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".

This innovative volume brings together original essays by leading historians of the Atlantic World, representing the latest 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.

The first in-depth work to explore this topic, this collection challenges commonly-held assumptions about the 'recent increase' of domestic violence in the United States, revealing widespread patterns of abuse across two centuries of American history. It provides new insights into the causes and consequences of personal violence, and offers perspectives for possible solutions.

Detective Dixon Franklin is back again; this time hired by Ella and Ray King, a husband-and-wife mystery-writing team who appear to be the targets of a killer. Dix's job is to find the culprit and bring him to justice before the King's who-done-it days are really done

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?

The third adventure in the PAUL BLAINE, AGENT of COVERT series finds Blaine and his partner, Danny Willoughby tracking down a member of ITCH (Islamic Terrorist Clan of Hate) who has been assassinating U.S. government agents at a frightening rate. Silly situations abound as Paul hunts the terrorist and Danny prepares for a Jacks Tournament

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 involving foreign agents, con-men, overly-enthusiastic security personnel and even some penguins while trying to save the world from imminent mass destruction

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