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WOMAN VS. WOMAN Susan Shapiro Barash reads from and signs her book “Tripping the Prom Queen: The Truth About Women and Rivalry” (St. Martin’s Press), in which she explores women’s unkindness to other women. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Coliseum Books, 11 W. 42nd St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-803-5890, free.
JUSTICE IN GERMANY Douglas Morris discusses and signs his book “Justice Imperiled: The Anti-Nazi Lawyer Max Hirschberg in Weimar Germany” (University of Michigan Press). Before fleeing Germany in 1934, Hirschberg used the courts to confront Munich’s Nazis, twice facing Hitler himself. Tonight, 7 p.m., Labyrinth Books, 536 W. 112th St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, 212-865-1588, free.
IN HIDING Dana Spiotta reads from and signs her novel “Eat the Document” (Scribner), about a former radical anti-Vietnam War activist who has been in hiding for 25 years. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Astor Place, 4 Astor Place at Broadway, 212-420-1322, free.
SEASONS OF LIFE Gail Sheehy discusses and signs her new book, “Sex and the Seasoned Woman” (Random House), in which she makes the case that women in midlife are more open to “the passionate life” than ever before. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle, 1972 Broadway at 66th Street, 212-595-6859, free.
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