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ON COACHING David Halberstam reads from and discusses his new book, “The Education of a Coach” (Hyperion). It explores the game tactics and successes of the New England Patriots’ coach, Bill Belichick, the only head coach in NFL history to win three Super Bowl championships during a four-year span. Today, 1 p.m., Borders Books Wall Street, 100 S. Broadway at Pine Street, 212-964-1988, free.
MYSTERY IN CHINATOWN Mary Ting Yi Lui discusses her book “The Chinatown Trunk Mystery: Murder, Miscegenation, and Other Dangerous Encounters in Turn-of-the-Century New York City” (Princeton University Press). It explores a 1909 murder case in which 19-year-old Elsie Siegel was discovered strangled inside a trunk in the Midtown apartment of her former Sunday school teacher and rumored lover, a Chinese man named Leon Ling. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave. at 34th Street, 212-817-2005, free.
WITTY CITY Kevin Fitzpatrick discusses and signs his new book, “A Journey Into Dorothy Parker’s New York” (Roaring Forties Press), a breezy, illustrated guide to the writer’s favorite haunts. Tonight, 7 p.m., 192 Books, 192 Tenth Ave. at 21st Street, 212-255-4022, free, reservations suggested.
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