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SHERMAN’S MARCH E.L. Doctorow signs and discusses his newest work of historical fiction, “The March” (Random House), which tracks General Sherman and his troops on their march across Georgia after burning Atlanta in 1864. Friday, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 E. 17th Street at Broadway, 212-253-0810, free.
THE PLAY’S THE THING Carol Rocamora reads from and signs her book “Acts of Courage: Vaclav Havel’s Life in the Theater” (Smith & Kraus, Inc.), about the Czech dissident’s work as a playwright. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Astor Place, 4 Astor Place at Broadway, 212-420-1322, free.
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