memory

"In a reimagined 1987, mankind's ability to remember has deteriorated. To fight memory loss, men and women rely on artificial recall by storing memories on tapes and playing them back. Society's elite, dubbed recollectors, are able to retain 'three-quarter memories' on their own-and they make the rules. Seventeen-year-old orphan Freya Latimore doesn't have time for rules. School and responsibilities take a backseat in her life as she tirelessly works to assemble the gear she needs to become a documentary filmmaker. It's a dying profession in Freya's world, but it could enable her to uncover the truth about her father's mysterious death. Fernando Ortiz couldn't care less about his trust fund or his posh, cushiony life. He just wants to get through his senior year of high school so he can leave home, ride his motorcycle up the Pacific Coast Highway, and 'find himself.' But his father-a career politician-carries dark secrets that may prove impossible to outrun. Freya and Fernando's lives are both upended when the founder of Memory Frontier, a billion-dollar corporation, announces the forthcoming release of groundbreaking medical technology that will forever change artificial recall. Five hundred randomly selected students will be sent to a prestigious boarding school, where they will trial the new medical technology in pursuit of a 'better tomorrow.' But when students disappear in the night under the watch of the school's ruthless, militaristic dean, Freya and Fernando begin to question everything-including all they've come to believe about memory loss"--Provided by publisher.

"As a child, Allen is saved from a nautical disaster by Benjamin Postlethwaite, a solitary lighthouse keeper. Years later, Allen returns to the lighthouse, and the two nurse an injured young puffin back to health. When Allen is called up to fight in World War Two...his fond memories of his time at the lighthouse keep him going, even through prison camp"--Provided by publisher.

"Whoever controls our memories controls the future. Janelle Mon?e and an . . . array of . . . collaborating creators have written a collection of tales expanding the universe from her Dirty Computer album. Dirty Computer introduced a world in which thoughts--as a means of self-conception--could be controlled or erased by a select few. And whether human, A.I., or other, your life and sentience was dictated by those who'd convinced themselves they had the right to decide your fate. That was until Jane 57821 decided to remember and break free. Expanding from that mythos, these stories fully explore what it's like to live in such a totalitarian existence--and what it takes to get out of it"--Provided by publisher.

Told in alternating voices, Darby, her ex-boyfriend Morgan, and their friends become embroiled in a murder investigation when their science teacher's body is discovered at the summer camp they all attended.

"Eleven-year-old Fin has never felt safe until she and her mother move to the magic-infused town of Aldermere in the Pacific Northwest, but when the town is suddenly overrun with disturbances Fin is the only one who knows why--and she's the only one who can stop the havoc"--Provided by publisher.

When her grandmother gets trapped in her cloudy memories, An and her grandfather ?ng come up with a plan to bring her back to a happy moment so she can remember her wedding wish with ?ng: hundred years of happiness.

"Bix is forty, with four kids, restless, desperate for a new idea, when he stumbles into a conversation group, mostly Columbia professors, one of whom is experimenting with downloading or "externalizing" memory. It's 2010. Within a decade, Bix's new technology, "Own Your Unconscious"-that allows you access to every memory you've ever had, and to share every memory in exchange for access to the memories of others-has seduced multitudes. But not everyone."--Adapted from publisher description.

"The story of how three generations of Black women have passed down a family treasure; a sack filled with a few precious items given from an enslaved woman to her daughter in 1850s South Carolina"--Provided by publisher.

Ten-year-old Fabio rides his salmon-colored bike along the streets of Bogot?, Columbia, leading the neighborhood kids on jaunts around the city and delivering his mother's bread to the neighbors. While riding his bike, Fabio feels free from the disappointments and pressures of life, until one day he falls and keeps falling, until he realizes he's forgotten how to ride. Descending into a deep sadness, Fabio makes connections with friends and neighbors in an effort to get back what he lost, and come to terms with difficult circumstances in his life.

"Spirited away to the subterranean realm of Nagalok as children, seventeen-year-olds Tanvi and Venkat are charged with harvesting human dreams for the entertainment of the naga court--until one of them begins to remember the mortal life she left behind"--OCLC.