Insignia, Volume 1"Insignia expertly combines humor with a disarming and highly realistic view of the future. The characters are real, funny, and memorable. You won't be able to put this book down."—Veronica Roth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divergent and Insurgent The earth is in the middle of WWIII in Insignia, the first entry in S. J. Kincaid's fast-paced sci-fi adventure trilogy perfect for fans of Ender's Game. The planet's natural resources are almost gone, and war is being fought to control the assets of the solar system. The enemy is winning. The salvation may be Tom Raines. Tom doesn't seem like a hero. He's a short fourteen-year-old with bad skin. But he has the virtual-reality gaming skills that make him a phenom behind the controls of the battle drones. As a new member of the Intrasolar Forces, Tom's life completely changes. Suddenly, he's someone important. He has new opportunities, friends, and a shot at having a girlfriend. But there's a price to pay. . . . |
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William Henry Groves. CHAPTER II . THE FACULTY OF MEMORY . Memory is not so much a faculty as it is a function of all the faculties . There is a memory in all the organs of the body . Memory is often restricted - for instance , to memory ...
... memory, historical memory and collective memory. This distinction has its roots in Bergson's differentiation between memory of specific events and memory of enduring attitudes. Namely, Halbwachs analyzed the dreams and images of memory ...
... memory seems to be what we desire. 8 More than ever in the present world, we use memory to explain our past and to build our identity. Memory is ever more important for collective bonding in these difficult times, and is becoming a ...
... memory.3 Wherever we have distinction of action there we have also distinction of memory, which is the action's record—the traces left of its 1 “Although wespeak ofmemory as if itwere asimple indivisible faculty, we must bear in mind ...
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