Marcel Danesi

Books by Marcel Danesi

Art of the Lie

How the Manipulation of Language Affects Our Minds

This book shows how language can be used strategically to manipulate beliefs.From Machiavelli to P. T. Barnum to Donald Trump, many have perfected the art of strategically using language to gain the upper hand, set a tone, change the subject, or influence people's beliefs and behaviors. Language-...

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    Murder in Plain English

    From Manifestos to Memes--Looking at Murder through the Words of Killers

    This is the first book to examine murder through the written word--not only the writings of the killers themselves, but also the story of murder as told in literary fiction and the crime dramas that are now a staple of film and television. The authors--a criminologist specializing in cold cases, ...

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