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Philosopher Rowlands (The Philosopher and the Wolf) weaves together philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and personal anecdote for an expansive look at how memory shapes identity. Memories are made, ...

1. This is the big one—literally: It’s a 3,000-page monster, and even some of its sentences are gigantic. (One of them is almost as long as this entire article.) But its fans will tell you it’s the ...