J Cooper: 220 books

Published in 1892, A Voice from the South is the only book published by one of the most prominent African American women scholars and educators of her era. Born a slave, Anna Julia Haywood Cooper would go on to become the fourth African American woman to earn a doctoral degree. Cooper became a prominent...

Is the public getting a good deal when the government contracts out the delivery of goods and services? Phillip Cooper attempts to get at the heart of this question by exploring what happens when public sector organizations—at the federal, state and local levels—form working relationships with...

From a distinguished historian of the American South comes this thoroughly human portrait of the complex man at the center of our nation's most epic struggle. Jefferson Davis initially did not wish to leave the Union—as the son of a veteran of the American Revolution and as a soldier and...

How far would you go to talk to your loved ones? After the death of a friend, a group of teens have some harmless fun with the ouija board in order to communicate with her. However they accidentally release an evil spirit, a spirit that wants all of them dead. They must find a way to send this...

An abandoned doll has a life of its own. Now it wants others. Pam and Les, Alicia's aunt and uncle, move into her parents cottage in Buckleigh .They decide that the cottage needs renovating because they want to turn part of it into an antiques shop. During the renovations the workmen...

They've come from the stars, and when they're finished with Earth, humanity will be finished. Can anyone survive their violent takeover? The fourth in the Alien Science Fiction series by Simon J. Cooper, this is an alien takeover story told from the perspective of a hive minded species determined...

“A vivid and convincing account of one of the most significant—but too often overlooked—figures in our history.”—Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion Overshadowed by both his brilliant father and the brash and bold Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams has long...

The politics of slavery consumed the political world of the antebellum South. Although local economic, ethnic, and religious issues tended to dominate northern antebellum politics, The South and the Politics of Slavery convincingly argues that national and slavery-related issues were the overriding...

Want to learn how to speak English like a native? Are you finding it difficult to express yourself in spoken English? Author David J Cooper is a retired English language teacher, and has taught all levels of English. In Everyday Expressions in spoken English, you’ll learn: Expressions...

A coursebook designed for instructors and candidates preparing for TEFL.

Juan Carlos enjoys the Sunday afternoon before Easter by going with a friend to a nearby lake. In the early hours of the next morning he is found dead in his car. His family receive evidence proving that his death wasn't an accident. Why did the police say it was an accident when there was no sign...

A perverse couple who wanted to commit the perfect crime..... In the early 1960s, residents of Manchester, England were horrified by the sadistic murders of five local youngsters between the ages of 10 and 17. Known as The Moors Murders, the perpetrators of the crime spree—Myra Hindley and...

David gives up his life in England to search for a life of adventure in Mexico. When he arrives there he finds it difficult to adjust to life. He eventually settles down and becomes very good friends with someone he discovers is a blatant liar, male prostitute and cocaine addict. However, he still...

The fifth in the Wild Edged Magic series by award winning writer, Simon J. Cooper, this is a story about survival, and its cost. First paragraph: Drew says he'll look after me, and I know I should be scared he's some crazy rapist, or murderer, but I've got no one else to help, not really,...