Poeticized Culture: The Role of Irony in Rawls's Liberalism

By James Hersh
Publisher: University Press of America (November 28, 2005)
ISBN: 0761832610

In Poeticized Culture, James Hersh shows the John Rawls' framework of liberal public reason ( Political Liberalism, 1993), within which he proposes his scheme of justice as fairness, includes an unacknowledged call for a Richard Rortian "poeticized culture." Hersh argues that, despite Rawls's intentions, his framework within which he proposes justice as fairness demands a Rortian ironic perspective and does not allow for citizens to hold absolute or literal religious beliefs.

Hersh argues that this Rortian perspective makes Rawls's justice as fairness the most reasonable scheme for the world's emerging democracies, particularly for those democracies emerging in the Middle East where literal religious beliefs are held with such fervor.

The Birth of Satan: Tracing the Devil's Biblical Roots

by Dr. T.J. Wray
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (October 1, 2005)
ISBN: 1403969337

Dr. T. J. Wray, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Salve Regina University , and co-author, Dr. Gregory Mobley, of Andover-Newton Theological School, have written a new book released just in time for Halloween. In "The Birth of Satan: Tracing the Devil's Biblical Roots" (published by Macmillan) Wray and Mobley guide readers on a journey to retrace Satan's biblical roots, shedding light on the Devil's slow and steady metamorphosis through the pages of holy writ, stopping along the way to explore the influences of other religious cultures and extra biblical writings that helped Satan assume his final form. This is Dr. Wray's third book.

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Newport Through Its Architecture: A History of Styles from Postmedieval to Postmodern

by James L.Yarnall
Publisher: Salve Regina University Press (September 30, 2005)
ISBN: 1584654910

In the first-ever book from the Salve Regina University Press, art professor James L. Yarnall has chronicled a comprehensive history of America's greatest architectural laboratory - Newport - complete with hundreds of full-color photographs, drawings and illustrations.

Newport Through Its Architecture: A History of Styles from Postmedieval to Postmodern (Salve Regina University Press/Sept. 2005) is the first book to span the entire history of Newport architecture, is the most copiously illustrated book on Newport in half a century, and is geared toward both scholarly and general audiences.

Copies of this book can be purchased through the University Press of New England web site, Amazon.com or by contacting George P. Antone, in the university's Office of Academic Grants at (401) 341-2372.

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Detention Castles of Stone and Steel: Landscape, Labor, and the Urban Penitentiary

by James C. Garman
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press (August 26, 2005)
ISBN: 1572333545

The Providence Place Mall covers the location at the center of Dr. Garman's book concerning the rise and fall of Rhode Island's first state prison. The history of the building from its opening in 1830 to its abandonment in 1877 and its demolition in 1893 is only one aspect of Garman's study.

In addition to his professional examination of the site the author explores the political climate, theories of corrections and imprisonment, and the lives of the people that were part of this early attempt at social reform.

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Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks

by Ernest Rothman, and Brian Jepson
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.; 1 edition (June 1, 2005)
ISBN: 0596009127

This is the book for Mac command-line fans. Completely revised and updated to cover Mac OS X Tiger, this new edition helps you quickly and painlessly get acclimated with Tiger's familiar-yet foreign-Unix environment. If you're a Unix geek with an interest in Mac OS X, you'll find this clear, concise book invaluable.

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