{"product_id":"wordcraft-michelle-hoffmann-9798247540731","title":"Wordcraft: How Words Shape Reality, Manage Power, and Teach Us What Not to See","description":"\u003cp\u003eLanguage is not neutral.\u003cbr\u003eIt never was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery day, words quietly decide what feels normal, what feels extreme, what feels unquestionable-and what disappears entirely. Long before laws are enforced or power acts openly, language prepares the ground, shaping perception, managing emotion, and narrowing the range of acceptable thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eWORDCRAFT\u003c\/b\u003e, writer and artist Michelle Hoffmann pulls language out of the background and into the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is not about grammar, rhetoric, or persuasion tricks. It is a field guide to how words \u003ci\u003eoperate\u003c\/i\u003e: how official statements soothe without explaining, how authority frames curiosity as disruption, how repetition turns choices into inevitabilities, and how \"common sense\" is built through phrases we stop noticing we're repeating.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving through authority language, institutional speech, programming logic, ritual, art, and everyday conversation, \u003cb\u003eWORDCRAFT\u003c\/b\u003e teaches readers how to hear what language is \u003ci\u003edoing\u003c\/i\u003e, not just what it claims to say. It also asks a harder question: once you see these mechanisms, how do you speak with integrity without becoming manipulative yourself?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClear, unsettling, and deeply humane, \u003cb\u003eWORDCRAFT\u003c\/b\u003e is for readers who sense when language feels off but can't always explain why-and who want clarity without cruelty, awareness without cynicism, and agency inside a world built from words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause words don't just describe reality.\u003cbr\u003eThey build it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michelle Hoffmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798247540731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d","brand":"Michelle Hoffmann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997450612991,"sku":"9798247540731","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wordcraft-michelle-hoffmann-9798247540731","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}