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Join us at Central Library, in the Second Floor Meeting Room, on Thursday, May 20 at 7 p.m. as author John Nagy discusses Invisible Ink: Spycraft of the American Revolution.
The book is based on almost two decades of primary research covering spy technology such as codes, ciphers, invisible writing, and hidden compartments during the American Revolution David McCullough, author of "John Adams" and "1776," calls Nagy a "Revolutionary War scholar extraordinaire!"
Watch video of Mr. Nagy reading from "Invisible Ink" on BookTV, in April 2010.
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- Gaming At Westover For Families And Teens
There's lots of gaming at the Westover Branch Library this fall: Wednesday, Oct. 20 - Teens: Celebrate Teen Read Week?s theme ?Books with Beat? with Dance Dance Revolution and an informal book discussion. To get great reading recommendations and...
- Author Talk: Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Tonight With "detour Berlin"
Celebrate Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month at the Central Library when local author Ruth Baja Williams reads from her memoir, Detour Berlin, on Thursday May 27, from 7:00 ? 8:30 p.m. The 1961 Berlin Crisis brought Williams, a Filipina, and her African-American...
- Author Talk: "prelude To Danger" - 5/11
Join us at Central Library on Tuesday, May 11 at 7 p.m. as Arlington resident and former U.S. Secret Service staffer William D. Sample reads from his new book ?Prelude to Danger." The novel follows U.S. Secret Service special agent Gene Carey, for whom...
- "k Blows Top" Author Talk At Central, 2/23/10
Join us at Central Auditorium Tuesday, Feb. 23, for K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America's Most Unlikely Tourist, with author and former Washington Post writer, Peter Carlson. Nikita Khrushchev?s 1959 trip across...
- Book Whisperers - Titles For 2010
The Westover Branch Library's Book Whisperers hold two monthly meetings. The evening meeting is held on the 4th Tuesday of the month, at 7 p.m., and the afternoon meeting is held on the 4th Wednesday, at 2 p.m. Both groups read the same title, and...
Library
Author Talk: "Invisible Ink: Spycraft of the American Revolution"
Join us at Central Library, in the Second Floor Meeting Room, on Thursday, May 20 at 7 p.m. as author John Nagy discusses Invisible Ink: Spycraft of the American Revolution.
The book is based on almost two decades of primary research covering spy technology such as codes, ciphers, invisible writing, and hidden compartments during the American Revolution David McCullough, author of "John Adams" and "1776," calls Nagy a "Revolutionary War scholar extraordinaire!"
Watch video of Mr. Nagy reading from "Invisible Ink" on BookTV, in April 2010.
Add this event to your Google Calendar or Facebook Calendar.
- Gaming At Westover For Families And Teens
There's lots of gaming at the Westover Branch Library this fall: Wednesday, Oct. 20 - Teens: Celebrate Teen Read Week?s theme ?Books with Beat? with Dance Dance Revolution and an informal book discussion. To get great reading recommendations and...
- Author Talk: Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Tonight With "detour Berlin"
Celebrate Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month at the Central Library when local author Ruth Baja Williams reads from her memoir, Detour Berlin, on Thursday May 27, from 7:00 ? 8:30 p.m. The 1961 Berlin Crisis brought Williams, a Filipina, and her African-American...
- Author Talk: "prelude To Danger" - 5/11
Join us at Central Library on Tuesday, May 11 at 7 p.m. as Arlington resident and former U.S. Secret Service staffer William D. Sample reads from his new book ?Prelude to Danger." The novel follows U.S. Secret Service special agent Gene Carey, for whom...
- "k Blows Top" Author Talk At Central, 2/23/10
Join us at Central Auditorium Tuesday, Feb. 23, for K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America's Most Unlikely Tourist, with author and former Washington Post writer, Peter Carlson. Nikita Khrushchev?s 1959 trip across...
- Book Whisperers - Titles For 2010
The Westover Branch Library's Book Whisperers hold two monthly meetings. The evening meeting is held on the 4th Tuesday of the month, at 7 p.m., and the afternoon meeting is held on the 4th Wednesday, at 2 p.m. Both groups read the same title, and...