COWBOY TALES William Mann discusses and signs “Edge of Midnight” (Billboard), his biography of British New Wave film director John Schlesinger. Schlesinger, who died in 2003, won an Academy Award for his X-rated “Midnight Cowboy” (1969). Friday, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Chelsea, 675 Sixth Ave., between 21st and 22nd streets, 212-727-1227, free.

BALLGAME BOOKS For those that can’t get to the ballpark this weekend, a few readings of baseball books could be just the ticket. Maury Allen reads from “Brooklyn Remembered: The 1955 Days of the Dodgers” (Sports Publishing), about the Dodgers’ win over the Yankees in that year’s World Series. All 11 surviving members of the team contributed to the book. Two years after the win, the team moved to Los Angeles. (Saturday, 4 p.m., Barnes & Noble St. Johns, 176-60 Union Turnpike at Utopia Parkway, Fresh Meadows, Queens, 718-380-4340, free.) In a Manhattan doubleheader, Jerry Amernic reads from his novel “Gift of the Bambino” (Thomas Dunne Books) and Don Jensen discusses his “Timeline History of Baseball” (Palgrave Macmillan), which includes a 14-foot illustrated foldout. (Saturday, 6 p.m., Coliseum Books, 11 W. 42nd St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-803-5890, free.)

LOVE STORY Nicole Krauss reads from her new novel “The History of Love” (W.W. Norton), in which the plot turns on a book written decades ago. It changes the life of its author, a retired locksmith, when it resurfaces. Sunday, 6 p.m., Three Lives & Co., 154 W. 10th St. at Waverly Place, 212-741-2069, free.

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