Joseph Earl Dabney, "Mountain Spirits: A Chronicle of Corn Whiskey and the Southern Appalachian Moonshine Tradition." 7:15 p.m. Aug. 18. Talk, signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-8450, Ext. 2225; georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/show.php?id=718. Now that moonshine has gone artisanal, what better time for a reissue of Dabney's 1974 history of Southern whiskey making?

Sander Biehn, "The 30 Year Paycheck: Restriction and Redemption in Corporate America." 7 p.m. Aug. 19. Talk, signing. Free. Tall Tales Book Shop, 2105 LaVista Road N.E., Atlanta. 404-636-2498, talltalesatlanta.com/events.html. Atlanta author Biehn's novel delves into what makes corporate America so demeaning and why employees put up with it.

James Rollins, "The 6th Extinction." 7 p.m. Aug. 19. Signing. $5 with purchase of book. Eagle Eye Book Shop, 2076 N. Decatur Road, Decatur. 404-486-0307, eagleeyebooks.com/calendar.html. After a remote military research station sends out a distress call, personnel from a neighboring base find everyone dead — along with every living thing for 50 square miles, even bacteria.

Pearl Cleage, "Things I Should Have Told My Daughter: Lies, Lessons & Love Affairs." 7:15 p.m. Aug. 19. Reading, signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-8450, Ext. 2225; georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/show.php?id=721.

Jenn McCreary, Chris McCreary, Frank Sherlock and Ryan Eckes. 8 p.m. Aug. 20. Poetry readings. Free. Barnes & Noble @ Emory, 1390 Oxford Road, Atlanta. 404-727-6222, poetrycouncil.campuslifetech.org/the-whats-new-in-poetry-reading-series/summer-2014.

Writing the Tough Stuff. 7 p.m. Aug. 20. Workshop. $30 with a copy of the book; $20 without book. Reservations required. A Cappella Books, 208 Haralson Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-681-5128, acappellabooks.com/event/writing-workshop-jessica-handler. Jessica Handler ("Braving the Fire") discusses writing about grief and loss. Open to writers of all levels.

What Shall We Remember? The Civil War Today. 7 p.m. Aug. 21. Discussion. Free. Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum, 800 Cherokee Ave. S.E., Atlanta. 404-658-7625, atlantacyclorama.org/events.php. Featuring University of Florida history professor William Link; historian Michael Shaffer; Hari Jones of the African American Civil Memorial and Museum; Christy Coleman of the American Civil War Center; and education specialist Kahlil Chism of the Carter Center.

Nimrod Frazer, "Send the Alabamians: WWI Fighters in the Rainbow Division." 8 p.m. Aug. 21. Lecture, signing. $10. Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Paces Ferry Road N.W., Atlanta. 404-814-4150, atlantahistorycenter.com/visit/event/496?calendar=month. Frazer tells the story of the 167th Infantry, an Alabama National Guard regiment that served under then-Col. Douglas MacArthur and helped break the bloody stalemate on the battlefields of France.

Joshilyn Jackson, "Someone Else's Love Story." 7 p.m. Aug. 21. Signing. $5 or free with purchase of book. Bookmiser, 4651 Sandy Plains Road, Roswell. 770-993-1555, bookmiser.net. A woman finds herself falling in love with the brilliant geneticist who protected her son from a robber during a holdup.

Books All Georgians Should Read 2014. 7:15 p.m. Aug. 21. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-8450, Ext. 2225; georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/show.php?id=722. Authors representing adult and young people's literature will be recognized, with many on hand to sign their books.

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