[inaudible conversations] >>> we are honored to have at our guest, douglas waller, their discuss his new book "disciples the world war ii missions of the cia director who fought for wild bill don von." waller is a veteran magazine correspondent, author and lecturer, as a correspondent for "newsweek" and "time" he covered the pentagon, congress, the state department, the white house, and the cia. his breath books include "wild bill donovan: a question of royalty. other piography of billy mitch," our "air warriors" about navy pilots, and "commandos," a subject of america's secret soldiers. run review says wallace keeps the interest high and the pages turning please welcome douglas waller. [applause] >> thanks, helen. it's good to be back at quail ridge. i spoke here about three years ago, on the wild bill donovan biography, and we moved down to raleigh, north carolina, from washington, dc, these years ago. so this is my home now, and quail ridge is my neighborhood book store. and you really should feel lucky that you have a book store like quail ridge here. this is independent book sto