This is the unusual and compelling story of Diana, a tantalizingly beautiful woman who sought love in the strange by-paths of Lesbos. Fearless and outspoken, it dares to reveal that hidden world where perfumed caresses and half-whispered endearments constitute the forbidden fruits in a Garden of Eden where men are never accepted.

This is how "Diana: A Strange Autobiography" was described when it was published in paperback in 1952. The original 1939 hardcover edition carried with it a Publisher's Note: This is the autobiography of a woman who tried to be normal.

In the book, Diana is presented as the unexceptional daughter of an unexceptional plutocratic family. During adolescence, she finds herself drawn with mysterious intensity to a girl friend. The narrative follows Diana's progress through college; a trial marriage that proves she is incapable of heterosexuality; intellectual and sexual education in Europe; and a series of lesbian relationships culminating in a final tormented triangular struggle with two other women for the individual salvation to be found in a happy couple.

In her introduction, Julie Abraham argues that Diana is not really an autobiography at all, but a deliberate synthesis of different archetypes of this confessional genre, echoing, as it does, more than a half-dozen novels. Hitting all the high and low points of the lesbian novel, the book, Abraham illustrates, offers a defense of lesbian relationships that was unprecedented in 1939 and radical for decades afterwards.

This is the unusual and compelling story of Diana, a tantalizingly beautiful woman who sought love in the strange by-paths of Lesbos. Fearless and outspoken, it dares to reveal that hidden world where perfumed caresses and half-whispered endearments constitute the forbidden fruits in a Garden of Eden where men are never accepted.

This is how "Diana: A Strange Autobiography" was described when it was published in paperback in 1952. The original 1939 hardcover edition carried with it a Publisher's Note: This is the autobiography of a woman who tried to be normal.

In the book, Diana is presented as the unexceptional daughter of an unexceptional plutocratic family. During adolescence, she finds herself drawn with mysterious intensity to a girl friend. The narrative follows Diana's progress through college; a trial marriage that proves she is incapable of heterosexuality; intellectual and sexual education in Europe; and a series of lesbian relationships culminating in a final tormented triangular struggle with two other women for the individual salvation to be found in a happy couple.

In her introduction, Julie Abraham argues that Diana is not really an autobiography at all, but a deliberate synthesis of different archetypes of this confessional genre, echoing, as it does, more than a half-dozen novels. Hitting all the high and low points of the lesbian novel, the book, Abraham illustrates, offers a defense of lesbian relationships that was unprecedented in 1939 and radical for decades afterwards.

A full-color guide to highlighting cases and other materials in law school. With these tips and tricks, you'll be able to brief opinions while reading, anticipate classroom questions, and prepare early for outlining courses. This deluxe edition is printed entirely in color and includes four fully highlighted example cases taken from 1L courses. A black and white "economy edition" is available from the publisher.

"I was actually becoming paranoid, an obvious emotional result of my guilt and fear. Me, George Lamont: the confident, self-assured consultant to heads of corporations and federal officials. What had taken hold of me?"

On a routine business trip, industrial consultant George Lamont checks into a motel room in South Carolina and finds a leather case containing more than $2 million. Arrogance and greed prevent him from immediately reporting his find to authorities, not knowing how his selfish actions will set off a chain reaction of violence and greed.

When those who want the money stab one of the motel's maids to death, the police descend on the town, and George immediately heads to the airport to fly home to Florida. After some investigation, George discovers that the money is ransom demanded by terrorists who have kidnapped a foreign official's son. With little time to spare and plagued by guilt, George learns that the foreign official's son is found dead in Cyprus, George has a bad feeling that he may be next .