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After words programs on our web site, booktv. Org. And now a panel on the life and career of recentlyretired librarian of Congress James billington. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. Please take your seats. My understanding is were live on cspan, so behave yourselves. Inform. [laughter] welcome to valentines day a bit early. Im jane harman, the president and ceo of the Wilson Center, and i cant and we cant imagine what the Wilson Center would look like today if nobody had been smart enough to put Jim Billington in charge. [applause] wed have no kennon institute, no wilson quarterly, tw...

Host we are pleased to be joined by set outside of history and biography realm by former justice of the Supreme Court sandra day oconnor. This is her fifth book, stories from the history of the Supreme Court, out of order. Justice oconnor, five books. When you discover you enjoyed writing . Guest there were just lots of things to write about until about. Host what are you doing at the book festival today because i dont think you are talking about your book. Guest no, not really. I know Jim Billington and his head of the library of congress and my brother has a new book out and so Jim Billingto...

And wrapping up is mitchell sue covers account of the attack on the u. S. Mission in benghazi, libya, on september 11th, 2012. For more information visit indiebound. Org. Gloos were pleased to be joined on our set right outside the history and biography room by former justice of the Supreme Court, sandra day oconnor. This is her fifth book, stories from the history of the Supreme Court out of order. Ourt justice oconnor, when did you discover that you enjoyed writing . Guest oh, goodness. All you do as a justice is write, so nothing changed there. And there were just lots of things to write ab...

Well as their individual personalities. Joining the panel is Lisa Kathleen graddy, the curator of the first ladies collection at the National Museum of American History. The National Archives hosted this 90minute event. Hello, everyone. How are you . [ applause ] thank you for being here. Were going to have a rousing evening, i hope. Its certainly an interesting one and an interesting discussion, and i have to say the whole topic of what the first lady wears we know is a frequent topic of discussion, and we have Lisa Kathleen graddy here, who wrote the book on the first ladies collection here ...

Won a grammy award. That is shock to go me. She took home a Lifetime Achievement but that is it. We will tell you other surprising stars who have never won grammys. That is a cool list. We all know this, love is in the air. We are breaking down local spots for romance from your first date to the beginning to the end where you can even break up if you want to cut ties before valentines day. Great article in philadelphia magazine and two of the authors of that particular article are coming into tell us about some of the places to go for a first date, even a place to break up. My favorite categor...