An eminent member of this school, Georges Duby, wrote in the foreword of his book Le dimanche de Bouvines that the history he taught relegated the sensational to the sidelines and was reluctant to give a simple accounting of events, but strived on the contrary to pose and solve problems and, neglecting surface disturbances, to observe the long and medium-term evolution of economy, society and civilisation.

In 2008, he provided a foreword for the first book collection of Richard Thompson's Cul De Sac comic strip.

In the foreword, Hofstadter explains that the book ( originally published in 1958 ) exerted a profound influence on him when he was young.

McLean co-edited the book Songs and Sketches of the First Clearwater Crew with sketches by Thomas B. Allen for which Pete Seeger wrote the foreword.

Escoffier updated Le Guide Culinaire four times during his lifetime, noting in the foreword to the book's first edition that even with its 5, 000 recipes, the book should not be considered an " exhaustive " text, and that even if it were at the point when he wrote the book, " it would no longer be so tomorrow, because progress marches on each day.

The books, which are referenced many times in the Harry Potter books, even have footnotes about other books, which do not exist, for future reading, and a foreword by Albus Dumbledore, which explains why they are releasing the book to a muggle audience.

Both were acknowledged in the foreword of the book, as well as in several places within its body.

Crow wrote a foreword for the book Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips, author Kris Carr's book that was based on her 2007 documentary film Crazy Sexy Cancer.

Lord Cranford, in his foreword to Captain Angus Buchanan's book on the war, writes, " At his strongest von Lettow probably mustered 25, 000 to 30, 000 rifles, all fighting troops ", with 70 machine guns and 40 guns.

" Depp wrote a similar comment in the foreword to Mark Salisbury's book, Burton on Burton, regarding his first meeting with Burton over the casting of the film.

In the foreword to the book's 30th-anniversary edition, Dawkins said he " can readily see that book's title might give an inadequate impression of its contents " and in retrospect thinks he should have taken Tom Maschler's advice and called the book The Immortal Gene.

The book, titled ' Deep Purple And Beyond: Scenes From The Life Of A Rock Star ', was co-written with author Joel McIver and featured contributions by Tony Iommi, David Coverdale, Ozzy Osbourne and Tom Morello, as well as a foreword by Lars Ulrich of Metallica.

In the foreword to Mr. Charles book, James D. Hornfischer summarizes: " Dr. Henri Hekking was a tower of psychological and emotional strength, almost shamanic in his power to find and improvise medicines from the wild prison of the jungle.

As the British historian A. J. P. Taylor noted in his 1963 foreword " Second Thoughts " to his 1961 book The Origins of the Second World War:

He wrote a foreword to the book Yoga Beyond Belief, written by Ganga White in 2007.

The term was coined by the critic Martin Esslin, who made it the title of a book on the subject first published in 1961 and in two later revised editions ; the third and final edition appeared in 2004 ( in paperback with a new foreword by the author ).

In his foreword to the British edition of Leuchter's book, Irving wrote that " Nobody likes to be swindled, still less where considerable sums of money are involved ".

Costain noted in his foreword that he initially intended the book to be about Bayan and Edward I, but became caught up in the legend of Thomas a Becket's parents: an English knight married to an Eastern girl.

Phil wrote the foreword to the book.

* Rivethead: Tales From the Assembly Line is an autobiographical book by Ben Hamper on life and work in the GM plant, with a foreword by Michael Moore.

He wrote a foreword for a humorous book titled Cockeyed Americana, compiled by Dick Hyman.

To support his argument, he submitted as evidence an entry from the book " Kemal Ataturk, the Man by E. W. Swanton with a foreword by Paul Anka.

She wrote the foreword to the book version of the UCB Production " Worst Laid Plans ".

* Vanishing Kingdoms-The Irish Chiefs and Their Families, by Walter J. P. Curley ( former US Ambassador to Ireland ), with foreword by Charles Lysaght, published by The Lilliput Press, Dublin, 2004.

Woodwind Instruments and Their History, third edition, reprinted with corrections 1977, with a foreword by Sir Adrian Boult.

* Vanishing Kingdoms-The Irish Chiefs and Their Families, by Walter J. P. Curley ( former US Ambassador to Ireland ), with foreword by Charles Lysaght, published by The Lilliput Press, Dublin, 2004 1-84351-055-3 & ISBN 1-84351-056-1.

* Vanishing Kingdoms-The Irish Chiefs and Their Families, by Walter J. P. Curley ( former US Ambassador to Ireland ), with foreword by Charles Lysaght, published by The Lilliput Press, Dublin, 2004 1-84351-055-3 & ISBN 1-84351-056-1.

* Vanishing Kingdoms-The Irish Chiefs and Their Families, by Walter J. P. Curley ( former US Ambassador to Ireland ), with foreword by Charles Lysaght, published by The Lilliput Press, Dublin, 2004 1-84351-055-3 & ISBN 1-84351-056-1.

In his 1967 foreword to Shakespeare's Roman Plays and Their Background,

* Vanishing Kingdoms-The Irish Chiefs and Their Families, by Walter J. P. Curley ( former US Ambassador to Ireland ), with foreword by Charles Lysaght, published by The Lilliput Press, Dublin, 2004 1-84351-055-3 & ISBN 1-84351-056-1.

Collected letters of John Randolph of Roanoke to Dr. John Brockenbrough, 1812 – 1833, edited by Kenneth Shorey ; foreword by Russell Kirk, Transaction Books, 1988.

Elliott considers her greatest honor to be having Kenneth Clark write the foreword to the book " A Class Divided Then and Now " by William Peters in which he states, "... Jane Elliott's contribution demonstrates that it is possible to educate and produce a class of human beings united by understanding, acceptance, and empathy.

* S. Daniel Abraham Peace is Possible, foreword by Bill Clinton

( emeritus ) The Divinity School, Duke University, Durham, NC, with a foreword by His Eminence Carlo Maria Cardinal Martini, S. J.

* Michael Alfred Peszke, The Polish Underground Army, the Western Allies, and the Failure of Strategic Unity in World War II, foreword by Piotr S. Wandycz, Jefferson, NC, McFarland & Company, 2005, ISBN 978-0-7864-2009-4.

Friends included the mathematician G. H. Hardy, for whom he would write a biographical foreword in A Mathematician's Apology, the physicist P. M. S.

* Cuvier's History of the Natural Sciences: twenty-four lessons from Antiquity to the Renaissance and annotated by Theodore W. Pietsch, translated by Abby S. Simpson, foreword by Philippe Taquet, Paris: Publications scientifiques du Muséum national d ' Histoire naturelle, 2012, 734 p. ( coll.

* edited by Sandi Brockway, foreword by Marilyn Ferguson, introduction by Denis Hayes, preface by Donella H. Meadows, Macrocosm U. S. A .: Possibilities for a New Progressive Era ..., Macrocosm, 1993, paperback, 464 pages, ISBN 0-9632315-5-3

In a 1961 foreword to the novel, Henry D. Aiken states that the U. S. president of the novel " bears some resemblance to Andrew Johnson, to Garfield, and to Grant ".

* Hindu View of Christianity and Islam ( 1993, contains also as an appendix Swarup's foreword to D. S. Margoliouth's Mohammed and the Rise of Islam ( 1985, original in 1905 ) and to William Muir's The Life of Mahomet ( 1992, original in 1894 )

* Gerschenkron, Alexander ( 1989 ), Bread and democracy in Germany with a new foreword by Charles S. Maier, Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press.

* Davis, Ronald L, ( with foreword by ) Miller, Henry S, Jr., La Scala West: The Dallas Opera Under Kelly and Rescigno, University Park, Texas: Southern Methodist University Press, 2000

In the foreword to Boltzmann's Theoretical Physics and Philosophical Problems, S. R.

The 1988 edition ( ISBN 1-887178-25-2 ) includes a foreword by the Pulitzer Prize winning poet W. S.

* Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben and Jennifer S. Hanin ( foreword by Bob Saget ) Becoming Jewish: The Challenges, Rewards, and Paths to Conversion, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2011, 272 pp. -Jointly written by a rabbi and a convert to Judaism, this book provides a modern, comprehensive overview of the reasons, practices, and results of Jewish conversion.

To justify carrying documents in a briefcase, " Major Martin " was given two copies of the official pamphlet on Combined Operations by Hilary Saunders, and a letter from Mountbatten to General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Force and the senior allied commander in Europe and the Mediterranean, asking him to write a brief foreword for the pamphlet's U. S. edition.

* A Fragment of Autobiography, W. S. Maugham, included as a foreword in some modern versions of The Magician

* Guilty of Everything: The Autobiography of Herbert Huncke ( New York: Paragon House Publishers, 1990 ), Edited by Don Kennison, foreword by William S. Burroughs.

* The Polish Underground Army, the Western Allies, and the Failure of Strategic Unity in World War II, foreword by Piotr S. Wandycz, 2005.

* The Polish Underground Army, the Western Allies, and the Failure of Strategic Unity in World War II, foreword by Piotr S. Wandycz, Jefferson, North Carolina, McFarland & Company, 2005, 244 pp., ISBN 0-7864-2009-X.

Feudal society ( Société féodale ) translated from the French by L. A. Manyon ; with a new foreword by T. S. Brown ( London ; New York: Routledge, 1989, c1961 ) ISBN 0-415-03917-7 ( hbk.

McPhail, foreword by Joseph S. Nelson and illustrations by D. L.

With a new foreword by Lee S. Shulman, New York: College Entrance Examination Board, 1999 ( Originally published: 1st ed.

* Michael Alfred Peszke, The Polish Underground Army, the Western Allies, and the Failure of Strategic Unity in World War II, foreword by Piotr S. Wandycz, Jefferson, North Carolina, McFarland & Company, 2005, ISBN 0-7864-2009-X.