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. This compendium of five hundred brain-boosting puzzles is broken into sections related to specific mental functions—such as language, reasoning and cognition—so you can target areas of your brain with a customized workout. Plus, each chapter is arranged from simple to complex, which means puzzle pros aren't the only ones who can reap the benefits of these brain-strengthening puzzles. Keep your mind fit with: Word searches Crosswords Jumbles Riddles Cryptograms Deduction puzzles Doublets
Author
Marcel Danesi (b. Marcello Danesi, 1946) is a current Professor of Semiotics and Linguistic Anthropology at the University of Toronto. He is known for his work in language, communications, and semiotics; being Director of the Program in Semiotics and Communication Theory. He has also held positions at Rutgers University (1972), The University of Rome "La Sapienza" (1988), the Catholic University of Milan (1990), and the University of Lugano. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Semiotica: Journal of the International Association for Semiotic Studies and is a past-president of the Semiotic Society of America.
