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      Braving Home: Dispatches from the Underwater Town, the Lava-Side Inn, and Other Extreme Locales

      Jake Halpern

      Part travelogue … part meditation on the meaning of home ( Wall Street Journal ), Braving Home introduces readers to some of modern America’s most unusual, unforgettable pioneers.

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      Bad Paper: Inside the Secret World of Debt Collectors

      Jake Halpern

      A trip to the underworld of debt collection, where bankers team up with ex-burglars and few rules apply Bad Paper is a riveting expose;, a moving story of an unlikely…

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      Fame Junkies: The Hidden Truths Behind America’s Favourite Addiction

      Jake Halpern

      Author and NPR commentator Halpern takes a critical look at Americans’ infatuation with fame and determines that fame is elusive, desirable–and also possibly addictive.

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      Welcome to the New World

      Jake Halpern

      Originally published as a twenty-two part series in the New York Times.

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      Recalling Childhood

      What can you remember of your childhood? Contributors to this book, who come from a number of different countries, go back as far as memory will take them.

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