When backpacker Jarold Lake runs out of money in Australia, an acquaintance gives him an address where he can find an under-the-table job without needing a work visa. He’s greeted by Russ Bridger, who none too subtly lets him know that...
Prostitution
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Author:Bailey, ConnieSummary: -
Author:Malarek, VictorSummary:The buying and selling of human beings for the worldwide sex industry is organized crime’s fastest-growing business with up to two million people globally—mostly women and children—being trafficked into the sex trade every year.
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Making his way through California with his faithful companion, Dog, Frank joins a family traveling south to start a new life. Everything changes when a vicious pack of outlaws raids their party, nearly killing Frank. It seems Val...
- Author:Steel, DanielleSummary:
An enthralling novel set in early 19th-century England, Paris, and New York, featuring an indomitable young heroine who rises from ruin to become the toast of Paris, by way of the chic bordello she establishes for the most powerful men...
- Author:Durisin, Elya M., van der Meulen, Emily, Bruckert, ChrisSummary:
In 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in Canada v. Bedford that key prostitution laws were unconstitutional. Red Light Labour addresses the new legal regime regulating sex work by analyzing how laws and those who uphold them have...
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Author:Cole, SusanSummary:Frank, clear-eyed and consistent, this collection of Susan G. Cole's writings bucks the backlash against feminist ideas. With a twist on 'Lesbian Chic,' Madonna and other icons, Cole analyzes the many forms of violence against women....
- Author:Oasis, Hampton, BrendaSummary:
A crippled economy changes Lola Jones' silver spoon status to copper and threatens to rip her sheltered family from the upper echelons of society and drop them in the slums of East St. Louis. One thing can save Lola's children...
- Author:Leavitt, MartineSummary:
Winner of the CLA Young Adult Book Award, selected for the CCBC Choices List, selected for the Bankstreet College of Education's Best Children’s Books of the Year 2013, and honoured with the Horn Book Fanfare. It starts when Call sees...
- Author:Werb, DanSummary:
For decades, American hungers sustained Tijuana. In this scientific detective story, a public health expert reveals what happens when a border city's lifeline is brutally severed. Despite its reputation as a carnival of vice, Tijuana...
