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A Tale of Plagues and Perfumes

by Jake Halpern, Peter Kujawinski ...

“A stunningly original fantasy world that will blow your mind." —Eoin Colfer, #1 New York Times-bestselling author"A delightful, redolent adventure—I couldn’t put it down! . . . I’ll never sniff a spice drawer the same way again." —Catherine Gilbert Murdock, Newbery Honor-winning author of The Book of BoyImpossible Creatures meets The Inquisitor's Tale in this immersive middle grade fantasy advent ... Read more

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“A stunningly original fantasy world that will blow your mind." —Eoin Colfer, #1 New York Times-bestselling author"A delightful, redolent adventure—I couldn’t put it down! . . . I’ll never sniff a spice drawer the same way again." —Catherine Gilbert Murdock, Newbery Honor-winning author of The Book of BoyImpossible Creatures meets The Inquisitor's Tale in this immersive middle grade fantasy advent
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Dormia

by Jake Halpern, Peter Kujawinski ...

Series Book 1 - Dormia
Introducing Alfonso Perplexon, hero of the epic fantasy tale Dormia!Alfonso Perplexon is an unusual sleeper. He climbs trees, raises falcons, even shoots deadly accurate arrows, all in his sleep. No one can figure out why.Then one evening a man arrives at Alfonso's door, claiming to be Alfonso's long-lost uncle Hill. This uncle tells a fantastical tale: Alfonso's ancestors hail from Dormia—an ... Read more

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Introducing Alfonso Perplexon, hero of the epic fantasy tale Dormia!Alfonso Perplexon is an unusual sleeper. He climbs trees, raises falcons, even shoots deadly accurate arrows, all in his sleep. No one can figure out why.Then one evening a man arrives at Alfonso's door, claiming to be Alfonso's long-lost uncle Hill. This uncle tells a fantastical tale: Alfonso's ancestors hail from Dormia—an
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Nightfall

by Jake Halpern, Peter Kujawinski ...

The dark will bring your worst nightmares to light in this gripping and eerie survival story!On Marin’s island, sunrise doesn’t come every twenty-four hours—it comes every twenty-eight years. Now the sun is just a sliver of light on the horizon. The weather is turning cold and the shadows are growing long.Because sunset triggers the tide to roll out hundreds of miles, the islanders are frantically ... Read more

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The dark will bring your worst nightmares to light in this gripping and eerie survival story!On Marin’s island, sunrise doesn’t come every twenty-four hours—it comes every twenty-eight years. Now the sun is just a sliver of light on the horizon. The weather is turning cold and the shadows are growing long.Because sunset triggers the tide to roll out hundreds of miles, the islanders are frantically
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Welcome to the New World

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Now in a full-length book, the New York Times Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic story of a refugee family who fled the civil war in Syria to make a new life in AmericaAfter escaping a Syrian prison, Ibrahim Aldabaan and his family fled the country to seek protection in America. Among the few refugees to receive visas, they finally landed in JFK airport on November 8, 2016, Election Day. The family ... Read more

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Now in a full-length book, the New York Times Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic story of a refugee family who fled the civil war in Syria to make a new life in AmericaAfter escaping a Syrian prison, Ibrahim Aldabaan and his family fled the country to seek protection in America. Among the few refugees to receive visas, they finally landed in JFK airport on November 8, 2016, Election Day. The family
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Fame Junkies

The Hidden Truths Behind America's Favorite Addiction

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The author of Welcome to the New World and Bad Paper discusses America's obsession with celebrity in this 2007 investigation.Why do more people watch American Idol than the nightly news? What is it about Paris Hilton's dating life that lures us so? Why do teenage girls—when given the option of "pressing a magic button and becoming either stronger, smarter, famous, or more beautiful" —predominantly ... Read more

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The author of Welcome to the New World and Bad Paper discusses America's obsession with celebrity in this 2007 investigation.Why do more people watch American Idol than the nightly news? What is it about Paris Hilton's dating life that lures us so? Why do teenage girls—when given the option of "pressing a magic button and becoming either stronger, smarter, famous, or more beautiful" —predominantly
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Braving Home

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

by Jake Halpern ...

A journalist visits five of America's disaster-zone towns and the devoted residents who chose to stay despite hellish conditions.As a young reporter, Jake Halpern became obsessed with stories about "some outlandish and often hellish place inhabited by a handful of stalwarts who refused to leave." His fellow reporters joked with him and nicknamed him the Bad Homes Correspondent. But the more he ... Read more

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A journalist visits five of America's disaster-zone towns and the devoted residents who chose to stay despite hellish conditions.As a young reporter, Jake Halpern became obsessed with stories about "some outlandish and often hellish place inhabited by a handful of stalwarts who refused to leave." His fellow reporters joked with him and nicknamed him the Bad Homes Correspondent. But the more he
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World's End

by Jake Halpern, Peter Kujawinski ...

Series Book 2 - Dormia
Ever since returning from Dormia, Alfonso has enjoyed sleeping in a bed like anormal person. No more waking up at the top of a tree or the edge of a cliff. In fact,no sleepwalking at all. But then, while visiting France on a class trip, Alfonso feels that strange andfamiliar pull of sleep. Upon waking, he finds himself in the belly of a ship headedto Egypt. In his backpack are a few old books and ... Read more

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Ever since returning from Dormia, Alfonso has enjoyed sleeping in a bed like anormal person. No more waking up at the top of a tree or the edge of a cliff. In fact,no sleepwalking at all. But then, while visiting France on a class trip, Alfonso feels that strange andfamiliar pull of sleep. Upon waking, he finds himself in the belly of a ship headedto Egypt. In his backpack are a few old books and
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Edgeland

by Jake Halpern, Peter Kujawinski ...

An upper-middle grade thriller by the New York Times bestselling Nightfall authors–perfect for fans of James Dashner’s Maze Runner books.Thousands of miles south of the island of Bliss, day and night last for 72 hours. Here is one of the natural wonders of this world: a whirlpool thirty miles wide and a hundred miles around. This is the Drain. Anything sucked into its frothing, turbulent waters is ... Read more

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An upper-middle grade thriller by the New York Times bestselling Nightfall authors–perfect for fans of James Dashner’s Maze Runner books.Thousands of miles south of the island of Bliss, day and night last for 72 hours. Here is one of the natural wonders of this world: a whirlpool thirty miles wide and a hundred miles around. This is the Drain. Anything sucked into its frothing, turbulent waters is
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Bad Paper

Chasing Debt from Wall Street to the Underworld

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A New York Times– bestselling romp through the shady world of consumer debt collection by a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter.In Bad Paper, journalist Jake Halpern tells the story of Aaron Siegel, a former banking executive, and Brandon Wilson, a former armed robber, who become partners in a quest for "paper": the uncollected debts that are sold by banks for pennies on the dollar. As Aaron and ... Read more

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A New York Times– bestselling romp through the shady world of consumer debt collection by a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter.In Bad Paper, journalist Jake Halpern tells the story of Aaron Siegel, a former banking executive, and Brandon Wilson, a former armed robber, who become partners in a quest for "paper": the uncollected debts that are sold by banks for pennies on the dollar. As Aaron and
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Edgeland

by Jake Halpern, Peter Kujawinski ...

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8 hours 5 min

An upper-middle grade thriller by the New York Times bestselling Nightfall authors–perfect for fans of James Dashner’s Maze Runner books.Thousands of miles south of the island of Bliss, day and night last for 72 hours. Here is one of the natural wonders of this world: a whirlpool thirty miles wide and a hundred miles around. This is the Drain. Anything sucked into its frothing, turbulent waters is ... Read more

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An upper-middle grade thriller by the New York Times bestselling Nightfall authors–perfect for fans of James Dashner’s Maze Runner books.Thousands of miles south of the island of Bliss, day and night last for 72 hours. Here is one of the natural wonders of this world: a whirlpool thirty miles wide and a hundred miles around. This is the Drain. Anything sucked into its frothing, turbulent waters is
... Read more

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Bad Paper

Chasing Debt from Wall Street to the Underworld

by Jake Halpern ...

Narrated by Qarie Marshall ...

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6 hours 37 min

Jake Halpern introduces us to a former banking executive and a former armed robber who become partners and go in quest of 'paper' - the uncollected debts that are sold off by banks for pennies on the dollar. As Halpern shows, the world of consumer debt collection is a wild and unregulated shadowland, where operators may misrepresent a debtor's situation, make illegal threats, and even lay claim to ... Read more

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Jake Halpern introduces us to a former banking executive and a former armed robber who become partners and go in quest of 'paper' - the uncollected debts that are sold off by banks for pennies on the dollar. As Halpern shows, the world of consumer debt collection is a wild and unregulated shadowland, where operators may misrepresent a debtor's situation, make illegal threats, and even lay claim to
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Nightfall

by Jake Halpern, Peter Kujawinski ...

Narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith ...

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10 hours 15 min

The dark will bring your worst nightmares to light in this gripping and eerie survival story, perfect for fans of James Dashner and Neil Gaiman.On Marin’s island, sunrise doesn’t come every twenty-four hours—it comes every twenty-eight years. Now the sun is just a sliver of light on the horizon. The weather is turning cold and the shadows are growing long.Because sunset triggers the tide to roll ... Read more

$25.00 USD

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The dark will bring your worst nightmares to light in this gripping and eerie survival story, perfect for fans of James Dashner and Neil Gaiman.On Marin’s island, sunrise doesn’t come every twenty-four hours—it comes every twenty-eight years. Now the sun is just a sliver of light on the horizon. The weather is turning cold and the shadows are growing long.Because sunset triggers the tide to roll
... Read more

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