James Cooper

In the summer of 1978, six employees of a Sirloin Stockade buffet restaurant found themselves forced into a walk-in freezer during a robbery, then executed, leaving no witnesses. The shocking events and resulting nine-month, nationwide manhunt left a deep scar in the psyche of Oklahoma City residents and served as inspiration for a new novel coming this October by English Professor and OKC City Councilor James Cooper. Moonlit Massacre, Cooper's debut novel, draws inspiration from one of Oklahoma's most notorious crimes as well as other unsolved murders in the same time frame to knit together a story of a community gripped with fear. Rather than focus on the assailants, Cooper explores a young city rocked by tragedy. Moonlit Massacre presents a diverse Oklahoma landscape overlooked by national news, utilizing elements of true crime, literary horror, and historical fiction to focus on the inner lives of Oklahomans from marginalized backgrounds. To bring this story to life, Cooper dedicated years to researching Oklahoma history and the Stockade murders before completing a Creative Writing MFA at Oklahoma City University. Similar books include Berney's November Road, Killers of the Flower Moon, Devil in the White City, the works of Stephen Graham Jones, and Jane Harper's The Dry.

Knigi Dzhejmsa Fenimora Kupera o Nataniele Bampo (izvestnom takzhe pod prozvischami Zveroboj, Sokolinyj Glaz, Sledopyt, Dlinnyj Karabin i Kozhanyj Chulok) neizmenno polzujutsja uspekhom u chitatelej vo vsem mire. Eti proizvedenija schitajutsja odnim iz etalonov uvlekatelnoj prikljuchencheskoj prozy, sjuzhety i personazhi kotoroj odnazhdy i navsegda plenjajut chitatelskoe voobrazhenie. Lovkij okhotnik i smelyj voin, samootverzhennyj zaschitnik slabykh i ugnetennykh, Kozhanyj Chulok davno i prochno voshel v panteon samykh populjarnykh geroev mirovoj literatury. V nastojaschee izdanie voshli dva romana o Nataniele Bampo v polnom obeme (vosstanovleny lakuny v sovetskikh perevodakh, vkljucheny avtorskie predislovija i primechanija). Pod neumolimym natiskom tsivilizatsii Belogo Cheloveka legendarnyj okhotnik Kozhanyj Chulok vynuzhden otbrosit mechty o spokojnoj zhizni i vnov vyjti na tropu vojny, navstrechu novym neverojatnym prikljuchenijam. Oba romana - "Pionery, ili U istokov Saskuikhanny" i "Prerija" - soprovozhdajutsja komplektom illjustratsij anglijskikh bratev-khudozhnikov Genri Metju Broka i Charlza Edmunda Broka.

Tobias o' the Light: A Story of Cape Cod, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

S momenta pervoj publikatsii v 1820-1840-kh godakh i po sej den pentalogija Dzhejmsa Fenimora Kupera o Nataniele Bampo (izvestnom takzhe pod prozvischami Zveroboj, Sokolinyj Glaz, Sledopyt, Dlinnyj Karabin i Kozhanyj Chulok) neizmenno polzuetsja uspekhom vo vsem mire kak odin iz etalonov uvlekatelnoj prikljuchencheskoj prozy, sjuzhety i personazhi kotoroj odnazhdy i navsegda plenjajut chitatelskoe voobrazhenie. Lovkij okhotnik i smelyj voin, samootverzhennyj zaschitnik slabykh i ugnetennykh, Kozhanyj Chulok davno i prochno voshel v panteon samykh populjarnykh geroev mirovoj literatury. V nastojaschij tom vkljucheny pervye tri romana tsikla, povestvujuschie o junykh i zrelykh godakh zhizni Natanielja, o ego druzhbe s indejtsem-delavarom Chingachgukom, ob ikh stychkakh s guronami v lesnykh debrjakh i na ozernoj gladi, o smertelnom riske, na kotoryj druzja idut radi vyzvolenija iz plena vozljublennoj Chingachguka, zaschity semejstva Khatter ("Zveroboj") i spasenija docherej britanskogo polkovnika Manro ("Poslednij iz mogikan"), o ljubvi glavnogo geroja k docheri ego davnego druga, serzhanta Tomasa Dunkhema, i o ego samopozhertvovanii vo imja chuzhogo schastja ("Sledopyt"). Vpervye na russkom jazyke publikuetsja polnyj tekst "Zveroboja", vosstanovleny vse avtorskie predislovija i primechanija k romanam i ikh pozdnejshim prizhiznennym izdanijam. V knige - takzhe vpervye v Rossii - vosproizvodjatsja polnye komplekty illjustratsij k romanam Kupera, sozdannye anglijskimi khudozhnikami, bratjami Genri Metju Brokom i Charlzom Edmundom Brokom. Perevodchik: Antonov Sergej, Galperina Revekka Menasevna, Karavkina D.

"Sledopyt" - tretja kniga o prikljuchenijakh khrabrogo okhotnika Natanielja Bampo i ego predannykh druzej. 1759 god, prodolzhaetsja franko-britanskaja vojna v Severnoj Amerike. Opytnomu razvedchiku i provodniku Natanielju i ego drugu Velikomu Zmeju nuzhno dostavit v krepost na beregu Ontario anglijskogo kapitana Charlza Kepa i ego junuju plemjannitsu Mejbl Dunkhem. Perevodchiki: Galperina Revekka Menasevna, Karavkina D., Kurella Valentina Nikolaevna Khudozhnik: Itkin Anatolij Zinovevich

Dejstvie "Sledopyta" (1840) - tretego romana pentalogii amerikanskogo pisatelja Dzhejmsa Fenimora Kupera o Natanaele Bampo (takzhe izvestnom chitatelju pod prozvischami Zveroboj, Kozhanyj Chulok i Sokolinyj Glaz) - proiskhodit v 1759 godu, v razgar franko-indejskoj vojny, na vodakh i beregakh ozera Ontario, odnogo iz severoamerikanskikh Velikikh ozer, gde avtor v poru voennoj sluzhby provel okolo pjati let. Opasnye vstrechi v lesnykh debrjakh, riskovannyj spusk po porozhistoj reke, stychki s frantsuzami i indejtsami i drugie prikljuchenija sluzhat v "Sledopyte" koloritnym romanticheskim fonom dlja rasskaza o ljubvi Natti Bampo k docheri ego starogo druga, devjatnadtsatiletnej Mejbl Dunkhem, o ego sopernichestve za chuvstva devushki s molodym Dzhasperom Uesternom i o samopozhertvovanii radi chuzhogo schastja.

Improve Your Python Code with Modern Object-Oriented Design Patterns To write clean, efficient, maintainable code, developers everywhere turn to design patterns. Now there's a Python-specific patterns guide that's friendly and practical enough for every Python developer, regardless of experience. Best-selling patterns author James W. Cooper presents visual, example-driven explanations of 23 proven patterns for writing superior object-oriented code. Through clear and intuitive code samples, he introduces modern techniques for creating Python objects that interact effectively in powerful, flexible programs. Python newcomers--including those moving from other languages--will find a succinct introduction designed to get them up to speed fast. Cooper's wide-ranging patterns coverage addresses abstract classes, multiple inheritance, GUI programming and widgets, graphical classes, drawing and plotting, math, databases, Python decorators, images, threads, iterators, creating executable code, and more. Throughout, his informal visual presentation makes patterns far easier to work with--so you can confidently build sophisticated programs that use Python's rich capabilities. Review the essentials of Python objects and visual programmingLearn what design patterns are, and how they help you write better codeUse creational patterns to enhance flexibility and avoid unnecessary complexityApply structural patterns to ensure that program elements work together well in large programsOptimize communication between objects with behavioral patterns

They were known as "political soulmates" who shared a "special relationship". Grounded in similar democratic systems, common historical discourses, and sustained military alliance through several of the twentieth century's most contentious conflicts, British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and the American president Ronald Reagan shared a deep respect, admiration, and friendship, as well as similar ideologies. Many analysts and historians recycle a popular conception of the two New Right leaders joined at the hip politically, yet their relationship was more complex and nuanced. Drawing on a host of recently declassified documents from the Reagan-Thatcher years, A Diplomatic Meeting: Reagan, Thatcher, and the Art of Summitry, provides an innovative basis to understand the development and nature of the relationship between the two leaders. Author James Cooper boldly challenges the popular conflation of the leaders' platforms and proposes that Reagan and Thatcher's summitry demonstrated that foreign policy was not distinct from domestic policy: there was just policy, and the related politics of it. Summits, therefore, were a significant opportunity for world leaders to further their own domestic agenda. Cooper utilizes the relationship between Reagan and Thatcher to demonstrate that summitry politics transcended any distinction between foreign policy and domestic politics - a major objective of Reagan and Thatcher as they sought to consolidate power and implement their domestic economic programs in a parallel quest to reverse notions of their countries' "decline". This unique and significant study about the making of the Reagan-Thatcher relationship uses their key meetings as avenues of exploration and argues that there is fluidity between the domestic and international spheres, which is underappreciated within existing interpretations of the leaders' relationship, Anglo-American relations and, more broadly, in the realm of international affairs.

Aprel 1775 goda, Severnaja Amerika. Molodoj ofitser Lajonel Linkoln, proshedshij voennuju sluzhbu v Anglii, vozvraschaetsja v rodnoj Boston spustja semnadtsat let. No gorod silno izmenilsja za eto vremja. Mestnym zhiteljam do smerti nadoelo terpet naglost i proizvol Britanskoj korony. Linkolnu predstoit pogruzitsja v vodovorot jarostnogo mjatezha i rasputat klubok semejnykh tajn i prestuplenij. V ocherednoj tom "Masterov prikljuchenij" vkljuchen roman Dzhejmsa Fenimora Kupera "Osada Bostona", sobytija kotorogo razvivajutsja v pervyj god Vojny za nezavisimost Soedinennykh Shtatov. Perevodchik: Ozerskaja Tatjana Alekseevna, Kurella Valentina Nikolaevna, Chernevich M. Khudozhnik: Bertal Sharl Albert, Karr Darli Feliks Oktavius