Memory Identity

HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE EVOLUTION --- This book provides an in-depth exploration of the processes that have shaped human language over millennia, integrating linguistic, archaeological, cognitive, and sociocultural evidence to illuminate the evolution of languages. Anchoring its analysis in historical linguistics, the book goes into the profound effects of migration, educational systems, trade, and technological innovations on language transformation. The bookunfolds with an examination of migration's necessary place in shaping linguistic territory, from the spread of Indo-...

“Memory” follows the story of a protagonist who, since childhood, has trained his memory like others train their muscles. At thirty-five, he works at a luxury hotel where his ability to remember every detail about the guests makes him invaluable. But one day, while washing his hands, his memory crosses a disturbing threshold: he begins to recall experiences that are not his own. First, the journey of water from the pipes to the rain; then, the life of plants, animal instinct, and finally, human memories laden with pain and secrecy. As these foreign memories invade his mind, his own ...

Hannah doesn’t remember her life before Peter. And in this quiet Victorian neighborhood, that’s exactly how he wants it. The house is charming. The marriage seems perfect. The neighbors are polite in a way that feels rehearsed. But inside this carefully controlled world, one thing stands out—the locked upstairs room Peter insists she never open. He tells her it’s a utility space with dangerous wiring. He tells her her memory loss comes from “a traumatic past” she’s not ready to face. He tells her she’s safe now, that he’s the only one she can trust. But the late-night ...

She profiles killers for a living. She knows their patterns, their tells, their lies. But one predator has found the perfect way inside her mind. Dr. Emma Walters has spent her career dissecting the psychology of murder. But when a string of women is found dead across Chicago—each believing they’d finally found love—Emma is pulled into a case that feels disturbingly personal. Her new relationship with Alex, the charming artist who seems too good to be true, offers comfort she desperately needs… until his insights feel a little too precise. And Claire, Emma’s closest friend—the ...

Myfanwy Thomas awakens in a London park surrounded by dead bodies. With her memory gone, she must trust the instructions left by her former in order to survive. She quickly learns that she is a Rook, a high-level operative in a secret agency that protects the world from supernatural threats. But...

She looks exactly like me. Same face, same scar, same life. And now she's stealing everything that's mine. When Madisyn Holmes moves in across the street, I can't shake the feeling that this isn't coincidence. She copies my garden design, my home décor, even my professional strategies. It's like watching someone erase me in real time. My husband thinks I'm paranoid. My neighbors think I'm losing it. But I know what I'm seeing. I start gathering evidence—photos, notes, proof of her systematic theft. Because someone has to stop her before she takes everything. The question is: how far will...

“A remarkable and gifted debut novel” (Colson Whitehead) about two outsiders—a lonely scientist in the Arctic and an astronaut trying to return to Earth—as they grapple with love, regret, and survival in a world transformed. THE INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM THE MIDNIGHT...

Nine days after burying his wife, Evan receives a voicemail from her phone. Claire is dead. He signed the papers. He chose the urn. He sat through the funeral while everyone told him to take all the time he needed. Then her voice comes through the speaker at 2:17 in the morning. Her warning is impossible: a man will come to his building claiming to be from the gas company. Do not let him in. When the warning comes true, Evan is pulled into a quiet nightmare of hidden recordings, missing memories, false identities, and secrets Claire took to her grave. Each message leads him deeper into a ...

Swann's Way, published in 1913, is the first volume of Marcel Proust's monumental work In Search of Lost Time (À la recherche du temps perdu). This novel, widely regarded as one of the greatest literary achievements of the 20th century, delves into themes of memory, time, love, and the fleeting nature of existence. Proust's introspective and richly detailed narrative invites readers into a world where every moment, emotion, and thought is meticulously examined. Swann's Way is divided into three parts, each exploring different facets of life and memory. The novel begins with the narrator's ...

The Psychology of Nostalgia: Memory, Identity, Emotional Comfort, and the Pull of the Past explores why old songs, childhood rooms, discontinued products, family rituals, school traditions, television reruns, and even public events from decades ago can feel intensely alive in the present. Nostalgia is more than sentimentality. It can restore a sense of continuity during stress, make people feel less alone, and reconnect them with parts of themselves that seem lost or distant. It can also lead people to polish the past, confuse selective memory with truth, or use longing as a refuge from ...

The Story of Henry County by Terrance Ammons From Blacksville to Boomtown is a gripping, deeply researched exploration of Henry County, Georgia—a once-rural Black enclave transformed by waves of migration, political upheaval, and gentrification. Through vivid storytelling, oral histories, and sharp analysis, Terrance Ammons traces the complex journey of a Southern community caught between preservation and progress. This book unearths the buried legacies of Henry County’s Black pioneers—the teachers, farmers, and business owners who built self-sufficient communities under segregation. ...

Mary has started remembering things that she knows aren't real—but the events feel exactly like her actual memories. Who is she, if she can't be sure she knows her own past? A writer in her 30s struggling to make rent, Mary has moved back to her childhood town to bartend and save money, when...

Czeslaw Milosz Explained: Exile, Moral Witness, Poetry of History, Totalitarianism, Faith and Doubt, Memory, Identity, and the Search for Meaning in a Fractured World is a powerful and deeply engaging exploration of one of the twentieth century’s most important literary and philosophical voices. This book brings Milosz's complex ideas to life, guiding readers through his experiences of war, exile, and intellectual resistance while revealing how his poetry and essays continue to speak to modern readers searching for truth and meaning. Spanning themes such as totalitarianism, moral ...

In this spellbinding and provocative novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Age of Miracles, a young mother is struck by sudden and puzzling psychological symptoms that illuminate the mysterious dimensions of the human mind—and of love. A Belletrist Book Club Pick A year after...

The World Fantasy Award-winning thriller about a girl no one can remember, from the acclaimed author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and 84K. My name is Hope Arden, and you won't know who I am. But we've met before -- a thousand times. It started when I was sixteen years old. A father...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The inspiring true story of transgender actor and activist Nicole Maines, whose identical twin brother, Jonas, and ordinary American family join her on an extraordinary journey to understand, nurture, and celebrate the uniqueness in us all. Nicole appears as...

Some towns keep secrets. Others are built on them. Winner, Literary Titan Gold Book Award, 2026 In the fog-shrouded seaside town of Full Moon Cay, two teenagers vanish without a trace. When Tommy Jurczyk is found alive days later—with his memory completely erased—the relief is short-lived. Soon after, a fisherman pulls the brutally tortured body of Tommy’s best friend, Bobby Portilla, from the ocean. Veteran detective Al Esposito knows this isn’t a simple murder. As whispers of strange figures in the mist and unexplained nights along the coast surface, the case begins to point ...

Patient Zero A Thriller of Erased Memories What if your entire life was a lie... and the person who built it is the one you called "Mother"? Dr. Emma Carter spends her days unlocking her patients' buried traumas. But when a man's nightmare about a woman in a yellow dress triggers her own blackouts, the walls of her perfect world start crumbling. A hidden journal. A locked basement door. A child's handwriting she doesn't remember: Lily knows the secret. Forced back to the decaying house she fled years ago, Emma uncovers chilling evidence: photographs of children with empty eyes, tapes of ...

"David Stifel provides a confident professorial tone in his narration of [Eric] Kandel's fascinating audiobook. Listeners searching for a fundamental review of neurobiology will find it satisfyingly comprehensive." — AudioFile Magazine Eric R. Kandel, the winner of the Nobel Prize in...

She woke up with no memory. But someone out there knows exactly who she is. Tiffany Wells doesn’t remember her past. Not her name. Not her life. Not the reason her hands don’t shake when she picks up a gun. But her body remembers. It remembers how to disappear in a crowd. How to break into locked systems. How to run when someone is hunting her. And someone is. Watching. Tracking. Closing in. Desperate for answers, Tiffany turns to a reluctant investigator and a woman who seems to know far more than she should. What they uncover is bigger—and far more dangerous—than any of them ...