Books with author ML Cooper

Joey Kelly aka Popcorn Kelly and his friends Doc and Buster try to live up to their motto of “Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”. As 5th-grade boys, the Liberty comes when school lets out for the weekend and the Pursuit of Happiness comes from the adventures or misadventures, which they plan and carry out. As they walk to school, the boys choose an abandoned building to explore over the weekend. They imagine all the wonderful things they might find, coins, pieces of broken jewelry, and old bottles, just to name a few. But there was one thing they never expected to find. Their adventure turns into a nightmare when a raging storm appears. Will they be able to find a treasure and can they escape in time?

In OuterSol a handshake often comes with a knife in the back. It's been six months since the events on Europa. During that time, Tanis and the crew of then Kirby Jones have been working to uncover who was behind her betrayal and the oligarch's near assassination. But when a routine intel handoff with the Jovians takes a turn for the worse, Tanis finds herself deeper in the spy game than she ever wanted to be. Now, on a short timetable to get to Earth, Tanis is forced to make a stop at Saturn. When she arrives, Tanis finds things to going just like they always are. Crazy. Now in a race to save not only herself but millions of others, Tanis must do the unimaginable and face her blackest night.

Popcorn Kelly is back with another adventure. Sometimes family vacations don’t go as smoothly as planned. Winter came early, well before Christmas, and during the Holidays my Dad announced that he was taking us on a Caribbean Cruise in January. While onboard ship my brother David and I met the twins Bobby and Billy, we became friends right away. Their dad was a marine biologist and had taught them all about scuba diving and sailing. I knew from the start that this could lead to high adventure but never realized just what we were in for. Being marooned on a deserted island, living on coconuts and finding pirate treasure were items never featured in the travel brochures.

The Second Adventure of Joey "Popcorn" Kelly and his friends Doc and Buster starts with the excitement of seeing their first Horror Movie, "The Vampire Tales".Jimmy Wagoner, the newest member of the gang, tells them how his Grandpa helped make the Vampire movie. The trouble begins when Popcorn sees a mysterious scary stranger with flaming red eyes. Is he a real Vampire? And why is he watching Popcorn and the gang?

A wild broomstick ride through snow and darkness leads Marnie and Seb to Ireland, where they discover Seb’s family secrets. Returning to the Old World, Marnie finds strange weather, ghostly vortices and upheaval in the land. The turmoil spreads to Wandermere as another Imporium government falls and a new leader assumes power.Armed with a new book and psychic advice, Marnie dabbles further with chalk, beholder and divination spells. As her appreciation of her keeper destiny grows, the deep mystery of Fanglewick beckons. Through tragedy and joy, she fights for the magic of Fanglewick and the survival of the Old World and her friends.

Marnie Speck arrives at her new foster home in Downfell, Northern England with her crusty social worker, Miss Baxter. Marnie guards a rose-covered case with hidden secrets and the only link to her past and future. A telescope, old glass and a strange librarian unleash the potential of a new and extraordinary life far away at the Fanglewick School of Magic in the Old World. But first Marnie must find a way to cross the demonic halo like aspiring young wizards, witches and elves have for centuries. In a strange but beautiful landscape inhabited by haughty wizards, ratbag witches and ambitious elves, Marnie fights for a place in Fanglewick, where magic begins and ends. The school sits on the repository of magic and flows through Shining Lake and beyond to the multiverse. Over time, Fanglewick has lured heroes, kings, queens and dark beasts. Wizards, goblins and their dragon-riding armies have waged terrible wars to possess and control its treasure. For now there is peace, yet there are rumblings in the Imporium where scheming wizards and elves work in the magical government and a new presence is lurking in the forests and grounds of Fanglewick.

A group of fun loving rebellious German teens calling themselves the Edelweiss Pirates witnesses something so deplorably sickening they decide to take action when a six-year old Jewish girl is left orphaned. Torn between patriotism for the country they love and their own rights and freedoms they have to try and do the unthinkable, but with the Gestapo and Hitler Youth hot on their trail, is it too late?

It’s Thea Jameson’s seventeenth birthday. A day that should be the same as any other, that is until she finds out her whole life has been a lie. She wakes in the morning a normal girl, by evening she is thrust into a world full of magic, with people threatening everything she loves. Learning how to control all her new found power is one thing, but falling in love at the same time is something else altogether. Ryder, the tall gorgeous boy with amnesia, plants himself firmly in Thea’s way; making her new life so much more exciting. Even if it does put her in the path of more dangerous things! Can Thea master her new responsibilities and her love life without everything crashing down around her?

Financial Times Business Book of the MonthSeptember 2017. Ryanair cancels over 700,000 bookings and its powerful PR juggernaut comes shuddering to a halt. For once, the airline's aggressive and flamboyant CEO, Michael O'Leary, is contrite and apologetic.A month later Ryanair announces increased passenger traffic for October, year-on-year growth and increased profits. Its share price soars. For the moment, it appears, a fundamental shake-up of Europe's biggest airline is off the table. But questions remain about the causes of the debacle and O'Leary's role in it.Michael O'Leary lifts the veil on the wildly successful and wildly controversial Ryanair CEO. Based on extensive research - including with close associates of O'Leary - the book examines O'Leary's personality, beliefs and obsessions and describes how these have moulded the business he runs. Written by a multi-award-winning journalist and broadcaster, with a thirty-year career covering business and current affairs, it is a fascinating insight into the business behind the man, and the man behind the business.'Fascinating book ... very comprehensive' Eamon Dunphy, The Stand'An indispensable guide for anyone who wants to understand not just where Michael O'Leary and Ryanair are coming from, but where they are going.' Sunday Business Post'A frequently enlightening unauthorised biography ... entertaining' Irish Independent'In a world of colourless corporate leaders, Ryanair's aggressive, mouthy chief executive provides catnip for journalists. Cooper, an award-winning Irish writer and reporter, makes the most of the opportunity to dissect his colourful subject' Book of the Month, The Financial Times

Marnie Speck has completed her first year at the Fanglewick School of Magic, but is waiting for the arrival of her witchy powers. When they fail to show, she is left wondering about the actual date of her birth and her true identity. After a tumultuous return to the Old World, Marnie and her best friend, Seb are welcomed to Mangleworm Avenue by Professor Lexi Spindlewood. Soon they discover life on Thundery Way, in the heart of Wandermere, is fraught with elfin and dragon dangers. Retreating to Fanglewick, they realise it too is under attack and unsafe.Mage Mystilic ventures to Wandermere and leads Marnie and Seb on a wild dragon ride across a fantastic landscape to Morgansol in an attempt to trace Marnie’s parents’ final journey. To complicate life in the Old World, a new boy, the last apprentice at Blends and Fizzles, the potions and alchemy emporium, shows an unhealthy curiosity about Marnie and her newfound divination skills.

Includes the first book of the second Aeon 14 series: Destiny Lost. Right after she finishes her BLT, disgraced Major Tanis Richards is off to save the day one more time. Tanis is looking forward to a long journey in stasis before arriving at the newly terraformed world of New Eden. New Life. New Start. Getting a berth on the Intrepid is her ticket out of the Sol System. But nothing proves easy for Major Tanis Richards. Nothing is at it seems. What should be a simple trip is fraught with danger and filled with adventure. An array of forces seek to stop the Intrepid—no matter the cost, or lives lost. From competing corporations, to stellar eco-terrorists, no one wants the Intrepid to arrive at New Eden. Through their journey, the crew of the Intrepid will face rival stellar governments, civil war, and the most wanted serial killer known to the galaxy. Pivoting their role from colonists to saviors. Perhaps it’s because the Intrepid carries the most valuable secret known to humanity. Or maybe it’s just Tanis’s luck. Pick up The Intrepid Saga now and journey with Tanis on an intense, action-packed adventure through the stars.

Silver medal winner in the 2015 Readers' Favorite Awards.In the first book of the Xavier series, Xavier Jones, an ordinary thirteen-year-old boy is abandoned at St Griswold College deep within the mysterious Mourn Forest. As the world changes outside the school walls, evil brews at St Griswold. Xavier discovers the school and its inhabitants have strange customs and dark secrets. Everything he knows and believes about the world shifts. He befriends Ethan and Gabe, an eccentric new arrival. Through them he discovers humour, hope and courage–and the first stirrings of his abilities. In a magical world teeming with angels, demons, shape shifters and the Darklaw, the boys meet Beth, a young seer from Ambrosia. Using their abilities and devices, the teenagers must discover who they can trust among those they meet including the ethereal Boundary Keeper, a vain messenger angel and a magical watchmaker. Together the young friends journey across a country infiltrated by sinister forces in the hope of saving the children of Griswold. They witness the terrifying First Strike, a celestial battle between angelic and demonic armies, and Xavier learns of his destiny and a frightening prediction.Xavier is a boarding school fantasy series for readers from upper middle grade and up, who love the fantasy genre and for anyone who enjoys fantasy, adventure, magic and suspense.