Over the Threshold is the first in-depth work to explore the topic of intimate violence in the American colonies and the early Republic. The essays examine domestic violence in both urban and frontier environments, between husbands and wives, parents and children, and masters and slaves. This compelling collection puts commonly held notions about intimate violence under strict historical scrutiny, often producing surprising results.

This volume brings together original essays by leading historians of the Atlantic World, representing recent developments in historiography of the period. These essays present the argument that coercive imperial authority has been vastly overrated. Distance, the primacy of trade over politics, and the refusal of colonized peoples to recognize European authority resulted in de-centralized American empires.

In this innovative volume, leading historians of the early modern Americas examine the subjects of early modern, continuing colonization, and the relations between established colonies and frontiers of settlement. Their original essays about centers and peripheries in Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, and British America invite comparison.

Paul Blaine, field agent for COVERT, an historically ignored U.S. government enforcement agency, gets his chance to prove his own abilities and raise the credibility of his department when the proto-type of a new missile is stolen by both a common criminal and international terrorists. Blaine finds himself in a race with the CIA, the FBI, and the Department of Homeland Security to recover the missile and get all the credit. From Washington, DC to the Northwest Territories of Canada to Miami, Florida, Blaine and his partner Danny Willoughby stumble from one humorous misadventure to another...

Time is of the essence as COVERT agent Paul Blaine and his partner, Danny Willoughby, team up with a glamorous CIA agent to find a kidnapped North Korean Volley Ball team before this international incident leads to a nuclear war Once again, the men from COVERT are on a zany chase to avert a major catastrophe and keep the world (and their jobs) safe

All-Star Ice Hockey players are being kidnapped all over the world and there appears to be a plot to fix the 2014 Winter Olympics. COVERT agents Paul Blaine, Danny Willoughby and Andi Harkness team up with an international Super-Spy to discover what is behind the bizarre series of events. Could the answer be found at a hockey rink located in one of the hottest places on Earth?