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Resignation. Is tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern time here on cspan 3s American History tv. Now on american artifacts, we visit the Smithsonian National Postal Museum to learn about its collections and its new space, the william h. Gross stamp gallery. The largest stamp gallery in the world. Welcome to the Smithsonian National Postal Museum. My name is allen kane, im the director of the museum. Youre standing in our newest gallery, the william h. Gross stamp gallery. We have almost 6 million postage stamps. The images on the stamps tell the story, history, heritage and the heroes of this country....

Welcome to the Smithsonian National Postal Museum. My name is allen kane, im the director of the museum. Youre standing in our newest gallery, the william h. Gross stamp gallery. We have almost 6 million postage stamps. The images on the stamps tell the story, history, heritage and the heroes of this country. It is pure education. Pure education. We are a history museum. So, we use those stamp images and what we do in exhibits and programs is try to teach people about history. Our goal here is to give you visuals so that you can personally connect with stamps. Somewhere in this space were hopi...

Youre watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. BookTv Television for serious readers. From my father i inherited my confidence my resilience, my passion, and my audacity, looking back although it was never explained to me in this way, he taught me the spirit of which is greek idea of honor and doing the right thing, even when ones own interests or even ones own life is in peril. Growing up while i never fought anything but australian there were two stories about the Second World War and greece that i always kept close to my heart. The first was in 1940 whe...

Centuries earlier. His crime was revealing the earth is not the center of the universe. Susans was revealing men are not. [laughter] [applause] both of these things are the sort of revolutionary thoughts that have guided most of my professional life, whether as a reporter in print or on television or in writing books. And yes, i have witnessed a lot of revolutions in my career, consider for example, the new yorker cartoon, about 20 years ago, fellow walks into a bookstore walks up to the bespectacled clerk she says to him, nodding wisely, yes, she says books by men are in the basement. Nothing...

That time, she is sold in the book tends, she wont be here to speak and she will not be here to sign her book. That is why i announce that we are going to have lynn share here. I think she is actually here. Im going to stand up. Youre watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Booktv television for serious readers. From my father i inherited my confidence my resilience, my my passion and my audacity. Looking back although was never explained to me he taught me the spirit which is the greek idea of honor and doing the right thing even when ones interest for o...