Representatives of Harvard University Press, which is publishing the book this month of April, recognize and freely acknowledge that they invited such reaction by allowing Life magazine to print an excerpt from the book in advance of the book's publication date.

At the other extreme in character was the half-hour excerpt from the Petipa-Minkus ballet `` Bayaderka '', which opened the evening.

Last Saturday's interesting melange included Ernst Toch, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Richard Yardumian and a brief excerpt from a new `` space '' opera by the Swedish composer, Karl-Birger Blomdahl.

But one wishes, when the appetite is whetted, as it was in the case of the all-too-brief excerpt from the Blomdahl opera, that further opportunity would be provided both for hearing the works in their entirety and for a closer analytical look at the sense and nature of the compositions.

* podcasts. ie In this series of podcasts on Mayo's Heritage you can hear an excerpt from John Mc Hugh's Heritage Tour of Achill ( ref Programme 6 & Programme 8 )

Inscription and Erasure: Literature and Written Culture from the Eleventh to the Eighteenth Century ( 2007 ) excerpt and text search

Overt religious elements include an excerpt from the Rosary prayer on the cornice and planned statues of Mary, specifically Our Lady of the Rosary, and two archangels, St. Michael and St. Gabriel.

* An excerpt of Tales from Earthsea

( Summary of excerpt from Warui Yume o Mita Toki (, When You've Had a Bad Dream?

* Spence, Jonathan D. The Search for Modern China ( 1999 ), 876pp ; well written survey from 1644 to 1990s excerpt and text search ; complete edition online at Questia

* Spence, Jonathan D. The Search for Modern China ( 1991 ), 876pp ; well written survey from 1644 to 1980s excerpt and text search ; complete edition online

His comparative approach is obvious in the following excerpt from Chapter III of Book I of what many consider to be his masterpiece, De l ' esprit des lois:

" Yet another excerpt where Montesqieu's comparative approach is evident is the following one from Chapter XIII of Book XXIX:

* Release Early, Release Often, excerpt from The Cathedral and the Bazaar, mirrored on personal site

An excerpt from a speech given by Thompson featured in the computer game Deus Ex Machina ( 1984 ).

Compare with the following excerpt from an 1750 ode by Willam Collins:

This usually involves inviting potential Actors to read an excerpt from the script for an audition.

online complete edition ; also excerpt and online search from Amazon. com

A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution ( 1989 ), 1120pp ; long essays by scholars ; conservative perspective ; stress on history of ideas excerpt and online search from Amazon. com

The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon ( 2002 ) excerpt and text search

complete online edition vol 1 ; also excerpt and online search from Amazon. com

An " excerpt " from it introduces each chapter of each book in the series.

* Each chapter in Frank Herbert's science fiction novels Whipping Star, The Dosadi Experiment, and Dune variously begin with an aphorism, an excerpt from an official report ( or even a manual ), a quotation from a book about the events of the novel, etc.

An excerpt from Sefer Raziel HaMalakh, featuring various magical Sigil ( magic ) | sigils ( or סגולות, seguloth, in Hebrew language | Hebrew ).

" A letter written in 1799 by Goethe recounts: "... when it was time for dessert, the prince's entire livery ... carried a generous-size torte with colorful flaming candles-amounting to some fifty candles-that began to melt and threatened to burn down, instead of there being enough room for candles indicating upcoming years, as is the case with children's festivities of this kind ..." As the excerpt indicates, the tradition at the time was to place candles for each year of the individual's life with some added candles ' indicating upcoming years '.

However, an excerpt from the upcoming novel The Winds of Winter shows Stannis alive and aware of the Karstark's intentions.

In an excerpt from the upcoming novel The Winds of Winter, Asha goes before Stannis and tries to offer a ransom for Theon, but Stannis insists that Theon must die for killing Eddard Stark's sons or all of the northmen will abandon Stannis.

An excerpt from the upcoming novel The Winds of Winter reveals that Theon and Jeyne continue to tell others that she is Arya because they fear Stannis will send her back to Winterfell if he learns the truth.

*“ The Intruder ” ( 1959, excerpt of chapter ten of the novel )

This very brief excerpt was initially part of the novel Dzur.

* Excerpt: To Your Scattered Bodies Go-An excerpt from the first novel in Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld series, published by Random House

* An excerpt from the novel

**( excerpt from ) The New World ( novel ), Frederick Turner

Zelda developed a bond with a young female resident, Dr. Mildred Squires, and toward the end of February she shared an excerpt of her novel with Squires, who wrote to Scott that the novel was vivid and had charm.

* Fanny Howe page at Ploughshares includes links to Howe's contributions to Ploughshares that began in 1972 with an excerpt from an early novel.

In a typical round of DI, five to seven performers will each perform a " cutting " ( excerpt ) from a published play, novel, or short story.

This " interview " — and a subsequent excerpt from Bronso's Analysis of History: Muad ' dib — serve to summarize the plot of Dune and establish the political and religious conflicts in play as the novel begins.

Besides the final scene in which Irulan is betrothed to Paul, her only appearance in the miniseries based on an actual excerpt from the novel is her visit to Feyd.

An excerpt from this novel ( or perhaps the whole thing ) was serialized in the Saturday Evening Post magazine.

* Kipling's novel Kim ( 1900-1 ), opens with the above excerpt from his poem.

* An Influx of Poets, a novel excerpt, Narrative Magazine, ( Spring 2004 ).

Albert Camus's novel The Fall begins with an excerpt from Lermontov's foreword to A Hero of Our Time: " Some were dreadfully insulted, and quite seriously, to have held up as a model such an immoral character as A Hero of Our Time ; others shrewdly noticed that the author had portrayed himself and his acquaintances … A Hero of Our Time, gentlemen, is in fact a portrait, but not of an individual ; it is the aggregate of the vices of our whole generation in their fullest expression.

( an excerpt from the novel ).

* Margaret Atwood Profile at Bold Type Exclusive interviews, a book excerpt, and an audio excerpt ; plus text of an 1843 letter used as research for the novel.

The magazine Science Fiction Weekly published a review of the novel ; an excerpt of it follows:

The story " The Train of Their Departure ", which the magazine featured in August 2010, is an excerpt from his first novel The Free World, released on April 4, 2011, to wide acclaim.

Blinko's novel Haunted Head was published in 2009 by Coptic Cat, including an exclusive micro edition featuring an original piece of art with the micro edition and a postcard with an excerpt from the book.