* Excerpt on the geology of Athens from: A Geological Companion to Greece and the Aegean by Michael and Reynold Higgins, Cornell University Press, 1996

* IEEE History Center's Edwin H. Armstrong: Excerpt from " The Legacy of Edwin Howard Armstrong ," by J. E. Brittain Proceedings of the IEEE, vol.

Excerpt from Josiah King's The Examination and Tryal of Father Christmas ( 1686 ), published shortly after Christmas was reinstated as a holy day in England.

* Excerpt from October 1996 Kemp-Gore Debate

* Excerpt from Carnap, Rudolf.

* Excerpt from The Hunted, 1942 – 1945

** " Excerpt from Memoirs of a Martian Demirep " ( 2007 ).

* " Excerpt from the Third and Last Volume of Tribes of the Pacific Northwest " in Full Spectrum 5 ( 1995 )

Excerpt from a one-time pad

* Excerpt from the Illustrated London News, January 11, 1862 describing the Canals of Canada.

– Excerpt from Saint Stephen's admonitions to his son Emeric.

* Excerpt from Wilkinson's book Chinese Origin Of Playing Cards

* Excerpt from the report on Steven Hassan's Freedom of Mind Web site

* Excerpt from the report on the Rick Ross Institute Web sit

* Excerpt from John Damascene

It is described in a short footnote as " Excerpt from Walt Mervin's ' Certain Essays in History '".

* Excerpt from Siege of the South Pole ; includes picture of Gauss under sail

* Reflections on a Child's Water Wheel — an Excerpt from Thoreau's 1848 Journal

* Excerpt of 2008 biography from Vanity Fair

* Stephenson's short story " The Great Simoleon Caper " which refers to both the Metaverse seen in Snow Crash and the First Distributed Republic seen in The Diamond Age ( another short story which fits in the Diamond Age milieu and even shares a character is " Excerpt from the Third and Last Volume of Tribes of the Pacific Coast ").

Excerpt from " My experiments with truth "-the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi in its original Gujarati.

* Excerpt from Of Grammatology

* Excerpt from Archive Fever

* Excerpt from " Différance "

* Essay on the Georgia Gold Mines, by William Phillips, 1833 ( Excerpt from: American Journal of Science and Arts.

* Excerpt from a performance by the William Appling Singers

* Excerpt taken From the book, What Kind Of House Party Is This?

* The Color Computers-1979 to 1980 — Excerpt from the book On the Edge: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore ( 2005 ), Variant Press.

* Excerpt from Michael Greenbaum's book on Finkelstein

* Excerpt from the book " Aikido " by Kisshomaru Ueshiba

* Excerpt from Truxtun's signal book

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* Excerpt of Andy Rooney book " My War ", describing his encounter with General Rose

* The Louverture Project: Thomas Clarkson – Thoughts on The Haitian Revolution Excerpt from an 1823 Clarkson book.

* Giving from the heart Excerpt from the book Nonviolent Communication: A language of life

* Excerpt of book about I Solisti Veneti

* Anonymous, Illustrated sketch book of Staten Island, NY: Its industries and commerce, New York 1886 page 133, Excerpt at www. rootsweb. ancestry. com /~ nyrichmo.

* Excerpt from book about the stranded handcart companies

* Excerpt from Eric Foner essay on the John Sayles film, Matewan in the book Past Imperfect: History According to the Movies edited by historian Mark C. Carnes

* Excerpt from the book The Lady Upstairs, about contribution from Jacob Schiff

Excerpt from John Thomas Smith's illustrated book, published in 1797, defining a compositional " rule of thirds "

The Heidelberg Castle Powder Turret, split by an explosion, was described by Mark Twain in his 1880 book A Tramp Abroad. Excerpt from a broader view by Theodor Verhas, 1856.

* Troubleshooting the " Spinning Beach Ball of Death " Excerpt from “ Troubleshooting Mac OS X ” book where there are some information on how to deal with Spinning Wait Cursor problems.

* Excerpt of the book Chapter 6: " Black Lightning "

* Excerpt from the book

-- Excerpt of the book " Clubhouse Lawyer ," by Art Ditmar, former major league pitcher

* 3 Reviews Excerpts of the book Excerpt two

* An Excerpt from the Above book on the Random House website

* Excerpt from book, The Portland Mercury