Category: Non-Fiction

  • Porn Work: Sex, Labor, and Late Capitalism

    Porn Work: Sex, Labor, and Late Capitalism

    Title: Porn Work: Sex, Labor, and Late Capitalism Author: Heather Berg Release Date: January 1, 2021 Format: Trade Paperback Genre: Non-Fiction Sub-Genre: Sex Work, Economics Rating: Read-A-Likes: Summary: Every porn scene is a record of people at work. But on-camera labor is only the beginning of the story. Part labor history, part ethnography illuminating the…

  • Burn the Page: A True Story of Torching Doubts, Blazing Trails, and Igniting Change

    Burn the Page: A True Story of Torching Doubts, Blazing Trails, and Igniting Change

    Title: Burn the Page: A True Story of Torching Doubts, Blazing Trails, and Igniting Change Author: Danica Roem Series: N/A Publication Date: April 26, 2022 Format: E-Book Genre: Non-Fiction Sub Genre(s): Memoir, LGBTQ Summary: Danica Roem made national headlines when–as a transgender former frontwoman for a metal band and a political newcomer–she unseated Virginia’s most notoriously anti-LGBTQ…

  • Fight: How Gen Z Is Channeling Their Fear and Passion to Save America

    Fight: How Gen Z Is Channeling Their Fear and Passion to Save America

    Title: Fight: How Gen Z Is Channeling Their Fear and Passion to Save America Author: John Della Volpe Series: N/A Publication Date: January 18, 2022 Format: Hardcover Genre: Non-Fiction Sub Genre(s):  Politics Summary: 9/11. The war on terror. Hurricane Katrina. The 2008 financial crisis. The housing crisis. The opioid epidemic. Mass school shootings. Global warming. The…

  • All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership

    All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership

    Title: All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership Author: Darcy Lockman Series: N/A Publication Date: May 7th, 2019 Format: Audiobook Genre: Non-Fiction Sub Genre(s):  Relationships, Parenting, Feminism Summary: The inequity of domestic life is one of the most profound and perplexing conundrums of our time. In an era of seemingly unprecedented feminist…

  • The Wreckage of My Presence: Essays

    The Wreckage of My Presence: Essays

    I first saw Casey Wilson on the sitcom “Happy Endings” and have been a fan of hers ever since. Her over the top style of comedy always makes me laugh so when I heard she was publishing a book of essays, I immediately ordered it for my library.  This book lived up to my expectations…