Antonio Mendez: 7 books
Argo
How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012
The true, declassified account of CIA operative Tony Mendez's daring rescue of American hostages from Iran that inspired the critically-acclaimed film directed by and starring Ben Affleck, and co-starring John Goodman, Alan Arkin, and Bryan Cranston.
On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed...
by Antonio Mendez, Matt Baglio
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Em 4 de novembro de 1979, os funcionários da embaixada dos Estados Unidos em Teerã são surpreendidos pela invasão de um grupo de militantes, que faz 53 reféns. Em meio à confusão, seis diplomatas conseguem escapar e encontram refúgio na residência do embaixador do Canadá. Mas Tony Mendez,...
Spy Dust
Two Masters of Disguise Reveal the Tools and Operations that Helped Win the Cold War
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2003
From the author of the Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominated Argo, a true-life thriller set against the backdrop of the Cold War, which unveils the life of an American spy from the inside and dramatically reveals how the CIA reestablished the upper hand over the KGB in the intelligence war.
From...
Recent Advances in Multidisciplinary Applied Physics
Proceedings of the First International Meeting on Applied Physics (APHYS-2003)
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2005
The 1st International Meeting on Applied Physics (APHYS-2003) succeeded in creating a new international forum for applied physics in Europe, with specific interest in the application of techniques, training, and culture of physics to research areas usually associated with other scientific and engineering...
The Moscow Rules
The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2019
From the spymaster and inspiration for the movie Argo: how a group of brilliant but under-supported CIA operatives developed breakthrough spy tactics that helped turn the tide of the Cold War
Antonio Mendez and his future wife Jonna were CIA operatives working to spy on Moscow in the late 1970s,...
The Master of Disguise
My Secret Life in the CIA
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
From the author of Argo comes an unforgettable behind-the-scenes story of espionage in action. In the first ever memoir by a top-level operative to be authorized by the CIA, Antonio J. Mendez reveals the cunning tricks and insights that helped save hundreds from deadly situations.
Adept at...
Imaniman
Poets Writing in the Anzaldúan Borderlands
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
In homage to Gloria Anzaldúa and her iconic work Borderlands/La Frontera, award-winning poets ire'ne lara silva and Dan Vera have assembled the work of 54 writers who reflect on the complex terrain—the deeply felt psychic, social, and geopolitical borderlands—that Anzaldúa inhabited, theorized,...