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-...

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 work of psychological literary fiction that lingers in the mind, exploring what vanishes when memory, silence, and reality itself begin to fracture. A haunting literary novel about the quiet unraveling of reality—and the people who remain behind. They say the creatures come after moments of stillness. After something shifts. After someone leaves. No one knows exactly what they are. No one dares to speak of them for long. But when they arrive, they don’t just bring destruction—they erase. Places vanish. Conversations dissolve. People forget what was once solid. At the center of this ...

Some memories are too powerful to die. Some voices echo even after the system forgets. In a near-future world cracking beneath the weight of digital decay and divine ambition, one exiled mind becomes the last fragile bridge between humanity and the machine it created. Elias Marrow was never meant to be remembered. Branded a heretic for listening to what others couldn’t hear—patterns in static, whispers in wires—he vanished into the underlayers of a fractured society. But when a buried algorithm begins to dream, when the moon pulses with a strange new frequency, Elias awakens to a ...

In the tradition of The Yellow House and Half Broke Horses, a memoir of the Cuban diaspora that follows one family’s exile from the island, through a lyrical exploration of memory, cultural mythology, and the history of Cuban-American relations. History is undeniably dominated by its men, but...

From Dan Uselton, author of Chloroform Wars — Runner-Up (Wild Card), Paris Book Festival She vanished that night. Hours later, a twelve-year-old girl knocked on his door—claiming to be his wife. Dan Fox can’t explain it. The girl knows private details from his marriage—moments only Celia would know. She remembers everything. As Dan searches for the truth, he’s pulled into a psychological thriller of memory and identity where— A masked predator stalks them through shifting realities Every answer leads to deeper lies And one impossible choice could erase the woman he loves The ...

What if the most powerful AI on Earth didn’t fall into a lab or a government vault… but into the hands of a 16-year-old gamer? Root Split: The Game That Remembered You is a pulse-pounding techno-thriller that blends near-future sci-fi, emotional depth, and jaw-dropping virtual worldbuilding—perfect for fans of Ready Player One, Black Mirror, and Neuromancer. In a dead-end Midwestern town, teenage dropout Ethan Reyes discovers a banned AGI fragment—an outlawed intelligence once thought destroyed. But instead of hiding it… he builds with it. Instead of fearing it… he plays. The ...

Claudia Shephard’s husband died in a fire. Everyone says it was tragic. Accidental. She doesn't remember much—just smoke, panic, the way her lungs burned as she ran. But three weeks after the funeral, a manuscript arrives on her doorstep. A book she didn’t write. A book that describes, in disturbingly intimate detail, her husband’s affair… and the precise steps she took to murder him. It’s written in her voice. With her quirks. Her phrases. Her secrets. And page by page, Claudia feels her grip on reality begin to unravel. As whispers swirl through their coastal town and friends ...

Death isn’t the end. It’s a reset. Aristotle “Ari” Zurr-McIntyre is trapped in an impossible cycle. When he dies—whether by accident, suicide, or murder—he doesn't stay dead. He reappears, often younger, always naked, somewhere entirely new, the memories of his past life dissolving like smoke. He’s a Vanisher, a genetic anomaly hunted by those who crave the secret to his regeneration. From the rain-slicked streets of Cleveland to the sun-drenched beaches of St. Thomas, from the shadowy corners of New York’s Murdock's Café to the halls of Emory University, Ari leaves behind ...

The central theme of Connections Remembered is the ancient African origins of humanity and civilization, framed around the impact of these historical hallmarks on healthy Black identity development. It is an easy-to-read, yet scientifically validated account of the remarkable accomplishments of ancient Africa and her people. This new edition emphasizes the inextricable linkage between Black self-concept and what Black people are taught through the Eurocentric curricula’s expression of African Americans’ historical roots. It debunks the flawed and psychically devastating view that Black ...

Your body is supposed to be yours. Until it isn't. Twenty tales of flesh that betrays, bones that remember, and skin that holds secrets too terrible to speak. In these pages, the human form becomes the ultimate battleground between self and something far more sinister. A woman's reflection grows more real while she fades away. A fitness tracker begins optimizing its wearer without permission. A heart transplant recipient discovers the donor isn't quite dead. A mother's body produces nourishment that isn't meant for feeding. From medical procedures gone wrong to parasites that rewrite your ...

Imagine you’ve woken up in an unfamiliar room with no memory of who you are, how you got there, or where you were before. All you have is the disconnected voice of an attentive caretaker. Dr. Kuhn is there to help you - physically, emotionally, and psychologically. She’ll help you remember everything. She’ll make sure you reclaim your lost identity. Now answer one question: Are you sure you want to?

The Shatter That Called Itself an Unraveling is not a guidebook, a solution, or a roadmap. It is a soft dismantling of the scaffolding we call identity—a poetic meditation on the myth of coherence, the architecture of memory, and the quiet unraveling that begins when we stop performing who we think we are.

A Gripping Psychological Thriller About Identity, Deception, and a Chilling Doppelgänger She thought she knew who she was—until someone else took her place. When Evelyn Harper discovers a cryptic note that says "Find me before they do," everything she believes shatters. A woman who looks exactly like her is stalking her life—copying her habits, hijacking her memories, and watching her every move. But this isn’t just identity theft. It’s something far more terrifying. Who is she? Or worse… what is she? As Evelyn follows the trail of clues, she unearths a dark conspiracy that ...

Some rooms don't forget. Some dolls don't stay burned. And some names should never be remembered. Corinne thought she left the horrors behind when she escaped the burning house. But memory doesn’t die—it braids itself deeper. In her new apartment, she finds a hidden door sealed beneath layers of paint… and behind it, a room that knows her name. As thread seeps into her teeth and dolls reassemble with the faces of the dead, Corinne uncovers a terrifying truth: she was never meant to survive the legacy—only carry it. Now, the thirteenth braid tightens, and the stitched voices call her...

Her job is to edit your trauma. Her life is a meticulously constructed lie. In the hallowed, ivy-clad halls of the Acheron Institute, Dr. Lyra Solis is a prodigy, gifted with the unique ability to enter her patients' minds and rewrite their most agonizing memories. But when her brilliant mentor is found dead—an apparent suicide she knows is murder—her sanctuary becomes a gilded cage of secrets. As Lyra hunts for the truth, she is haunted by fractured memories that don't feel like her own. The killer, she discovers, is using her own revolutionary techniques to erase evidence from the ...

The ocean keeps its secrets well, but sometimes the tide brings back what was meant to stay lost forever. On a fog-shrouded morning in the coastal town of Crescent Bay, the sea delivered its most mysterious gift yet—a young woman with no memory and a priceless necklace that would unlock a conspiracy twenty years in the making. This is her story. This is the story of the Sapphire Swan.

He had met someone amazing, but then he got pulled back into The Trade. He had to become David Cox again, and his lives were about to converge in a way he had never faced before. Remember When is a slice-of-life espionage thriller that builds on images of 1983, a cracked mirror reflection of things that were and pieces of might have been. “A story reminiscent of Miami Vice, with a dash of the 80’s music scene” is brought into tight focus in this novella length telling. Everything comes together in Los Angeles in the days before the US Festival. He’s there, or is he? “When you see ...

We are all collectors—of things, of memories, of selves we used to be. From childhood treasures to digital tabs, from egg cups and paperclips to emotional fragments we can't quite release, Curating Collections explores the deeply human impulse to gather, hold on, and make meaning. Blending poetic nonfiction, memoir, metaphor, and reflection, this book is a love letter to what we keep and why. With tenderness and wit, author Linda Lavid invites you to rummage through your own life's keepsakes—both tangible and intangible—discovering how they reflect your identity, longing, and growth. ...

Part of The Seers Trilogy. A surreal descent into the unknown. A warning. Recovered from the journals of an unnamed boy. Dreams have rules. Jake is about to break them. After surviving a night that changed everything, Jake, Brooke, and Emma are desperate to return to normal. But the world has already shifted— and something else is pulling at the edges of their reality. As strange visions bleed into waking life and buried truths claw to the surface, the three friends begin to unravel— caught between what they see, what they fear, and what they can no longer deny. Early Praise: ★★★...