John Cooper

A "superb" portrait of the Tudor-age spymaster that "paints a John le Carré–like world of double-dealing and intrigue" (The Sunday Telegraph).

Elizabeth I came to the throne at a time of insecurity and unrest. Rivals threatened her reign; England was a Protestant island, isolated in a sea of Catholic countries. Spain plotted an invasion, but Elizabeth's Secretary, Sir Francis Walsingham, was prepared to do whatever

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Come inside the mind of nine year old Dewey Does and find out what's it really like.

Fifteen-year-old Danny is a troubled kid, and trouble always seems to follow him. Things are changing just too fast his family has moved to a new town, his father is battling alcoholism, and Danny has a hair-trigger temper that causes him problems with the teachers and the other kids at his new school. But as they say, everybody can do at least one thing well, and for Danny its judo. The dojo is the one place where Danny's aggression can find an outlet,...

Perhaps you are a lifelong Christian as is the author, John A. Cooper. Perhaps you are thinking, "I have already let God into my life and my salvation is assured." Perhaps you are not a Christian, maybe you are Muslim, or atheist, or maintain another belief system, or no system at all. Then, this book is for you! Even if you have a relationship with God, would you open the door to your heart even wider and give up everything to live only in the love...

Evaluates the parallel worlds of the twenty-eighth president's personal and political arenas, examining his World War I leadership, his failed efforts to bring the United States into the League of Nations, and his contributions toward the creation of theUnited Nations.

In this collection of eccentric essays, Cooper shares his unique views on a variety of topics related to the human condition. They are laced with a touch of humor in order to lighten up the rather dark essence of his subject matter. He is the first to admit that his writing has a target audience-introverts only. He strongly doubts that anyone with an extrovert's DNA sequence will appreciate or even understand his offerings. He presents these personal...

This finely etched account of the disintegration of morale in an Eighth Air Force squadron in England during World War II when its losses were staggering, is told through the eyes of a young bombardier named Whipple who had been injured before completing his tour of duty. He is relying on his now-healed wounds to keep him safely on the ground while wanting to retain the esteem of his friends who are still flying. When the squadron gets a new C.O.,...

"Honorable Mention for the 2012 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Philosophy, Association of American Publishers" John M. Cooper is the Henry Putnam University Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. He is the general editor of the authoritative English-language edition of Plato's complete writings, and the author of Reason and Emotion and Knowledge, Nature, and the Good (both Princeton), among other books. This is a major reinterpretation...

The varied career of Walter Hines Page affected many facets of the American political and social milieu from the end of Reconstruction through World War I. A North Carolinian, Page was one of the first southerners after Reconstruction to argue that sectional hostility was needless, and he constantly worked to restore national union and frequently acted as an interpreter for the North and the South. As a journalist, publisher, reformer, president-maker,...