Books
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NINE LIVES Karenna Gore Schiff reads from and signs her new book, “Lighting the Way: Nine Women Who Changed Modern America” (Miramax), a collective biography of women including Mother Jones, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, and Frances Perkins. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Upper West Side, 2289 Broadway at 82nd Street, 212-362-8835, free.
FREEDOM STORIES Raymond Arsenault discusses and signs his book “Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice” (Oxford University Press), a history of the freedom riders in Alabama and Mississippi. Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble Greenwich Village, 396 Sixth Ave. at 8th Street, 212-674-8780, free.
AFTER THE LIGHTS WENT OUT Jay McInerney reads from his novel “The Good Life” (Knopf), about a group of privileged New Yorkers who reassess their lives after September 11, 2001. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 E. 17th St. at Broadway, 212-253-0810, free.
PEOPLE’S SCIENCE Clifford Conner discusses and signs his book “A People’s History of Science: Miners, Midwives, and ‘Low Mechanics'” (Nation Books), in which he argues that “elite” scientists have often suppressed lower-class innovators while using their discoveries and accepting the resulting credit. Tonight, 8 p.m., BookCourt, 163 Court St., between Dean and Pacific streets, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, 718-875-3677, free.
LOVE LIVES Valentine’s Day is coming! Two writers with love on the brain present their latest books. Matt Bloom – whose very name is reminiscent of romance – reads from and signs “The Last Romantic” (Hatherleigh), a steamy love story set in Las Vegas (tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Chelsea, 675 Sixth Ave. at 21st Street, 212-727-1227, free). Downtown, Ann Marlowe reads from and signs her “The Book of Trouble: A Romance” (Harcourt), a memoir of her passion for Afghanistan and a failed affair with an Afghan man 10 years her junior (tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Astor Place, 4 Astor Place at Broadway, 212-420-1322, free).
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