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The Guaymas Chronicles: La Mandadera 12 reviews
David E. Stuart
University of New Mexico Press, 2003
La Mandadera
Stuart's book is at once touching, funny, and heart breaking. It tells the story of his life in Guaymas, Mexico in 1970 and how his life was changed with the influance of a scruffy street urchin who he made his Mansasera. Although only 10 years old, she knew more about 'la movida' (the moves' than he ever expected. Together they enter busdiness and manage to 'do things for people'. Together with ...
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Redeeming Love556 reviews
Francine Rivers
audible.com
Redeeming Love
This book tells not only of a seemingly impossible, desperate love between a man and a woman but also of the endless and unconditional love that God has for each and every one of us. A really great read.
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Madam: Chronicles of a Nevada Cathouse21 reviews
Lora Shaner
Huntington Press, 1999
A MUST Read!
My 84 year-old mother has been anti-prostitution from the time she found out "the disgusting things" prostitues do. She wouldn't allow the term spoken in her presence even in terms of a social problem. After I read this book, I literally forced my mother to read it by thrusting the book into her hands and nagging at her constantly until she read it to make me stop annoying her. She devoured ...
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Working: 222 reviews
D. French, Lee
Dutton Adult, 1988
The best book on subject & educational one.
I fully agree with the author. I know best about prostitution as my mother was prostitute from age 15 to 61, my sister,wife,2 daughters are also in same business.We all are very happy & proud of this business.We have never cheated any customer. We donate for charity too.I hope that our future generation will continue this business with same honesty & dedication.We never refused aged or bad ...
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Storyville, New Orleans: Being an Authentic, Illustrated Account of the Notorious Red Light District13 reviews
Al Rose
University of Alabama Press, 1978
The Fact is as Fascinating as the Myth
This volume could be the all-time official history of that legendary Red Light District of New Orleans. It is exhaustively researched and illustrated including interviews with some of the surviving colorful characters that inhabited the "Camelot of Sin" that was Storyville. The den of sin takes its name from Alderman Sidney Story who originated the ordinance that provided for a restricted Red ...
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An Island Away14 reviews
Daniel Putkowski
Hawser Press, 2008
Phenomenal Story
Mr. Putkowski has created an engaging drama about three very different souls whose lives converge in Aruba. He has cleverly developed their characters into the reader's new simpatico literary "friends." As the story developed, I could not put the book down, wondering what would come next. All three characters come to understanding of "who they really are." There are unexpected twists. The ...
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Sold59 reviews
Patricia Mccormick
Hyperion Book CH, 2006
Heartbreaking Reality
My son bought this book for a College Course at Purdue Calumet. The day it came I started reading it, It was a very good read,very heartbreaking that a child lived this way. It took me one night to complete, I had such a hard time trying to put it down. My son had a hard time getting into the whole story, until I told him to look at this girl as if she were a relative or friend. That's when it ...
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Brothel: Mustang Ranch and Its Women96 reviews
Alexa Albert
Ballantine Books, 2002
A Classic in Sociology/Ethnography
I'm a sucker for books that take me into a subculture I know nothing about and have no intention of visiting, and this exploration of legalized prostitution in Nevada certainly fits the bill. The author originally approached the Nevada Brothel Association in the early 1990s with the aim of conducting surveys of prostitutes as part of a public health study looking at condom use and efficacy in ...
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If God Was Like Man: A Message from God to All of Humanity149 reviews
Rose Group, 2003
'If God Was Like Man' is an AMAZING Book!
I read this book from cover to cover two times in a row and am still amazed at the clarity given by God in the messages for 'all of humanity.'
The only part I felt myself entirely change my view was regarding the death penalty, which I used to advocate. Since reading this book I no longer do, and the reasons are so simply put, I can't imagine anyone not changing their views.
The areas ...
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35 Cents12 reviews
Matty Lee
Suspect Thoughts Press, 2006
The Real Deal.
Cottonmouth Kisses
Remember that con-artist, that literary construct of a tortured boy Laura Albert gave the name J.T. as if "The Leroy Syndrome" were another terminal illness? In the span of a few years, this increasingly tortured creature of myth festered from a truck stop prostitute into a full-blown media monstrosity whose stories spun more out of control than the crackled sparkle of a ...
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The First Vice Lord: Big Jim Colosimo and the Ladies of the Levee6 reviews
Arthur J. Bilek
Cumberland House Publishing, 2008
The Definitive Work on Big Jim Colosimo
I've been gathering research on early 20th century organized crime in Chicago myself, and can say without fear of contradiction that this is the definitive work on James Colosimo. Art Bilek, with the assistance of researchers like Michael E. Schiltz and Prof. John Binder, has compiled everything there is to know about Big Jim in a factual way, clearing up some of the myths that have been spread ...
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Lusty Traveler: The Complete Sex Tourism Guide of Erotic Vacations for Men, Rio De Janeiro12 reviews
Wiley Cooper
Sex Tourism Publishing, 2008
Disneyworld for Guys
My friends and I went to Rio for a bachelors party. We had the best time and owe much of it to this book. It's anyones guess if the groom will actually go through with the wedding. One of the guys in our crew booked a hotel that was not listed as "guest friendly" and he had to pay 150 extra just to bring a girl back. Don't get ripped like that, buy the book and save the hassle.
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Yama, the Pit: A Novel of Prostitution6 reviews
Alexandra Kuprin, Bernard G. Guerney
University Press of the Pacific, 2001
Immensely Powerful
Alexander Kuprin dedicated this book to the motherhood and the youth. And even though it deals with unspeakable horrors of people living and acting worse than any beasts imaginable, it's at its heart about friendship, love, and devotion. These virtues, most often absent in the world of the riches, are found in what seems to be the deepest pit (yama) of social injustice. I read this book in high ...
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The Road of Lost Innocence6 reviews
Somaly Mam
Virago Press Ltd, 2008
This woman is amazing
Wow. I want to say there are no words to describe what this book will make you feel, but I'm going to try anyway.
Somaly Mam is the kind of person we all hope we could be, were we faced with the horrors she has lived. Sexual slavery, rape, abuse - she survived all these and has been brave enough to share her story with us. She recounts her experiences in a raw, unflinching tone, experiences ...
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Lost Futures: Our Forgotten Children6 reviews
Stan Grossfeld
Aperture, 1997
a book of questions
Every child in these pictures asks questions. Why don't I have a home? Why do I live in a car? In this camp? Why is my mother crying? Why is everything broken? Why is the refrigerator empty? Why do I need help breathing? Why is the air so bad? Why did I die before I could grow up? Why am I in a coffin? Why are there so many coffins? Why must I be a prostitute? Who are these people ...
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Escaping the Devil's Bedroom: Sex Trafficking, Global Prostitution, and the Gospel's Tran Power6 reviews
Dawn Herzog Jewell
Monarch Books, 2008
God Cares for Lost People
As I read the first chapter, what I found so amazing is that Dawn helped me to see those people caught in the sex trade as individuals in desperate need of love. It was so easy before for me to see them as objects, but Dawn introduces me to people who were broken and have now been made whole in Christ.
One of the innovative elements is how Dawn carries the theme of lost and found people ...
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Brother Tony's Boys: The Largest Case of Child Prostitution in U.S. History: The True Story6 reviews
Mike Echols
Prometheus Books, 1996
Victim of Leyva's reviews Echols' book.
I am a survivor of Tony Leyva's crimes and was not mentioned in the book. My experience with him was in the early 70's. I have first hand knowledge of how he operated and can truly say Mr. Echols' report on Leyva is completely thorough and accurate. Relatively few people will work to expose this type of behavior. Echols is to be congratulated. A must-read for parents.
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Madam Millie: Bordellos from Silver City to Ketchikan8 reviews
Max Evans
University of New Mexico Press, 2004
Read as social history
Ignore the book's subtitle, cover and back cover copy. Madam Millie is not about bordellos or lurid sex detail. It's about a tough, wise, loveable woman. There are a few funny incidents -- as when a cat attacks a delicate portion of a bishop's anatomy -- but today they seem rather tame. Millie's long life was never ordinary. Orphaned at a young age, she was saved from juvenile justice by Harry ...
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Steffie Can't Come Out to Play6 reviews
Fran Arrick
Delta, 1983
I found the book to be very moving.
I read this book when I was 15 and found it to be very moving. I think every young woman between the ages of 12-18 should read the book. This book could possibly change the minds of any young woman considering running away from home. This book also enlightens young women about prostitution. It doesn't glamorize it. It gives some insight into the dangers of the business.
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Christiane F10 reviews
F. Christiane
Bantam, 1985
a book worth reading
... but it's the most impressive book i've ever read. all the information from the book alerts those who still escaping this serious social problem. this book deserves spending your precious time.
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