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GIANTS OF THE GAME Sportswriter Frank Deford reads from his new book, “The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball” (Atlantic Monthly Press). Friday, 7:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble Upper West Side, 2289 Broadway at 82nd Street, 212-362-8835, free.
BOOKS FOR A BUCK Housing Works Used Book Cafe puts on a daylong block party and book sale, with tens of thousands of books, records, and CDs on sale for $1 or less. The store will serve complimentary iced coffee all day long. Saturday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Housing Works Used Book Cafe, 126 Crosby St., between Houston and Prince streets, 212-334-3324. Rain date: Saturday, June 11.
TRANSLATING SAADI Writer Richard Jeffrey Newman reads from his translation of Saadi’s “Gulistan” (Global Scholarly Publications), a 13th-century Persian text. Saturday, 2 p.m., Sufi Books, 227 West Broadway, between Franklin and White streets, 212-334-5212, $5.
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