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1) Sold
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Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her poor mountain home in Nepal thinking that she is to work in the city as a maid only to find that she has been sold into the sex slave trade in India and that there is no hope of escape.
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Angélique Latham has grown up at magnificent Belgrave Castle under the loving tutelage of her father, the Duke of Westerfield, after the death of her aristocratic French mother. But when he dies, her half-brothers brutally turn her out, denying her very existence. Angélique has a keen mind, remarkable beauty, and an envelope of money her father pressed upon her. To survive, she will need all her resources--and one bold stroke of fortune. Unable...
3) Ruined
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Contains the dramatic text from Lynn Nottage's play, depicting a brothel in the Democratic Republic of Congo run by Mama Nadi who sells women's bodies to government soldiers and rebel forces; and includes music lyrics and notation, Swahili translations, and photographs.
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Takes a hard look at human trafficking, identifying perpetrators and telling the stories of victims through their own words. You'll discover why some people become vulnerable to trafficking and you'll read about what their lives are like on a daily basis. You'll also meet some of the courageous individuals and organizations working to free people from lives in bondage so that, in the words of US president Barack Obama, each person can "forge a life...
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A vivid snapshot of America's journey from Victorian-era propriety to 20th-century modernity. Step into the perfumed parlors of the Everleigh Club, the most famous brothel in American history--and the catalyst for a culture war that rocked the nation. Operating in Chicago at the dawn of the 20th century, the Club welcomed moguls and actors, senators and athletes, foreign dignitaries and literary icons into a stately double mansion, and the Everleigh...
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"Sassy, streetwise Sammy is falling through the cracks. Neglected by an alcoholic mother, the problems she endures at school and home lead her to act out, seeking attention from unseemly adults when what she wants most is protection. Meanwhile, in a small Eastern European village, sweet Nico is about to turn 13. As her family falls upon desperate times, her father receives an offer of money to marry her off. But when she's shuttled across the border...
8) Wages of sin
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A young prostitute is murdered, and Inspector Peach finds himself with a complex, unpleasant case on his hands. He begins to interview local prostitutes and their customers, including a divorced policeman and a Catholic priest at odds with his beliefs. But did one of them kill the girl or was one of the town's more sinister thugs responsible?
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Thelate 1800s find fourteen-year-old Batya in the Russian countryside, fleeing with her family endless pogroms. Desperate, her father leaps at the opportunity to marry Batya to a worldly, wealthy stranger who can guarantee his daughter an easy life and passage to America. Feeling like a princess in a fairytale, Batya leaves her old life behind as she is whisked away to a new world. But soon she discovers that she's entered a waking nightmare. Her...
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This stunning U.S. debut from Chika Unigwe won immense acclaim and immediately established its author as a writer to be reckoned with. Lured to Belgium from Lagos by an unscrupulous businessman, Sisi falls into prostitution, her life disintegrating as "Black Sisters Street" saps her every hope. "The author's raw voice, unflinching eye for detail, facility for creating a complex narrative, and affection for her characters make this a must read."-Publishers...
12) I kick and I fly
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"On the outskirts of the Red Light District in Bihar, India, fourteen-year-old Heera is living on borrowed time until her father sells her into the sex trade to help feed their family and repay his loans. It is, as she's been told, the fate of the women in her community to end up here. But when a local hostel owner shows up at Heera's home with the money to repay her family's debt, Heera begins to learn that fate can change. Destiny can be disrupted"--...
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For all of the worry warts out there, ignorance is not the solution. The individuals that you are morbidly afraid will attempt to use the information in this book to abuse and exploit women are in stark reality not even able to read it because they have never had a high enough level of literacy to do so.
A woman ultimately has only two dimensions, anxiety and maternal instinct, and if intensified one dimension has the power to completely neutralize...
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The average age of entry into prostitution in America is 13 years old. Forced into a life they never chose, manipulated, abused and tortured at the hands of the pimps who control them, our country's children are sold on the streets, on the internet and at truck stops across America every night. They aren't bad kids who made bad choices. They are victims of child sex trafficking. They come from our neighborhoods, our schools, our churches, and sometimes...
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Angels of Pattaya offers an insightful collection of interviews with a number of prostitutes working in Thailand. The women are given a rare opportunity to tell their story in their own words. The women reveal how they became involved in the business, their hopes for the future and what they think of their "customers". Some are from the poorest rural provinces of Thailand, others come from relatively well-to-do families in the cities. Some are in...
16) Slave
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Jabali Smith was a 6-yr-old in Berkeley, California when he was trafficked along with his sister over the border into Mexico and held captive by a messianic doomsday sex cult. SLAVE courageously and boldly chronicles his journey as a child slave; the escape and the eventual rise from the ashes of tragedy. A story of unimaginable suffering followed by the discovery of success, love, compassion and forgiveness.
Jabali spent years being beaten, tortured,...
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En el año 1927 Albert Londres viajó de incógnito a la Argentina para llevar adelante una investigación sobre la trata de blancas. El camino de Buenos Aires, fruto de esa investigación, es mucho más que una crónica ocurrente o el relato de un viaje por el "paraíso de los rufianes": constituye un testimonio polémico sobre la Argentina y un precioso documento sobre el circuito internacional del hampa.
Albert Londres nació en 1884, en Vichy,...
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The life of a prostitute is full of abuse, addiction, and depression. While most ladies of the night accept the life they have chosen, some rise up and fight back. The women profiled in this book accepted their faith...and murdered. Their crimes were horrible, but for some, it almost seemed excusable.
Next time you see a girl working the street, you might be a little more frightened about the killer who could be inside her.
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Marta Elisa de León fue al infierno y volvió. El infierno era la mentira, la ambigüedad, el consumismo, la poca autoestima, la obsesión por la imagen, el trastorno emocional en suma: la vida como prostituta. Iniciada como por juego, lúdica al principio, luego angustiosa, convertida en cautividad. Siete años después, la autora revive aquella vida oculta en un libro sin equivalencia con los de su género: no busca el morbo ni el escándalo, no...
20) Dolly
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Hi, Im Georgy. I want to tell you my story that goes back to many years, when I was a child of only twelve years old. Its basically a true story about a part of my life over a period of four years, which created me into who I became, how I think, and moulded me into the person I am today. This story did not upset me in any way, and I think many of you will see the charm and the hilarious funny side of the events, maybe some readers could only wish...
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