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Cover art for THE FLOATING BROTHEL
NONFICTION
Released: March 6, 2002

"Historical writing of the first rank, graphic and of real presence. "
Rees debuts with a cracking tale drawn from an unedifying episode in her native England's history: the "Transportation to Parts Beyond the Seas" of hundreds of British women, shipped on the Lady Julian in 1789 to penal life in Australia. Read full book review >
Cover art for CALLGIRL
NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 1, 2004

"While this reads like a memoir, a faint suspicion lingers that it could be fiction, like the author's previous work (The Illusionist, 2000, etc.). Either way, it provides a revelatory view of a life few women know much about."
Engrossing, no-holds-barred story of a college lecturer by day and a callgirl by night. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE NATASHAS
NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2004

"A scathing indictment."
Canadian broadcast journalist Malarek exposes the international traffic in sex slavery. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE DANCING GIRLS OF LAHORE
NONFICTION
Released: July 5, 2005

"Riveting and important. Even readers who don't think they're interested in Pakistani prostitution will find themselves engrossed."
British sociologist Brown documents the sex-trade in Lahore. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE WISDOM OF WHORES
NONFICTION
Released: June 1, 2008

"Delivers a strong, well-told and believable message--would that it makes a difference."
Savvy epidemiologist Pisani takes an eye-opening look at who gets AIDS how, when and where. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE ROAD OF LOST INNOCENCE
NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 9, 2008

"An urgent, though depressing, document, worthy of a place alongside Ishmael Beah's A Long Way Gone, Rigoberto Menchú's autobiography and other accounts of overcoming Third World hardship."
Candid memoir of a woman trapped in the sex-slave trade, who is now an activist against it. Read full book review >