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UPS AND DOWNS Chris Gardner reads from his new memoir, “The Pursuit of Happyness” (Amistad), which describes his tumultuous rise from homelessness to becoming a power player on Wall Street. Today, 1 p.m., Borders Bookstore, 100 Broadway, between Pine and Wall streets, 212-964-1988, free.

RISING ABOVE A professor of journalism at Columbia University, June Cross, reads from her memoir, “Secret Daughter: A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother who Gave Her Away” (Viking), describing how she reunited with her mother after being abandoned in her childhood. Tonight, 6 p.m., Hue-Man Bookstore, 2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd., between 124th and 125th streets, 212-665-7400. free.

LADY KING Shan Sa reads from and celebrates the launch of her book, “Empress” (Regan), the story of how a concubine during the Tang Dynasty became the first female empress in 7th-century China. Tonight, 6 p.m., Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery at Bleecker Street, 212-614-0505, free.

ROCK STAR DOWN Peter Robinson reads from his new book, “Piece of My Heart” (William Morrow), a mystery about the murder of a London rock journalist. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Black Orchid Books, 303 E. 81st St., between First and Second avenues, 212-734-5980, free.

BALTIMORE MYSTERY Matthew Pearl reads from his new novel “The Poe Shadow” (Random House), about an attorney who investigates the suspicious events surrounding the death of Edgar Allan Poe. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 4 Astor Place at Broadway, 212-420-1322, free.

FLIP A COIN A senior writer at American Lawyer, Alison Frankel, reads from her new book, “Double Eagle: The Epic Story of the World’s Most Valuable Coin” (W.W. Norton), which follows the history of the $20 Double Eagle coin, the last gold coin to be produced by the Philadelphia Mint. Tonight, 7 p.m., Borders Bookstore, 461 Park Ave. at 57th Street, 212-980-6785, free.

GOING HOME Wendy Kann reads from her memoir, “Casting With a Fragile Thread: A Story of Sisters and Africa” (Henry Holt). Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 675 Sixth Ave., between 21st and 22nd streets, 212-727-1227, free.

VILLAGE STORY Julia Glass reads from her new book, “The Whole World Over” (Knopf), about how the world of four Greenwich Village neighbors is turned upside-down when a wife leaves her husband to open a restaurant in New Mexico. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 1972 Broadway at 66th Street, 212-595-6859, free.


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