text, Marcel Danesi delves into social structures that have led

Many attack pop culture as a crude “sexual” and “celebrity-based” culture that is purportedly bringing about the end of moral values. Renowned semiotician Marcel Danesi adds his signature insight to t

Books in the innovative Foreign Language Word Puzzles series help students of foreign languages learn vocabulary and word meanings by working out a succession of fun-to-do word puzzles. Featured in

Books in the innovative Foreign Language Word Puzzles series help students of foreign languages learn vocabulary and word meanings by working out a succession of fun-to-do word puzzles. Featured in

By laying bare the misguided tenets that have brought about, and continue to promote, a 'forever young' mentality, Marcel Danesi demonstrates that the 'teen-aging' of culture has come about because it

Build up your Italian grammar skills and communicate with easeThe only way to boost your confidence in a second language is to practice, practice, practice. From the present tense of regular verbs to

Build up your Italian grammar skills and communicate with easeThe only way to boost your confidence in a second language is to practice, practice, practice. From the present tense of regular verbs to

The serial killer has become an obsession ever since Jack the Ripper became a media sensation, embedding a new and horrifying type of murderer into our cultural consciousness – one who kills darkly an

This title, the first in BarronA's brand-new series of grammar review books, presents a complete overview of grammatical terms, parts of speech, and how they work together in the Italian language. An

Media semiotics is a valuable method of focusing on the hidden meanings within media texts. This new edition brings Understanding Media Semiotics fully up to date and is written for students of the m

Media semiotics is a valuable method of focusing on the hidden meanings within media texts. This new edition brings Understanding Media Semiotics fully up to date and is written for students of the m

Extreme Brain Workout is a series of puzzles designed to engage the core parts of your brain that are responsible for verbal ability, logical thinking and even your IQ. Each group of puzzles progresse

This volume offers a practical introduction to the use of neuroscience to teach second languages. It provides information on the relation between how the brain learns and how this can be used to const

Here is a fine new, user-friendly supplementary language worktext for students enrolled in high school and college-level Italian courses, as well as for those who know some Italian but want to work i

Danesi (anthropology, U. of Toronto) has written extensively on semiotics and mathematics shares insights he gained designing and teaching for eight years an experimental mathematics course for math p

Beef up your brain! Want to test your memory? Sharpen your perception? Enhance your verbal reasoning? Marcel Danesi?author of The Total Brain Workout and Extreme Brain Workout?has a puzzle for that. T