<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Publications by Reference &amp; Research Book News</title><description>Resent articles by the &quot;Reference &amp; Research Book News&quot; from The Free Library</description><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Farlex, Inc.</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:22:33 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>360</ttl><image><title>Free Online Library</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com</link><url>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/_/static/TFLbyFarlex.gif</url><width>175</width><height>65</height></image><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>A defense of intellectual property rights.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/A+defense+of+intellectual+property+rights.-a0211163403</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9781847203953</P><P>A defense of intellectual property rights.</P><P>Spinello, Richard A. and Maria Bottis.</P><P>Edward Elgar Publishing</P><P>2009</P><P>218 pages</P><P>$135.00</P><P>Hardcover</P><P>K1401</P><P>Addressing a topic that is particularly notable in the digital age, Spinello (management, Boston College) and Bottis (archive and library sciences, Ionian U., Greece) defend...]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>The new Isaac; tradition and intertextuality in the gospel of Matthew.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+new+Isaac%3b+tradition+and+intertextuality+in+the+gospel+of+Matthew.-a0211163402</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9789004175693</P><P>The new Isaac; tradition and intertextuality in the gospel of Matthew.</P><P>Huizenga, Leroy A.</P><P>BRILL</P><P>2009</P><P>337 pages</P><P>$169.00</P><P>Hardcover</P><P>Supplements to Novum Testamentum; v.131</P><P>BS2555</P><P>Huizenga (Wheaton College) uses the concept of the Model Reader, as formulated in the semiotic theory of Umberto Eco, to examine the role of the...]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>A companion to Peter Martyr Vermigli.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/A+companion+to+Peter+Martyr+Vermigli.-a0211163401</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9789004175549</P><P>A companion to Peter Martyr Vermigli.</P><P>Ed. by Torrance Kirby et al.</P><P>BRILL</P><P>2009</P><P>540 pages</P><P>$261.00</P><P>Hardcover</P><P>Brill's companions to the Christian tradition; v.16</P><P>BR350</P><P>The 25 chapters of this volume were first presented at an international conference called The new hermeneutics of Peter Martyr Vermigli (1499-1562), held at...]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>Greek religious terminology; telete and orgia; a revised and expanded English edition of the studies by Zijderveld and Van der Burg.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Greek+religious+terminology%3b+telete+and+orgia%3b+a+revised+and+expanded...-a0211163400</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9789004178137</P><P>Greek religious terminology; telete and orgia; a revised and expanded English edition of the studies by Zijderveld and Van der Burg.</P><P>Schuddeboom, Feyo.</P><P>BRILL</P><P>2009</P><P>285 pages</P><P>$138.00</P><P>Hardcover</P><P>Religions in the Graeco-Roman world; v.169</P>]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>They were all together in one place; toward minority biblical criticism.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/They+were+all+together+in+one+place%3b+toward+minority+biblical...-a0211163399</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9789004151178</P><P>They were all together in one place; toward minority biblical criticism.</P><P>Ed. by Randall C. Bailey et al.</P><P>BRILL</P><P>2009</P><P>397 pages</P><P>$185.00</P><P>Hardcover</P><P>Society of Biblical Literature semeia studies; v.57</P>]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>The status of women under Islamic law and modern Islamic legislation, 3d ed.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+status+of+women+under+Islamic+law+and+modern+Islamic+legislation%2c...-a0211163398</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9789004172739</P><P>The status of women under Islamic law and modern Islamic legislation, 3d ed.</P><P>Nasir, Jamal J. Ahmad.</P><P>BRILL</P><P>2009</P><P>225 pages</P><P>$151.00</P><P>Hardcover</P><P>Brill's Arab and Islamic laws series; v.1</P><P>KBP526</P>]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>Wandering women and holy matrons; women as pilgrims in the later Middle Ages.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Wandering+women+and+holy+matrons%3b+women+as+pilgrims+in+the+later...-a0211163397</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9789004174269</P><P>Wandering women and holy matrons; women as pilgrims in the later Middle Ages.</P><P>Craig, Leigh Ann.</P><P>BRILL</P><P>2009</P><P>308 pages</P><P>$148.00</P><P>Hardcover</P><P>Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions; v.138</P>]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>Yearbook 2008; v.12.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Yearbook+2008%3b+v.12.-a0211163396</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9789004170650</P><P>Yearbook 2008; v.12.</P><P>International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.</P><P>Martinus Nijhoff Publishers</P><P>2009</P><P>261 pages</P><P>$266.00</P><P>Paperback</P><P>KZA5205</P><P>Each volume contains general information on the organization, jurisdiction, activities, and administration of the Tribunal for one calendar year, 1 January to 31 December. This 12th edition...]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>The China economy yearbook; v.3: Analysis and forecast of China's economy, 2008.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+China+economy+yearbook%3b+v.3%3a+Analysis+and+forecast+of+China's...-a0211163395</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9789004173514</P><P>The China economy yearbook; v.3: Analysis and forecast of China's economy, 2008.</P><P>Ed. by Jiagui Chen et al.</P><P>BRILL</P><P>2009</P><P>324 pages</P><P>$169.00</P><P>Hardcover</P><P>The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences yearbooks: economy; v.3</P>]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>Communication and conversion in northern Cameroon; the Dii people and Norwegian missionaries, 1934-1960.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Communication+and+conversion+in+northern+Cameroon%3b+the+Dii+people+and...-a0211163394</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9789004177543</P><P>Communication and conversion in northern Cameroon; the Dii people and Norwegian missionaries, 1934-1960.</P><P>Dronen, Tomas Sundnes.</P><P>BRILL</P><P>2009</P><P>234 pages</P><P>$147.00</P><P>Hardcover</P><P>Studies in Christian mission, v.37</P>]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>The Glossa ordinaria; the making of a medieval Bible commentary.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Glossa+ordinaria%3b+the+making+of+a+medieval+Bible+commentary.-a0211163393</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9789004177857</P><P>The Glossa ordinaria; the making of a medieval Bible commentary.</P><P>Smith, Lesley.</P><P>BRILL</P><P>2009</P><P>267 pages</P><P>$154.00</P><P>Hardcover</P><P>Commentaria; v.3</P><P>BS491</P><P>The Glossa Ordinaria a medieval compilation of biblical texts surrounded by commentaries on them by Church Fathers and medieval scholars, has long been taken for granted as a tool...]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>Fighting terrorism through multilevel criminal legislation; Security Council Resolution 1373, the EU framework decision on combating terrorism and their implementation in Nordic, Dutch and German criminal law.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Fighting+terrorism+through+multilevel+criminal+legislation%3b+Security...-a0211163392</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9789004177574</P><P>Fighting terrorism through multilevel criminal legislation; Security Council Resolution 1373, the EU framework decision on combating terrorism and their implementation in Nordic, Dutch and German criminal law.</P><P>Husabo, Erling Johannes and Ingvild Bruce.</P>]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>Limerick's fighting story, 1916-21 told by the men who made it; with a unique pictorial record of the period. (reprint, 1948).</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Limerick's+fighting+story%2c+1916-21+told+by+the+men+who+made+it%3b+with...-a0211163391</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9781856356428</P><P>Limerick's fighting story, 1916-21 told by the men who made it; with a unique pictorial record of the period. (reprint, 1948)</P><P>Mercier Press</P><P>2009</P><P>383 pages</P><P>$37.95</P><P>Paperback</P><P>DA962</P><P>A reprint from 1948, this volume presents firsthand accounts of the stories of those who fought in Limerick, Ireland, in the Irish War of...]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>The sociology of intellectual life; the career of the mind in and around the academy.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+sociology+of+intellectual+life%3b+the+career+of+the+mind+in+and...-a0211163390</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9781412928380</P><P>The sociology of intellectual life; the career of the mind in and around the academy.</P><P>Fuller, Steve.</P><P>Sage Publications</P><P>2009</P><P>178 pages</P><P>$99.95</P><P>Hardcover</P><P>Theory, culture and society</P><P>BD175</P>]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>Organizational ethnography; studying the complexities of everyday life.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Organizational+ethnography%3b+studying+the+complexities+of+everyday...-a0211163389</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9781847870452</P><P>Organizational ethnography; studying the complexities of everyday life.</P><P>Ed. by Sierk Ybema et al.</P><P>Sage Publications</P><P>2009</P><P>288 pages</P><P>$120.00</P><P>Hardcover</P><P>HM791</P><P>Scholars of business and social scientists in core and diasporic Europe demonstrate how applying ethnographic methods can lead to a fuller, more grounded, practice-based...]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>Kerry's fighting story, 1916-21; told by the men who made it with a unique pictorial record of the period. (reprint, 1947).</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Kerry's+fighting+story%2c+1916-21%3b+told+by+the+men+who+made+it+with+a...-a0211163388</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9781856356411</P><P>Kerry's fighting story, 1916-21; told by the men who made it with a unique pictorial record of the period. (reprint, 1947)</P><P>Mercier Press</P><P>2009</P><P>352 pages</P><P>$37.95</P><P>Paperback</P><P>DA962</P><P>Just after World War II, Irish newspaper The Kerryman published this volume of contemporary (and near-contemporary) accounts of the fight for Irish...]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>The encyclopedia of Islam three; v.2.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+encyclopedia+of+Islam+three%3b+v.2.-a0211163387</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9789004178533</P><P>The encyclopedia of Islam three; v.2.</P><P>Ed. by Gudrun Kramer et al.</P><P>BRILL</P><P>2009</P><P>183 pages</P><P>$153.00</P><P>Paperback</P><P>DS37</P><P>In 2007, the 3d ed. of the Encyclopedia of Islam began appearing serially, four times a year. Maintaining the exacting quality and comprehensive nature of the earlier editions, the Encyclopedia presents detailed...]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>The encyclopedia of Islam three; v.1.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+encyclopedia+of+Islam+three%3b+v.1.-a0211163386</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9789004178526</P><P>The encyclopedia of Islam three; v.1.</P><P>Ed. by Gudrun Kramer et al.</P><P>BRILL</P><P>2009</P><P>152 pages</P><P>$153.00</P><P>Paperback</P><P>DS37</P><P>In 2007, the 3d ed. of the Encyclopedia of Islam began appearing serially, four times a year. Maintaining the exacting quality and comprehensive nature of the earlier editions, the Encyclopedia presents detailed...]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>Trading places; the Netherlandish merchants in early modern Venice.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Trading+places%3b+the+Netherlandish+merchants+in+early+modern+Venice.-a0211163385</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9789004175433</P><P>Trading places; the Netherlandish merchants in early modern Venice.</P><P>Gelder, Maartje van.</P><P>BRILL</P><P>2009</P><P>241 pages</P><P>$147.00</P><P>Hardcover</P><P>Library of economic history; v.1</P><P>HF482</P><P>For centuries, Venice was a symbol of economic power. It was a commonplace in France to state that someone with wealth was "almost as rich as a Venetian"....]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>The Romanians and the Turkic nomads north of the Danube Delta from the tenth to the mid-thirteenth century.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Romanians+and+the+Turkic+nomads+north+of+the+Danube+Delta+from...-a0211163384</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9789004175365</P><P>The Romanians and the Turkic nomads north of the Danube Delta from the tenth to the mid-thirteenth century.</P><P>Spinei, Victor.</P><P>BRILL</P><P>2009</P><P>545 pages</P><P>$231.00</P><P>Hardcover</P><P>East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages; v.6</P>]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>The missionary self-perception of Pentecostal/Charismatic church leaders from the global South in Europe; bringing back the Gospel.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+missionary+self-perception+of+Pentecostal%2fCharismatic+church...-a0211163383</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9789004175082</P><P>The missionary self-perception of Pentecostal/Charismatic church leaders from the global South in Europe; bringing back the Gospel.</P><P>Wahrisch-Oblau, Claudia.</P><P>BRILL</P><P>2009</P><P>428 pages</P><P>$216.00</P><P>Hardcover</P>]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>Brill's New Pauly; dictionary of Greek and Latin authors and texts.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Brill's+New+Pauly%3b+dictionary+of+Greek+and+Latin+authors+and+texts.-a0211163382</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9789004167834</P><P>Brill's New Pauly; dictionary of Greek and Latin authors and texts.</P><P>Ed. by Manfred Landfester. Trans. and ed. by Tina Jerke and Volker Dallman.</P><P>BRILL</P><P>2009</P><P>694 pages</P><P>$274.00</P><P>Hardcover</P><P>Brill's New Pauly supplements</P>]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>The China economy yearbook; v.2: Analysis and forecast of China's economy.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+China+economy+yearbook%3b+v.2%3a+Analysis+and+forecast+of+China's...-a0211163381</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9789004168022</P><P>The China economy yearbook; v.2: Analysis and forecast of China's economy.</P><P>Ed. by Jiagui Chen et al.</P><P>BRILL</P><P>2009</P><P>337 pages</P><P>$148.00</P><P>Hardcover</P><P>The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences yearbooks: economy; v.2</P>]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>Doing families in Hong Kong.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Doing+families+in+Hong+Kong.-a0211163380</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9789004175679</P><P>Doing families in Hong Kong.</P><P>Ed. by Chan Kwok-bun et al.</P><P>BRILL</P><P>2009</P><P>302 pages</P><P>$154.00</P><P>Paperback</P><P>Social transformations in Chinese societies; the official annual of the Hong Kong Sociological Association; v.4.</P>]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>Faith and freedom in Galatia and Senegal; the Apostle Paul, colonists and sending gods.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Faith+and+freedom+in+Galatia+and+Senegal%3b+the+Apostle+Paul%2c+colonists...-a0211163379</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9789004175228</P><P>Faith and freedom in Galatia and Senegal; the Apostle Paul, colonists and sending gods.</P><P>Niang, Aliou Cisse.</P><P>BRILL</P><P>2009</P><P>181 pages</P><P>$123.00</P><P>Hardcover</P><P>Biblical interpretation series; v.97</P><P>BS2685</P>]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>Polluting the sacred; violence, faith, and the &quot;civilizing&quot; of parishioners in late medieval England.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Polluting+the+sacred%3b+violence%2c+faith%2c+and+the+%22civilizing%22+of...-a0211163378</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9789004173873</P><P>Polluting the sacred; violence, faith, and the "civilizing" of parishioners in late medieval England.</P><P>Thiery, Daniel E.</P><P>BRILL</P><P>2009</P><P>196 pages</P><P>$158.00</P><P>Hardcover</P><P>Later medieval Europe; v.3</P><P>BR747</P><P>Thiery (medieval history, Iona College, New Rochelle, New York) analyzes the process by which Europeans were led away from their...]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>Translating religion; linguistic analysis of Judeo-Arabic sacred texts from Egypt.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Translating+religion%3b+linguistic+analysis+of+Judeo-Arabic+sacred...-a0211163377</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9789004173828</P><P>Translating religion; linguistic analysis of Judeo-Arabic sacred texts from Egypt.</P><P>Hary, Benjamin H.</P><P>BRILL</P><P>2009</P><P>360 pages</P><P>$205.00</P><P>Hardcover</P><P>Etudes sur le judaisme medieval; v.38</P><P>PJ5079</P>]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>The China society yearbook (2007); analysis and forecast of China's social development.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+China+society+yearbook+(2007)%3b+analysis+and+forecast+of+China's...-a0211163376</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9789004168015</P><P>The China society yearbook (2007); analysis and forecast of China's social development.</P><P>Ed. by Ru Xin et al.</P><P>BRILL</P><P>2009</P><P>250 pages</P><P>$148.00</P><P>Hardcover</P><P>The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences yearbooks: Society; v.2</P>]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>The Portfolio of Villard de Honnecourt (Paris, Bibliotheque nationale de France, MS Fr 19093); a new critical edition and colour facsimile.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Portfolio+of+Villard+de+Honnecourt+(Paris%2c+Bibliotheque+nationale...-a0211163375</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9780754651024</P><P>The Portfolio of Villard de Honnecourt (Paris, Bibliotheque nationale de France, MS Fr 19093); a new critical edition and colour facsimile.</P><P>Barnes, Carl F., Jr.</P><P>Ashgate Publishing Co.</P><P>2009</P><P>266+ pages</P><P>$144.95</P>]]></description></item><item><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 </pubDate><title>Further on, nothing; Tadeusz Kantor's theatre.</title><link>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Further+on%2c+nothing%3b+Tadeusz+Kantor's+theatre.-a0211163374</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9780816654819</P><P>Further on, nothing; Tadeusz Kantor's theatre.</P><P>Kobialka, Michal.</P><P>U. of Minnesota Press</P><P>2009</P><P>533 pages</P><P>$35.00</P><P>Paperback</P><P>PN2859</P><P>One of the most innovative visual artists, stage directors, and theoreticians of the 20th century, Tadeusz Kantor challenged artistic conventions and expanded the boundaries of theater. Using current...]]></description></item></channel></rss>