This volume is the first complete English translation and annotated study of Bartolomé de Las Casas’s important and provocative 1552 treatise commonly known as the Confesionario or Avisos y reglas. A text that generated controversy, like Las Casas’s more famous Brevísima relación, the Confesionario outlined a strikingly novel and arguably harsh use of confession for those administering the sacrament to conquistadores, encomenderos, slav...

This compelling memoir chronicles a man's extraordinary journey through law enforcement, juxtaposed with his personal struggles and triumphs. Spanning decades, it weaves gripping tales of crime, resilience, and the complexities of human nature with razor-sharp wit and vivid storytelling.Beginning in 1974, the author recounts his transformation from a disillusioned Vietnam-era veteran and Russian linguist in the Air Force to a cadet in the Pima County Sheriff's Department. With keen...

David Thomas spent over thirty-four years in the criminal justice system, serving in corrections, law enforcement, the courts, and as a defense investigator. Most of his career was focused on investigations, including roles as a detective, detective sergeant, and supervisor of investigations. Born and raised in Arizona, David is a U.S. Air Force veteran and holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts from the University of Arizona. He was married to his beloved wife, Karen, for over forty-six years. Her ...

Senior homicide detective Frank Spencer bears the scars of many battles with his superior officers and a failed marriage. Dealing with his personal demons, Frank struggles to hold on to the one thing he has left: his career. Assigned to a new case, Frank is teamed up with general investigations detective Mike Estrada. Young and eager, Mike has his own problems trying to navigate the minefield of detective work while keeping his family life from falling apart. The pair soon find themselves ...

Senior homicide detective Frank Spencer bears the scars of many battles with his superior officers and a failed marriage. Dealing with his personal demons Frank struggles to hold on to the one thing he has left: his career.Assigned to a new case, Frank is teamed up with general investigations detective Mike Estrada. Young and eager, Mike has his own problems trying to navigate the minefield of detective work while keeping his family life from falling apart. The pair soon find themselves fo...

Proven to be invaluable resources for anyone in a position of power, here are three of China's greatest classical works on leadership, warriorship, and strategy:The Art of War: This timeless guide is perhaps the most influential book of strategy in the world today.Zen Lessons: These core teachings of China's greatest Zen masters cover leadership and spiritual practice, decision making, how to inspire respect, and much more.The Book of Leadershi...

Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to what the most thoughtful Americans have said about the American experience from the colonial period to the present. The book examines the political thought of the most important American statesmen, activists, and writers across era and ideologies, helping another generation of students, scholars, and citizens to understand more fully the meaning of America.This new second edition of the b...

Whose Middle Ages? is an interdisciplinary collection of short, accessible essays intended for the nonspecialist reader and ideal for teaching at an undergraduate level. Each of twenty-two essays takes up an area where digging for meaning in the medieval past has brought something distorted back into the present: in our popular entertainment; in our news, our politics, and our propaganda; and in subtler ways that inform how we think about our histories, our countries, and ourselves. Each a...

Borders represent an intriguing paradox as globalization continues to leap barriers at a vigorous pace, merging economies and cultures through world trade, economic integration, the mass media, the Internet, and increasingly mobile populations. At the same time, the political boundaries separating peoples remain pervasive and problematic. Borders and Border Politics in a Globalizing World offers a carefully selected group of readings to enhance student understanding of the complex...

Seven thousand years ago, major climatic change was ushering in a 3,500 year drought. For a small band of pioneers in what is now Wyoming and the Montana Mountains, it was a time of fire. As they struggled valiantly to keep their ancestors' dreams alive in an unforgiving, drought-stricken land, a heroic young dreamer and a fearless woman warrior united to lead their people to a magnificent destiny.Performed by Nanette Savard; Joseph Thornhill; Karen Novack; Thomas Keegan; Christoph...

Sheed & Ward, in partnership with the Commonweal Foundation and with funding from the Pew Charitable Trust, proudly presents the first of two volumes in a groundbreaking series called American Catholics in the Public Square. The result of a three-year study sponsored by Pew aimed at understanding the contributions to U.S. civic life of the Catholic, Jewish, mainline and evangelical Protestant, African-American, Latino, and Muslim communities in the United States, the two volumes in this se...

The world’s first national park, Yellowstone is a symbol of nature’s enduring majesty and the paradigm of protected areas across the globe. But Yellowstone is constantly changing. How we understand and respond to events that are putting species under stress, say the authors of Yellowstone’s Wildlife in Transition, will determine the future of ecosystems that were millions of years in the making. With a foreword by the renowned naturalist E. O. Wilson, this is the most comprehensiv...