Cooper: 3394 books

Bertie is a fool and he would be the first to say it. A fool in deed and a fool in love. For years he has steadfastly, and loudly, proclaimed his love for the country's most famous general, Godric of the South, often to Godric's embarrassment and his own humiliation The old king's bastard, and fond...

In what may be a first among maritime action-adventure novels, the vessels at the center of this fast-paced tale from James Fenimore Cooper spend virtually the entirety of the story in harbor off the coast of New York. When a band of rowdy pirates abduct an heiress, her beau gives chase in a thrilling standoff. But when national tensions intervene, the story takes an unexpected turn.

The Last of the Mohicans, sometimes also translated as The Last of the Mohicans (Original English title, The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757) is a historical novel by American author James Fenimore Cooper, first published in February 1826 . This is the second book of the Leatherstocking...

Also published under the title "Ravensnest." James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature.

Cooper undertook a "hazardous experiment" in resurrecting one of his most popular characters, for he had killed off Bumppo in his previous incarnation. This book is noted as a classic account of the American wilderness. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of...

The Deerslayer, or The First Warpath (1841) was the last of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking tales to be written. Its 1740-1745 time period makes it the first installment chronologically and in the lifetime of the hero of the Leatherstocking tales, Natty Bumppo. The novel's setting on Otsego...

The Littlepage Manuscripts is a novel by the American novelist James Fenimore Cooper first published in 1845. Satanstoe is the first book in a trilogy starting with Satanstoe continuing with The Chainbearer and ending with The Redskins. The novel focuses mainly on issues of land ownership and the displacement of American Indians as the United States moves Westward.

In this collaborative work, three leading historians explore one of the most significant areas of inquiry in modern historiography--the transition from slavery to freedom and what this transition meant for former slaves, former slaveowners, and the societies in which they lived. Their contributions...

At over 90,000 words, this is the most comprehensive fan guide yet published to the 2012-2013 season of Doctor Who. After the first part of the season provided an emotional ending to the Doctor's travels with his friends Amy and Rory, Steven Moffat presented an innovative and intriguing new mystery,...

Le Dernier des Mohicans (The last of the Mohicans) est un roman historique américain de James Fenimore Cooper, publié pour la première fois en janvier 1826. | En juillet 1757, Montcalm remonte le lac Champlain et se dirige avec des soldats « aussi nombreux que les feuilles de la forêt » vers...

Nicht von hier Sammelband Science Fiction & Fantasy - 20 Jahre Edition Bärenklau Drei Romane großer Autoren in deutscher Übersetzung. Dieses Buch enthält folgende Geschichten: Louise Cooper: Das Buch der Paradoxe Gordon R. Dickson: Der Agent John D. Vinge: Der Tag des...

Creepy-crawlies, slime, tentacles, gravity, and FRICKEN LASERS, MAN. And that's BEFORE lift-off! Will Steve the Aardvark outwit his mysterious captors, or will his big mouth and voracious bodily functions spell his own doom? There's a lesson in here, somewhere. Wipe the slime off and you'll find it.

A fascinating book that is much more than a tragic personal story, more than a picture of how brain injuries will strain relationships with family, co-workers, health care professionals and a legal system not adequately empowered to respond to an individual's needs, let alone the thousands who have...

In this classic adventure from Newbery Medalist Susan Cooper, two strangers embark on a quest for the sea that’s filled with mystery, fantasy, and danger. His name is West. Her name is Cally. They speak different languages and come from different countries thousands of miles apart, but they...