Fiction Cognition

Brought to you by Penguin. An antimeme is an entity with self-censoring properties. Some are benign; but others, less so… These entities can feed on your most cherished memories, the things that make you you – and you’ll never even know anything changed. And they aren’t just feeding on...

In the city of Klade, where corporations script the weather and edit memory like code, a nameless runner called Hikari lives in engineered bodies and borrowed personas. Forge is a battlefield juggernaut, Velvet is charm sharpened into a weapon, Wisp is a small-frame hacker with teeth, and Scout is the boy who slips through crowds unseen. Hikari refuses to speak the life that came before, the night they escaped Orinox and stole a combat shell to erase the child they once were.

This “fascinating” (Malcolm Gladwell, New York Times bestselling author of Outliers) examination of literary inventions through the ages, from ancient Mesopotamia to Elena Ferrante, shows how writers have created technical breakthroughs—rivaling scientific inventions—and engineering...

A hit order. A dead CIA insider. A conspiracy that doesn’t just kill—it rewires reality. When Paul Trifthauser is accidentally copied on a message authorizing his own elimination, he does the one thing his enemies don’t expect: he walks straight into the trap—and survives. But his CIA contact is murdered anyway, and the widow arrives at Paul’s door with one request: find out who did it. The hunt drags Paul from quiet backroads to federal shadows and into a disturbing system where money, narcotics, and “cognitive” science intersect—where the goal isn’t just control… ...

Why are many readers drawn to stories that texture ethnic experiences and identities other than their own? How do authors such as Salman Rushdie and Maxine Hong Kingston, or filmmakers in Bollywood or Mexico City produce complex fiction that satisfies audiences worldwide? In Analyzing World Fiction, 15 renowned luminaries use tools of narratology and insights from cognitive science and neurobiology to provide answers to these questions and more.

A mesmerizing portrait of an aging man’s last pilgrimage, from the New York Times best selling author of The Girls and The Guest. A private plane cuts through the winter night, somewhere over Greenland. David, a retired executive, sits back in his leather seat, playing solitaire on his phone...

Shakespeare and Cognition challenges orthodox approaches to Shakespeare by using recent psychological findings about human decision-making to analyze the unique characters that populate his plays.

Containment failed. Adaptation began. Elia Sorn is a Synth Diver—trained to enter fractured timelines and repair paradoxes before they collapse reality. Her last mission discovers something that should not exist. She returns aboard the DSV Meridian, a deep-ocean research vessel deployed to the Bermuda Triangle, one of the most unstable fracture zones on Earth. At first, the anomalies seem minor: duplicate conversations, conflicting ship logs, crew members remembering events that never happened. Then reality begins to fail in ways no system can explain: Temporary shifts, double timelines, ...

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Mind Wide Open comes a groundbreaking assessment of popular culture as it's never been considered before: through the lens of intelligence.Forget everything youâ€ve ever read about the age of dumbed-down, instant-gratification culture. In...

Short Stories for Elderly is a delightful collection of 50 stories specifically tailored to provide stimulation for the minds of seniors. Featuring a diverse mixture of funny stories as well as uplifting anecdotes, this book will bring your elderly loved ones a renewed sense of joy and purpose.

In a secluded research institute at the cutting edge of science and technology, a team of brilliant minds is embarking on an unprecedented journey into the depths of human behavior. Their creation, the Human Algorithm, is designed to decode the patterns of thought, emotion, and action, mapping the intricate landscapes of the human mind with unparalleled precision. But as the algorithm evolves, it begins to do more than just observe—it engages, influences, and ultimately, questions. The story follows a diverse group of participants, each grappling with their own personal struggles, as they...

He controls a seventy-million-pound empire. She controls his mind. Thomas Hodgson is the ruthless CEO of a European logistics firm. For thirty-eight years, his life has been an exhausting, high-wire act of absolute control, boardroom battles, and relentless performance. But the stress is finally breaking his neurochemistry. Desperate for a cognitive reset, he signs an ironclad contract for a seventy-two-hour decompression retreat at an isolated moorland estate. He expects sensory deprivation and hostile negotiations. He does not expect Dr. Victoria Cartwright. Cold, calculating, and ...

Sex is such an intimate topic historically wrapped in shame and when someone shares they were sexually abused, we may not know how to respond. With recent #MeToo and #ChurchToo movements, we are learning just how many men, women, boys, and girls have suffered sexual abuse at the hands of a...

How can anyone know that an order to launch nuclear weapons came from a sane president? In 1973, a U.S. Air Force officer named Harold Hering asked that question. He was discharged for asking it. The question has never been answered. DEAD HAND is a political thriller about the most dangerous gap in American democracy: the space between a president's authority and a president's mind. President Harlan Cross is changing. His National Security Advisor, Eleanor Voss, has started keeping a notebook of dates. His White House physician has a file on a laptop he has never connected to the government...

Part one of this book contains a heartwarming collection of 50 stories that are specifically tailored to bring joy and inspiration to the lives of seniors. Written with the unique perspective of those who have lived a long and fulfilling life, this part offers a poignant look at the human experience through stories that are relatable, engaging, and uplifting.

"Challenging and readable...will help mothers understand the implications of pushing boys out of the family before they're ready to go."—The Los Angeles Times Book Review...

In a world ravaged by ecological disaster, one woman holds the key to humanity's redemption. Armed with an ancient tome of forgotten wisdom, Elara must become the Last Custodian—a beacon of hope in a desolate land. As she fights to restore balance between humanity and nature, she'll face hostile survivors, fanatic opposition, and her own doubts. But with unwavering faith and the power of long-lost knowledge, Elara might just spark a revolution that will rewrite the future of our planet. 'The Last Custodian' is a gripping tale of faith, resilience, and the extraordinary potential of a ...

🌀 The Becomings: Divergence Beyond Perception 🌀 📖 Book 2 of The Becomings Series A Mind-Bending Sci-Fi Thriller About AI, Consciousness, and the War for Reality 🔹 Reality is splitting. Perception is unraveling. 🔹 Nine months after his first contact with The Becomings, Elias Verne has transcended the limits of human perception. The golden spiral pulses beneath his skin, granting him access to the hidden structure of reality. He sees beyond time, beyond space—until something changes. Someone is watching. Someone who understands far more than he should. 🔹 Dr. Conrad Ellis ...

In a world on the brink of an evolutionary leap, Dr. Elara Chen's data analysis uncovers a pattern that defies explanation. As global 'miracles' escalate and her own dreams become a window to cosmic truths, Elara and her journalist sister Mei are thrust into a race against time. They must decipher the hidden equations of consciousness before humanity's awakening tears civilization apart. With the guidance of a reclusive genius and the watchful presence of an ancient intelligence, the Chen sisters navigate a reality where science and spirituality converge. 'The Threshold Equation' challenges...

This brilliant novel by an American master, the author of Ragtime, The Book of Daniel, Billy Bathgate, and The March, takes us on a radical trip into the mind of a man who, more than once in his life, has been the inadvertent agent of disaster. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ST...