In the book's preface, Heisenberg wrote:

Kahane claimed in the book's preface that one of his cellmates was a Bedouin from the Negev about to be released after serving an eighteen-year prison sentence for the rape and murder of a Jewish girl.

Although the subtitle states that the book comprises " 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuine Dates ", the book's preface mentions that originally four dates were planned, but last-minute research revealed that two of them were not memorable.

Other than the new sub-title, all that is added is, a preface to the second edition and a 37-page afterword relating the book's content to the 2000 US presidential election.

Roth wrote in the preface to the book's 30th anniversary edition, " With clarity and with crudeness, and a great deal of exuberance, the embryonic writer who was me wrote these stories in his early 20's, while he was a graduate student at the University of Chicago, a soldier stationed in New Jersey and Washington, and a novice English instructor back at Chicago following his Army discharge ... In the beginning it simply amazed him that any truly literate audience could seriously be interested in his store of tribal secrets, in what he knew, as a child of his neighborhood, about the rites and taboos of his clan — about their aversions, their aspirations, their fears of deviance and defection, their underlying embarrassments and their ideas of success.

In the preface of the book's 1st edition, its British publisher casts doubt on the accuracy of Mahathir's assumptions and facts.

For example, early versions gave the book's title as Billy Budd, Foretopman, while it now seems clear Melville intended Billy Budd, Sailor: ( An Inside Narrative ); some versions wrongly included a chapter that Melville had excised as a preface ( the correct text has no preface ); some versions do not change the name of the ship to Bellipotent ( from the Latin bellum war and potens powerful ), from Indomitable, as Melville called her in an earlier draft.

Lessing wrote in the book's preface that it has its roots in the Old Testament.

Dean settled the defamation suit against Colodny and his publisher, St. Martin's Press, on terms which Dean stated in the book's preface he could not divulge under the terms of the settlement, other than stating that " the Deans were satisfied.

In the book's preface, Watson explains that he is describing his impressions at the time of the events, and not at the time he wrote the book.

According to the book's preface, under 100 copies were made by the author.

) printed in front of Copernicus ' preface which was a dedicatory letter to Pope Paul III and which kept the title " Praefatio authoris " ( to acknowledge that the unsigned letter was not by the book's author ).

In the book's preface, Rodney praises the state of Tanzania, which had pursued the sort of Marxist political ideology that he advocated.

Anderson states in the book's preface, " So, any of the local residents who can read, and do read this novel, and take offense at the descriptions or content, instead of sucker-punching me while I'm in town trying to buy groceries with my wife and son, let me just buy you a drink and we'll call it even.

The reaction of the Bavarian establishment was somewhat cooler, in part due to the book's preface.

In the book's preface, Miller summarises his view of Hubbard:

As he remarks in the book's preface, the original assignment was to produce a " photographic and verbal record of the daily living and environment of an average white family of tenant farmers.

The book is split into seven sections, not including a preface which details the book's reception and transmission.

( In a nod to Gamma Worlds reputation for being repeatedly revised, the book's back cover states " That's right, it's the return of the Gamma World ".

In the book's introduction, Schwartz states that the word " myth ", as used in the book, " is not offered to mean something that is not true, as in the current popular usage ".

The book's introduction states that its author, John, was on Patmos when he was given ( and recorded ) a vision from Jesus.

The book's introduction states that its author, John, was on Patmos when he was given ( and recorded ) a vision from Jesus.

In his autobiographical work Ecce Homo, Nietzsche states that the book's underlying concept is discussed within " the penultimate section of the fourth book " of ' The Gay Science ' ( Ecce Homo, Kaufmann ).

A 2004 article in Skeptic Magazine states that Däniken took many of the book's concepts from The Morning of the Magicians, that this book in turn was heavily influenced by the Cthulhu Mythos, and that the core of the ancient astronaut theory originates in H. P. Lovecraft's short stories " The Call of Cthulhu " written in 1926, and " At the Mountains of Madness " written in 1931.

A 2004 article in Skeptic magazine states that von Däniken plagiarized many of the book's concepts from The Morning of the Magicians, that this book in turn was heavily influenced by the Cthulhu Mythos, and that the core of the ancient astronaut theory originates in H. P. Lovecraft's short stories " The Call of Cthulhu " and " At the Mountains of Madness ".

One of the book's primary arguments is that many ostensible " manifestations of the Spirit " in charismatic, Pentecostal, and third wave affiliated churches are caused by psychological manipulation of parishioners, and that many of the " signs and wonders " claimed by these churches are fraudulent or result from manipulation, peer pressure, subtle suggestions, altered states of consciousness from repetitive chanting or singing, and expectations of supernatural events.

In the book's introduction, Neil Gaiman states that he had originally planned to write twenty-five " Portraits of Despair ".

The title character states that Jon Stewart " tried to deceive people into thinking " that the book's phony Fillmore was a real one by putting a past date ( October 1, 1998 ) next to the fake strip.

Feminist scholar Maria Lauret states that the " formation of female cultural identity " is woven into the book's narrative, setting Maya up as " a role model for Black women ".

The book's cover states that the book is " the true story of the secret mission that blasted Hitler's dream of an atomic bomb.

The subtitle boldly states the book's theme: " The curious theories of modern pseudoscientist and the strange, amusing and alarming cults that surround them.

Information about Amos Tutuola, recounted in the book's introduction, states that his grandfather was an odafin, the spiritual leader of a clan, and Tutuola was the given name of the author's father ; Odafin literally means " the establisher of laws " or " lawmaker " in the Yoruba language of southwestern Nigeria.

In the accompanying book's information box about the animal, it states that the Indricothere is called Paraceratherium.

The book's forward states that this is a true story handed down from Trudy's descendants ( Trudy became widely known as an expert spinner, having been taught by her mother who, because of her crippled shoulder, could no longer perform the task ).

In a prefatory note addressed to the book's child readers, Neill states that he and his family live in Flanders, New Jersey, which he describes as " on top of the Schooley Mountains and the Jenny Jump Mountains are really truly mountains right next to us.

The book's narration states that he possessed all of the traits of leadership, and had he been born in another time, he very likely may have become a great naval hero instead of a pirate.

Although mythical elements are not so prominent in Exodus as in Genesis, the echoes of ancient legends are crucial to understanding the book's origins and purpose: for example, the story of the infant Moses's salvation from the Nile has its basis in an earlier legend of king Sargon, while the story of the parting of the Red Sea trades on Mesopotamian creation mythology.

" Critics have seen a precedent for the book's plot presentation in Laurence Sterne's famously digressive The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, with Thomas Keymer stating that " Tristram Shandy was a natural touchstone for James Joyce as he explained his attempt " to build many planes of narrative with a single esthetic purpose " in Finnegans Wake ".

Goldhagen noted in an interview with The Atlantic, as well as in the book's introduction, that the title and the first page of the book reveal its purpose as a moral, rather than historical analysis, asserting that he has invited European Church representatives to present their own historical account in discussing morality and reparation.

During a 2004 interview on Coast to Coast AM radio with George Noory, she said she was disappointed following her first book's publication that she was not permitted to return to the Celestial realm, but that while she could not presently know the full scope of her earthly purpose, she understood a film based on Embraced would also follow.

Carole Hillenbrand also believes it is dangerous to take the book at face value, as it belongs to a popular genre of medieval Arabic literature, known as adab, which was meant to instruct its readers while entertaining them-and telling a truthful account was not the book's main purpose.

The book's stated purpose is to provide a non-ideological appraisal of state health care experiments, including the Massachusetts law of 2006, and to offer a policy direction for the country aimed toward more affordable and innovative care.