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Mr. Armstrong sued Ms. O’Reilly and The Sunday Times of London, which had excerpted the book.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2012

After all, the work had been chosen as a Book-of-the-Month Club alternate, Vanity Fair had excerpted a chapter, and the film rights had been sold for $100,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now the old King had excerpted it from the Torah or Pentateuch and the Books of Abraham; and had set it in one of his treasuries and concealed it from all living.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir