Books
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BEHIND THE DOORMEN
Steven Gaines reads from and discusses his dishy new book “The Sky’s the Limit: Passion and Property in Manhattan” (Little, Brown), which delves into the secretive underworld of luxury-apartment swapping and the city’s soaring real estate prices. The outdoor event is part of the Word for Word series of summer afternoon read ings. Today, 12:30 p.m., Bryant Park Reading Room, 42nd Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-803-6890, free.
REMEMBERING EVERS
The widow of murdered civil rights leader Medgar Evers, Myrlie Evers-Williams,signs copies of “The Autobiography of Medgar Evers: A Hero’s Life and Legacy Revealed Through His Writings, Letters, and Speeches” (Basic Civitas), which she coedited. Tonight, 6 p.m., Hue-Man Bookstore, 2319 Frederick Douglass Boulevard at 125th Street, 212-665-7400, free.
BUSTER BIO
The author of “Buster Keaton: Tempest in a Flat Hat” (Newmarket), Edward McPherson,reads from and discusses his admiring account of the early film comedian’s life and career. Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble Greenwich Village, 396 Sixth Ave. at 8th Street, 212-674-8780, free.
BLIND FOLL0W-UP
Paul Theroux reads from his new novel, “Blinding Light” (Houghton Mifflin), about an author whose only book, published 20 years ago and a cult hit, was about a trip around the world without a passport. Desperate to cure his writer’s block, the author heads to Ecuador in search of a rare hallucinogen. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 E. 17th St. at Broadway, 212-253-0810, free.
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