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An author to add to your list
Lesbians and gay men walk in and out of the fabric of Jane Rule's books, just as they do in real life. Decades ahead of her time she wrote books for people, not minorities, and she will continue to be an unexpected treasure for anyone who discovers her work. These are beautifully written and rewarding books -- Memory Board is perhaps the most unique and powerful --about life. This powerful, sensitive book about a brother and sister separated by an intolerant sister-in-law, and a life-long marriage which has transcended adultery, old age, and memory loss.

A Gem of a Book, from a Gem of an Author
If you haven't found this author of the "Canadian School" run, don't walk to find her books. Memory Board is a relevant and deep book about aging and how it effects our relationships -- family (a brother and sister, estranged until after their mother's death) and love relationships. Jane Rule is an excellent study of people, how they learn, hurt, love and grow. Is it a lesbian novel? Not sure what to say. The characters are not limited by theirsexual orientation...life is real, and complex, for everyone.

Absolute Read!!
Everything about this book is close to my heart.The writing, the characters, the writer.One of its kind which deals with a love so mature- both in terms of years and meaning.

The story has a matter of factness to it, simple yet effective writing, without any pretenses, it is so touchy without the sappiness of the so called mainstream movies and books.

Tugs your heart, that you keep thinking about it for a long long time after you have finished the book.

I recommend this for everyone to read.

Someone, please make a movie.....

Absolute!!!!

A Wonderful Book - Moving in so many ways...
I found MEMORY BOARD in the "free" box at a local yard sale, and I must say, it is by far the most valuable "find" I've had in years.This book - it's difficult for me to briefly describe how moving itwas for me.The story itself touches me because of how deeply I treasuremy own relationship with my brothers, and my best friend("sister") -- especially as we all are experiencing theinevitable changes of aging. It also served to remind me of the creativestrategies my brother and I employed to distract my dad from his confusedrage in the midst of dementia in his closing years.

The fine quality ofthe author's descriptions -- subtle sweetness of affection and tensionbetween them all, characters living and long-gone, connected and estranged-- Ms. Rule's writing is just extraordinary.The development of characterin this book is perhaps the best, the most fluid and completely texturedthat I've ever read.I care about these people, and have a sense ofcertainty of how much they care for one another.

So sorry to reach thefinal page....A heartfelt thank you to the author. Rest assured all ofthose I care deeply about will have the chance to read MEMORY BOARD.

Thought provoking and touching
An aging lesbian relationship, with one a woman without a memory and theother an overweight arthritic, does not sound like much of a story. But itactually holds a lot of promise. It challenges society with its carreerorientated, long term mindset and settles life in the here and now, withlots of enjoyment and love to go around. I enjoyed the down to earth,realistic implications for a woman/woman relationship. It actually quitetouched my heart. Jane Rule does not make the easiest read, her languagebeing complex and difficult at times. If you are looking for a story notjust romantic, but heart warming and real, this one is for you. ... Read more

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The book that launched the ground-breaking and single most popular lesbian movie of all time is back.

In this romantic classic by Jane Rule, readers can discover how Ann and Evelyn’s relationship originally came to pass.

DESERT OF THE HEART is THE definitive lesbian classic. ... Read more

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A must read for all
Gosh, i don't know how to describe the book.It made me not wan't to finish it for some reason...definitley did not want it to end.Simple but complicated, pragmatic but idealistic, honest but contrived, cold but sentimental, seemingly weak but strong...it goes on and on.I do not agree with some reviewer who mentioned that it is not relevant today, but is relevant because of the history.This book would remain relevant for years to come, as some true classics become.

This book may offend some readers sentiments with the number of pages devoted to Ann's male lover and her conflict for example, but that is honest writing as i see.It shows what the real Ann is made of (kind of like layers in the earths crust- some soft, some hard, some water, some minerals and all go to enrich living life of all kinds.Helen also is shown in all her glory, her predicament, her thinking mind, her arguments, her approach to life, her compassion and her acceptance.

No lengthy boring conversations, no contrived situations, no false scenarios like the current crop of lesbian authors seem to be manufacturing in hundreds, but a beautiful story which makes you think.

I bought this book 4 years ago and it still one of the few books i consider the best of the ones i have read so far.... It makes you think for days, years, makes you ponder, and makes you wish you live the lives of the character(s) described in it.

Compared to the content of the book, this review many be one big ramble, but i had to:-)
AMAZING BOOK!!!!!JANE (STILL) RULES

Dry Land
In today's society, Jane Rule's "Desert of the Heart" may not seem as intriguing or groundbreaking as it did when it was published in 1964.The love story between two women, one seeking a divorce from her husband and both seeking to find who they truly are, is examined along with questions of morality and identity.Published at a time when the psychological association still identified homosexuality as a mental illness, Rule's depiction of two women unwilling to disguise who they are is amazing for its time and still resonant in today's world.

Evelyn Hall travels to Reno for a divorce from her husband.When questioned by her lawyer for a reason, she is at a loss, knowing only that they have never truly been husband and wife because she could never be who she was expected to be.Evelyn stays at a boarding house where she meets Ann Childs, a young woman who looks remarkably like herself and who works in the local casino even though she is smarter and more talented than her work.The two have an immediate smoldering attraction and interest in each other.Ann, much more outspoken, attempts to court Evelyn who is unsure of what accepting these advances will make her confess about herself.Together they embark on a relationship that is filled with learning and pitfalls, trying to decide if there is a place in the world where they could ever be together.

Rule's novel is unsentimental and compassionate at the same time.She does not shy away from sensitive issues and offers some extremely heartfelt observations about life, love, sin, and morality.The desert world of Reno, Nevada serves as a microcosm for the world and its precepts as Rule examines how conventions are not one size fits all."Desert of the Heart" is an insightful journey through the minds of two very different women as they search for their true identities.It is a story that asks questions that are still in need of asking today.

Fascinating--in an Oppressive Sort of Way
"Desert of the Heart", with its tense lyricism and psychological profundity, is far removed from the smooth ride of "Desert Hearts", the sensational film upon which it was loosely (I do mean, loosely) based.It's fitting that both the title of the movie and the names of the two protaganists were changed--the celluloid version is that different.Jane Rule's vision stands on its own, well apart from the film.
As suffocating as a Sartre novel, "Desert of the Heart" is, at times, an uncomfortable read, but well worth the unpleasantness.Rule treats not only the desert but also the casino (where Ann Child works) with a dark poetic sensitivity that inspires a mixture of dread and awe.Ann and Evelyn's first meeting is almost as stultifying as it is revelatory; the former being described as being held in "a cage of light" as she stands by the window.That there's an intangible physical resemblance between the two fuels the already developing psychodrama; the same can be said for the decade and a half that separates their ages.
Men play a large role in "Desert of the Heart": Ann's relationship with Bill has been serious and Evelyn spends alot of time mulling over what went wrong with her marriage.Unlike with "Desert Hearts", the novel makes it clear that not only is Ann good friends with Silver, but they sleep together, too.Ann's not averse to the occasional one-night-stand with an out-of-town drunk, either.A fierce individualist, she's uneasy (and perhaps rightly so) about her growing emotional dependence on Evelyn.Evelyn, for her part, has moral reservations about the relationship, not to mention other more legitimate fears.--This WAS 1959.
For the last twenty or so pages, I felt suspended in a sort of freefall, frantically wondering how it would all end.Not to worry.The finale of "Desert of the Heart" is every bit as satisfying as that of "Desert Hearts", if not more.

An Emotional Landscape
I just finished re-reading Desert of the Heart, written by Jane Rule, for about the twentieth time. It is a remarkable, perfect little book. I have almost memorized certain lines and phrases, and I am certain that this work, all Jane Rule's work, has influenced my own. It says what it has to say, in the first paragraph, and it says it again in the rest of the book, and it ends just as it should.
"Conventions, like cliches, have a way of surviving their own usefulness. They are then defended or excused as the idioms of living." This is a book about the conventions we accept as the medium of our lives, most of us without questioning their real value to us. For some people, this makes life an absurdity devoid of meaning. People are born, grow up, go to school, get married, get jobs, raise children, and die. This book examines the absurdity of this idiom for some people. The convention of marriage, for homosexual people, is absurd. The cliche of fidelity and forsaking all others, for some, is meaningless, a promise impossible for humans to keep.

The story involves a woman who lived within these conventions all her life, even while feeling emotionally detached, outside them, as if she were speaking a foreign language. She meets another woman who has spent her life deliberately, consciously, living outside these conventions, even though studying them and the effects of trying to live within their boundaries. When these two women begin a relationship, one in defiance of those idioms of Iife, one accepting that their relationship may just be a visit outside the lines for her partner, the tension comes when each must acknowledge that what she thought about Iiving inside and outside those boundaries may not be true.
For Evelyn Hall, respectable college professor, stepping outside the conventions of her life forces her to examine them and question what she never before doubted, that women are supposed to marry, have children, and that she has failed because she played poorly at this game. She is forced to examine the basis for her assumptions about morality and love.
Ann Childs is forced to explore whether the cliches about love, the ones she has defied and dismissed all her life, might not hold some truth. If she accepts that she does love Evelyn, does that mean then that she must accept the other cliches about love that she has denied, that some of them might indeed be real and achievable, like fidelity, like "forsaking all others?"
There is an argument posed in the book about whether the human will or its nature influences us to choose or deny love. Is it our nature to marry men, bear children, and is it unnatural to seek love outside those accepted parameters? Is it our will, our intellect, that allows us to explore love outside the accepted convention of heterosexuality? Is it the will that bends us into the conventions of life, subduing our nature, which seeks out love wherever it may? Are those established conventions, old and worn, there to protect us from our nature or to bend our will away from our natural inclinations? If, in admitting and accepting her love for Ann, Evelyn is responding to her own nature, long denied, what does that say about the foundations on which her life was lived?

This is a small, short book, so well put together that I could not remove one line, one sentence, without unbalancing the whole. The movie that was based upon this book left out a great deal and added elements that are not there. Movies do that. Trying to remain true to the "theme" of the book, it completely re-routes characters, leaves out the very best lines, and substitutes some fine images and atmosphere. It is set in the early 1960's, and does a fine job of conveying the flavor of that period with the music and the fashions and the automobiles. Instead of portraying Ann Childs as an intellectual, in order to define her character as one who defies conventions, she is shown as rebellious and wild, promiscuous, and unaware of herself until she falls in love with Evelyn. Evelyn is shown as reserved and appalled at Ann's wildness, shocked, until she gives in to her own inner nature and makes love with Ann. This is not exactly how it played in the book, but the movie is also a short, fast story, and movies use shorthand methods. Movies can show us a person's character. Movies are defended by their makers by saying they remain true to the author's intent while engaging in wholesale restructuring. Movies can show us, in a single frame, what it takes a writer pages and pages to tell. So their defenders say.
I have no idea what Miss Rule thought of the movie they made from her first book. I believe she thought it was important, significant, that it get made. I believe she had no interest in assisting the makers. And the movie does hold true to the theme of accepting love in whatever form you find it, for its own sake. I find almost none of the original, beautiful lines from the book in the dialogue of the movie. I find none of the depth and elegance and artistry. Yet, on its own terms, the movie avoids some of the cliches one expects to find in a movie concerned with this topic. It does a good job of that. Even if some characters are made into caricatures, grotesque imitations of themselves, it can be forgiven because it is a movie. It has color and sound and movement. It can show us two women making love, something the author saw no reason to detail. It can show us Evelyn's transformation. It shows us things. That is what movies do.

I love this small, tight book. Jane Rule is a remarkable writer. If my own writing has been influenced by hers, consciously or unconsciously, I could find no other guide that would better suit me.

Kinda dated, and that's good newsfor us!
When I first read Rule's "Desert of The Heart" in the late 70's, there wasn't much else to read on the subject.Today, the book seems dated...much focus on shame and guilt,the characters ruminating frequently on society's insistence that women be married ladies, and such-like.

Thanks to the gay and lesbian civil rights movement, this book doesn't apply to a lot of us anymore.But, thank you, Jane Rule, for putting out a book that many people held dear at the time.... it was a little opening up of the questions that people needed to hear discussed back then.

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Photographs that capture the land, people, and ever-present spirits of the Mississippi Delta ... Read more

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Delta Deep Down by Jane Rule Burdine
The photographer is highly perceptive, and she is attuned to her subject and her region. Her photos embody many layers of reality, from the obvious to the subtle. "Delta Deep Down" rates 5 stars and more. ... Read more

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This Is Not For You, perhaps Rule's most self-consciously literary and philosophical novel, tells the story of a young woman in the late 1950s and early 1960s as she negotiates her lesbian sexuality. This epistolary lament — an unsent letter to a lover who was never quite a lover — vividly depicts New York and London and a group of friends as they search, sometimes in vain, for a sustaining love in a time of strict societal constraints.

The Insomniac Library is proud to reissue Jane Rule's second novel, more than thirty years after its original appearance in 1970, and more than fifteen years since it was last in print. Originally published by McCall in New York, the novel was Rule's follow-up to her classic Desert of the Heart (1964). The new Insomniac edition includes an introduction by noted Jane Rule scholar Marilyn Schuster. ... Read more

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not what the title suggests
"This Is Not For You" is a poignant and thought provoking novle about one woman's struggle to come to terms with her sexuality.The solemn tone of this book is offset by humour.A realistic portrayal of a womantorn between love for and a desire to protect abeloved friend. Beautiful.

The title says it all.
I found this book tedious and very slow. I was anxious for it to conclude. Good enough to keep me to the end, but nothing to inspire me. ... Read more

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The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation is filled with easy-to-understand rules,real-world examples, dozens of reproducible exercises, and pre- and post-tests.

This handy workbook is ideal for teachers, students in middle school through college, ESL students, homeschoolers, and professionals. Valuable for anyone who takes tests or writes reports, letters, Web pages, e-mails, or blogs, The Blue Book offers instant answers to everyday English usage questions. ... Read more

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A useful primer
The book is well written and organized.Older adults can use it as a refresher and younger people should use it to learn what has not been taught in school recently.

good for the money
This is a great book for at a glance info.It's by no means exhaustive, but it does the trick.

The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
This is an excellent source of information -- whether English is your first or second language.I highly recommend this book to any supervisor who is responsible for editing documents.

Pretty handy
I got this to fix up my grammar and punctuation in my novel. Having graduated over 20 years ago, I was rusty. Good book, easy to understand and good examples. I was pleased with it.

Just what was looking for.
I'll be teaching (for the first time) a 'written expression' class in a Paris college specialized in intercultural studies this Fall. The students (sophomores) are non-native speakers, who are studying to become future translators, interpreters or international business managers. I needed something to build my class around and came upon the Blue Book via internet. I was able to look inside and then ordered it. The book was here in France in less than two weeks. It fits the bill, perfectly. ... Read more

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“The title phrase captures nicely Rule`s blend of honesty and cool analytical power with moral and artistic passion.” - The Women`s Review of Books (1993)

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In Contract with the World, the setting is Vancouver, and the time is the mid-1970s. Told from six different characters' points of view, the novel describes the intersection between artistic motivation, personal fulfillment, and sexual politics. A portrait painter, a sculptor, a sound musician, a would-be writer — these characters make choices, as Rule's title suggests, that sometimes leave others out in the cold, and sometimes provide a welcoming embrace. ... Read more

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life from every perspective
I loved Contract with the World because it showed the interaction between a group of people who were all different in their own way. It seemed any person to read this novel could somehow relate to it, unless you're just close-minded and wouldn't be able to get past the fact that homosexuals are included in the main list of characters.

This novel is worth endless praise.

Hard to put down
This novel almost reads like a series of connected short stories. Each chapter focuses mainly on one character, but we also see all the other characters in how they interact alltogether.
There is gentle Joseph, who despite his own fragile mental health helps to hold the others togehter. Alma, the queen, who is so entertaining one can't quite hate her the way one wants to. Allen and Mike, both tougher than nails with very real weaknesses, and Carlotta and Roxanne who seem to be almost too far removed from life itself.
The story is told with a wry sense of humour, and it's hard to put the book down, since no one ever has a boring moment, including the reader. Told in an era when 2nd wave feminism was at it's height and gay and lesbian politics were still just emerging, it is interesting to read the book some 26 years later and find that much of its politics still apply! ... Read more

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First published in 1977, The Young in One Another’s Arms is about the building of female communities. Combining issues of race, gender, sexuality and politics, this warm, sophisticated novel celebrates the cameraderie and strength of women. The novel won the Canadian Authors Association’s Best Novel Award in 1978.

A Little Sister’s Classic ... Read more

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Everytime
I'll only say this much about this.Jane Rule delivers it every time, and she really rules!!!

Written during a time when Lesbian publishing was not present or so into public eye, it is way better than what gets published these days.

Quantity never equals Quality.

Do yourself a favour.Go read everything Jane rule has written....

Not everybody will like her style of writing, but it definitely is simple yet powerful at the sametime. ... Read more

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Still one of my favorites after 20 years.
About a collection of characters, men and women of all types, in a smallish New England town.All of them connected through their relationship with the elderly Amelia Larson, one of the town's surviving matriarchs.

About love, hate, foolishness and consequence, compassion, romance, regret, life, death, complications, men's mental crap, women's mental crap, sticky situations, sex, pain, loss, dancing Greek sailors, change...

At turns funny, angering, erotic without being pornographic, sweet, and terribly realistic throughout.Most of the characters will become beloved friends, and those who don't will at least win your empathy.

The author doesn't insult the reader's intelligence with two dimensional characters, overused cliches, and unnecessary sentiment.

This story was set in a time when people still had to take responsibility for their own actions.And even though two of the main characters are lesbos (I can say that...*I'm* a lesbo), this book is definitely NOT PC. So if you're a liberal, you might want to stick to Alice Walker.

This book will make you *feel*.Some things have been lost in our modern society. Things like honor, integrity, a sense of duty, loyalty, morality. Those things we lost are in this book.Get out the tissue.

Because of the tone of the book, I would recommend it to anyone except leftist Democrats/Socialists. (Like I said, it is set during a time in the U.S. when folks had to take responsibility for their own actions.)

Generally speaking, this story has been told many times before, by other authors about different characters living in different times, and perhaps different countries.But this version is the most satisfying, realistic, engaging, erotic, heartbreaking yet uplifting one I've read so far.

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Quirky book about living
A novel about the tangled lives of small town folks both young and old and the relationships that evolve among them.A story that brings together people from various places and stages in their lives - Amelia, an olderwoman who recently lost her sister; Agate her young, pregnant housekeeper;Cole Amelia's grandnephew; Dina, the used furniture dealer; and Rosemary,the town social worker to name a few.Throw in some humourousmisunderstandings, and this makes for some interesting reading. ... Read more

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a sweet, thoughtful book on aging
After the Fire is a slow-paced, introspective little book that suffers from bait and switch marketing. The book description outlines a basic lesbian romantic plot: brokenhearted dumpee retreats to a beautiful location and meets a lovely but mysterious woman.

I would not be surprised if fans of Rule's other books thought they were purchasing a torrid lesbian romance--the packaging certainly leads you to think that's what this is. Instead, After the Fire is a character driven novel about the emotional lives of women in their youth, midlife, and older years with virtually no romantic story at all. I don't recall any of the many characters even going on a date. Furthermore, while one of the primary characters is a lesbian, almost all of the others are straight.

Having said all this, what the book does have is a moving story about dealing with grief, loss and aging. Half-Japanese Karen, the dumpee, moves to a mostly white, mostly straight island to lick her wounds a rebuild her sense of self. Along the way she meets women of all ages who gradually move from secondary character status to becoming a huge part of Karen's life. The multigenerational friendships that form are far from the usual mother-daughter bond. Very well drawn and probably my favorite part of this book.A warning: This is not an action-packed book. Nothing much happens to the women in this small town, but the characters are interesting enough to draw you in anyway.

Reccommended Reading for Women of All Ages
One of the few books which I feel should be required reading for women of all ages. The story is about a group of women who all, for one reason or another are learning to live alone, rely on themselves while still making community for one another. They learn to find their strengths, come to terms with their limitations and thrive. A very positive read.

After the Fire is good, wholesome reading
After the Fire is a book about life, death and love.It connects the older age group with the younger, showing what can be learned from someone with life experience.This book is wholesome reading anyone will enjoy. ... Read more

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Reviews of OUTLANDER from the back of the book
"In the Outlander stories, Jane Rule evokes a startling variety of lesbian lives with the sure-handed artistry that readers have come to expect from her work.In the essays following, she analyzes lesbian and gay concerns with a tough independence of mind that makes the true 'outlander.'"
-- Harriet Desmoines and Catherine Nicholson (Co-founders of Sinister Wisdom)

"These stories constitute together a powerful investigation into the many varieties of love between and among women. Jane Rule looks with a seasoned eye at the passions and pecadillos of lesbians, in twos, threes, and more. The combinations shift like patterns in a kaleidoscope, enlarging and deepening our understanding of what is possible among women.

The essays reveal the author's broad intelligence and balanced good sense on a number of subjects, some of them surprising.

Thanks to her for a rich collection, written (as she herself has described her relationship to her characters) with 'tenderness, severity and humor.'"
-- Sandy Boucher

The Naiad Press, Inc.
1981. 207 pp.

Better than Most
I liked the essays better than the short stories...just my natural preference for nonfiction over fiction. There is considerable variety of lesbian lives portrayed and the stroies are interesting enough and written well enough to encourage me to try another. ... Read more

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This book looks at why it's so difficult to create 'the rule of law' in post-conflict societies such as Iraq and Afghanistan, and offers critical insights into how policy-makers and field-workers can improve future rule of law efforts. A must-read for policy-makers, field-workers, journalists and students trying to make sense of the international community's problems in Iraq and elsewhere, this book shows how a narrow focus on building institutions such as courts and legislatures misses the more complex cultural issues that affect societal commitment to the values associated with the rule of law. The authors place the rule of law in context, showing the interconnectedness between the rule of law and other post-conflict priorities, such as reestablishing security. The authors outline a pragmatic, synergistic approach to the rule of law which promises to reinvigorate debates about transitions to democracy and post-conflict reconstruction. ... Read more

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A Very Important Contribution to the Rule of Law Promotion Field
This book is an important contribution to the rule of law promotion field. The book particularly distinguishes itself in that it combines an understanding of the academic debate with the on-ground reality of establishing or rebuilding a system of justice in a war-torn area. Very few books, articles, or other publications manage to explore rule of law promotion with both perspectives in hand.The authors are to be applauded for performing this balancing act and providing the public with such a useful blend of information and analysis.

In fact, I have found this book to be so useful that I now use it as a core text in a class on rule of law promotion, which I teach in law school. While the text addresses a number of legal issues, I believe it to be accessible to non-lawyers who are interested in understanding, and perhaps working, in the rule of law promotion field. On the topics covered, this book captures accurately the challenges, opportunities, and limitations of the field as it is today.

A look at Building a Government After Invasion
This book comes at a particularily appropriate time. It has become very clear that the administrations of the major powers are operating at the limits of their capabilities in the area of peacemaking after conflict.

It seems that there was a string of what have to be considered real successes: Japan and Germany were out bitter enemies during World War II, yet after the war, what has to be considered enlightened supervision totally changed their governments to democracies reflecting the will of the people and making them good neighbors. South Korea is another example.

Then a series of bloodbaths occurred. Perhaps a hundred wars since then, with perhaps a hundred million people killed. Are we to allow more 'holocausts' in Haiti, Rwanda, and on and on.

This book is the report of law professors in U.S. law schools, but professors with experience on the ground in Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, East Timor, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Iraq. ==These are not subjects that were unknown in our Government before the Iraq/Afthanistan invasions, but the level of the difficulty in establishing working governments certainly seems to have been minimized.

This book is an important contribution to thinking about the problems now being faced in Iraq. ... Read more

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Explains the rules of the game for both professional and youth football with information about equipment, player positions, the playing field, and definitions of terms. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, published by Harvard Society for Law and Public Policy, Inc. on June 22, 2003. The length of the article is 2934 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: An empirical test of Justice Scalia's commitment to the rule of law.
Author: Gary Lawson
Publication: Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 2003
Publisher: Harvard Society for Law and Public Policy, Inc.
Volume: 26Issue: 3Page: 803(7)

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In this new full-length study of Jane Rule's life and work, Marilyn Schuster argues that Rule's novels provide a way of "writing and reading lesbian" that resists and subverts dominant discourses of gender and sexuality-both those of mainstream culture and of political and sexual subcultures.