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SEA STORY Ted Bell reads from his new thriller, “Pirate” (Simon & Schuster), set aboard the Star of Shanghai off the coast of France. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble Upper East Side, 240 E. 86th St. at Second Avenue, 212-794-1962, free.
HIP-HOP HISTORY The former editor in chief of Russell Simmons’s Oneworld magazine, Stacy Gueraseva, reads from and signs her book “Def Jam, Inc.: Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin and the Extraordinary Story of the World’s Most Influential Hip-Hop Label” (One World/Ballantine). Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Coliseum Books, 11 W. 42nd St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-803-5890, free.
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