Theyll be available for purchase now or after the program and tickets are still available. Ali velshi joining us in on may 9th. Go to Pratt Library dot org to find out more and reserve your tickets and now for tonights program tonight im to welcome jonna mendez to Pratt Library to discuss her new book in true face a womans in the cia unmasked. In it, she talks about her cia career as a contract wife performing secretarial secretarial duties for the cia as a convenience to her. A young officer stationed in europe and true face recounts not only the drama of mendezs high stakes work how the savvy operator parlayed her everyday woman appeal into incredible subterfuge, but also the grit and good fortune it took for her to navigate a misogynistic world. This is the story of an incredible spy and what it took to it. Jonna mendez is a former chief of disguise with over 25 years of experience as a cia officer working in moscow and other sensitive areas with. Her late husband, tony mendez. She
Author, Event Coordinator here at the library. And thank you. Thank you for joining us for this evenings program. Some quick notes, if you havent already. Books being sold by our bookselling partner, snug books right outside. Theyll be available for purchase now or after the program and tickets are still available. Ali velshi joining us in may on may 9th. Go Pratt Library dot org to find out more and reserve your tickets and now for tonights program. Tonight im happy welcome jonna mendez to the Pratt Library to discuss her new book in true face a womans life in the cia unmasked. In it, she talks about her cia career as a contract wife performing secretarial duties for the cia as a convenience to her. A young officer stationed in europe and true face recounts not only the drama of mendezs high stakes work, how the savvy operator parlayed her everyday woman appeal into incredible subterfuge, but also the grit and good fortune it took for her to navigate a misogynistic world. This is the
Author, Event Coordinator here at the library. And thank you. Thank you for joining us for this evenings program. Some quick notes, if you havent already. Books being sold by our bookselling partner, snug books right outside. Theyll be available for purchase now or after the program and tickets are still available. Ali velshi joining us in may on may 9th. Go Pratt Library dot org to find out more and reserve your tickets and now for tonights program. Tonight im happy welcome jonna mendez to the Pratt Library to discuss her new book in true face a womans life in the cia unmasked. In it, she talks about her cia career as a contract wife performing secretarial duties for the cia as a convenience to her. A young officer stationed in europe and true face recounts not only the drama of mendezs high stakes work, how the savvy operator parlayed her everyday woman appeal into incredible subterfuge, but also the grit and good fortune it took for her to navigate a misogynistic world. This is the
Impact of the americans with disabilities act. Barnum swaying on his experiences as us speech writer for former South Carolina governor mark stanford. An account of the lives of people on the gulf coast in the american revolution. And British Consul turned spy, charleston, South Carolina in the lead up to the civil war. For complete Television Schedule visit booktv. Org. Booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors, television joy serious readers. Here is a look at the books president obama is reading this summer. The list includes three nonfiction titles which looks at race in america. And elizabeth colberts pivot to prizewinning report on the relationship between humans and precipitous loss of in the sixth extinction and biography of George Washington which won the deal a surprise for biography in 2011. President obama is reading three novels this summer. The lowlands, all that is, about a man who has recently returned home from world war ii and the Pulitzer Prize winner for fict
On topeka we spoke with us or indeed w. Carter about his book may be over wichita which details the worst military aviation disaster in kansas history. The house was shaking and i looked out the window and my sisters and brothers i couldnt get here fast enough. I couldnt realize all this going on. I started going up and down the street until i got here. The plane crash occurred and jane are 16, 1965 and encouraged early that morning around 9 30 a. M. They went down on pine street in wichita, the northeast end of wichita. It crash landed there is typically referred to as the africanamerican community. 97 were living in this section of wichita so it goes down at about 20 of 10 highestrated we are talking a 500 foothigh fireball endquotes the entire block. 14 homes immediately destroyed. Buyers everywhere, distractions everywhere and ultimately 30 lives are lost is a tragedy. I found anything in the historical record that says this is why the story did not get the attention it deserved. W