Books
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CASHING IN Liz Perle reads from and signs her book “Money, a Memoir: Women, Emotions, and Cash” (Henry Holt), a personal chronicle of the way women think about money. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Chelsea, 675 Sixth Ave. at 21st Street, 212-727-1227, free.
IMPRESSIONISM Ross King discusses and signs his book “The Judgment of Paris” (Walker & Company), which chronicles the triumph of French Impressionism through the stories of the artists Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (1815-91) and Edouard Manet (1832-83). Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Upper West Side, 2289 Broadway at 82nd Street, 212-362-8835, free.
PHOTO FINISH Dominic Smith reads from his book “The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre” (Atria), a novel based on the life of the photography innovator. In 1847, after a decade of using poisonous mercury vapors to treat his daguerreotypes, Daguerre is plagued by delusions. Believing that the world will end within one year, he makes a “Doomsday List” of 10 subjects he must photograph before the final day. Tonight, 7 p.m., the Half King, 505 W. 23rd St. at Tenth Avenue, 212-462-4300, free.
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