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The Newport Beach Public Library is pleased to present the New York Times Bestseller "The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel." Please join us for a very special Meet the Author event featuring Douglas Brunt as he discusses one of the most perplexing mysteries of the twentieth century. Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the Diesel Engine, mysteriously vanished on the eve of World War I. This book reveals the hidden history of one of the world’s greatest inventors, a man who disrupted the status quo and then disappeared into thin air. Douglas Brunt uncovers the hundred-year-old mystery of what really became of Rudolf Diesel. 

Seating is limited to room capacity. Registration strongly recommended. Register HERE