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JACKSON HEIGHT Historian Sean Wilentz reads from, discusses, and signs “Andrew Jackson” (Henry Holt), his contribution to the publisher’s American Presidents series of biographies. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Coliseum Books, 11 W. 42nd St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-803-5890, free.
TRAVELOGUE Elizabeth Gilbert reads from and signs her book “Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia” (Viking), a memoir about how traveling helped her after a messy divorce. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Chelsea, 675 Sixth Ave. at 21st Street, 212-727-1227, free.
EAVESDROPPER’S DELIGHT The creators of the Web site Overheard in New York, Morgan Friedman and Michael Malice, read from and sign their new “best of” collection, “Overheard in New York” (Penguin). It gathers eavesdropping readers’ most interesting snippets of overheard conversation. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Astor Place, 4 Astor Place at Broadway, 212-420-1322, free.
LIFE IN THE BIG CITY A former editor at the Paris Review, Elizabeth Gaffney, reads from and signs her first novel, “Metropolis” (Random House), set in post-Civil War New York City. Tonight, 8 p.m., Rocky Sullivan’s Pub, 129 Lexington Ave. at 28th Street, 212-725-3871, free.
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