Charles Ota Heller

Prague: My Long Journey Homecontinues to generate a great deal ofinterest, and my schedule of bookdiscussions and signings is filling up. Here is a list of events coming up inthe near future: Tuesday, February 26, 1:00 pm:                Heritage Harbour Women’s Club,                                                                        presentation followed by book-signing                                                                        The Lodge, Heritage Harbour, Annapolis, MD Thursday, March 28, 7:00…

In my forthcoming memoir (second of a series), titled Ready, Fire, Aim! Tales of Entrepreneurial Terror, I describe encounters with various famous people. I hope you enjoyed the first three, “The Blonde-Haired Singer,” “The Little Educator,” and “The Rocket Scientist,” and I hope you will like this one:THE LONG-HAIRED COWBOY              In the early 1960s,…

                                             “CITIZEN HAVEL” FILM AT MARYLAND HALL IN ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 7:00 PM, ROOM 308 ADMISSION IS FREE I will be introducing this unique film of candid moments over a 12-year span of the life of the late President Václav Havel – playwright, essayist, dissident, prisoner, and one of the great…

In my forthcoming memoir (second of a series), titled Ready, Fire, Aim! Tales of Entrepreneurial Terror, I describe encounters with various famous people. I hope you enjoyed the first two, “The Blonde-Haired Singer” and “The Little Educator,” and I hope you will like this one:   THE ROCKET SCIENTIST               My so-called “office” at…

A chapter in my forthcoming memoir (second of a trilogy) describes encounters with some famous people I have met during my life as a student, athlete, engineer, academic, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author. I hope you enjoyed Part 1, titled “The Blonde-Headed Singer,” and I hope you will like Part 2: THE LITTLE EDUCATOR             In…

Charles Ota Heller: Baltimore radio and library appearances http://www.prattlibrary.org/locations/reisterstownroad/

My interview with Sheilah Kast, host of “Maryland Morning,” which airs on Baltimore’s National Public Radio station, WYPR, will be rebroadcast on Friday, November 23. The particulars are:                            Friday, November 23, 9:15 am, WYPR-FM, 88.1 I will be discussing, and reading from, Prague: My Long Journey Home, at the Enoch Pratt Free Library on Wednesday…

Oklahoma State University’s Edmon Low Library My faith in America’s youth was reinforced last week on the beautiful campus of my alma mater, Oklahoma State University. When my book, Prague: My Long Journey Home, was published ten months ago, I was concerned that the only readers interested in my story would be older Americans with…

I will have the opportunity to discuss my book, Prague: My Long Journey Home, at my alma mater, Oklahoma State University, on several occasions next week. In all but one, I’ll be joined by my friend, Chic Dambach, the author of the wonderful memoir, Exhaust the Limits. If you’ll be in Stillwater or anywhere nearby,…

A chapter in my forthcoming memoir describes encounters with some famous people I have met during my life as a student, athlete, engineer, academic, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author. I hope you enjoy Part 1, titled “The Blonde-Headed Singer.” THE BLONDE-HEADED SINGER             One fall afternoon of my freshman year at Oklahoma State University, my…