Mary Alice Monroe, "The Summer's End." 6:30 p.m. June 1. Talk, signing, refreshments. Free. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock. 770-516-9989, foxtalebookshoppe.com/events. In the conclusion to Monroe's best-selling Lowcountry Summer trilogy, a family's beloved estate on Sullivan's Island, S.C., must be sold.
Dan Conaway, "Arrested: Battling America's Criminal Justice System." 7 p.m. June 2. Talk, signing. Free. Eagle Eye Book Shop, 2076 N. Decatur Road, Decatur. 404-486-0307, eagleeyebooks.com. Conaway, a criminal defense attorney, delivers advice for anyone who has been (or might be) facing criminal charges — and shows what could happen if you're not careful.
Jamie Tworkowski, "If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For." 7 p.m. June 2. Reading, discussion, signing. Free. A Cappella Books, 208 Haralson Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-681-5128, acappellabooks.com/event/jamie-tworkowski-book-signing. Tworkowski's essays expand on a story he wrote about helping a friend through her struggle with drug addiction, depression and self-injury.
Steve Inskeep, "Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab." 8 p.m. June 3. Talk, signing. $10. Reservations required. Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Paces Ferry Road N.W., Atlanta. 404-814-4150, atlantahistorycenter.com/tags/lectures. Inskeep's account of the forced removal of the Cherokees from their ancestral lands in the South pits two former military comrades against each other.
Hampton Sides, "In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette." 8 p.m. June 4. Talk, signing. $10. Reservations required. Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Paces Ferry Road N.W., Atlanta. 404-814-4150, atlantahistorycenter.com/tags/lectures. Sides ("Ghost Soldiers") tells the story of a doomed U.S. naval expedition to the North Pole led by George Washington De Long.
Nelson DeMille, "Radiant Angel," with Dana Barrett. 7:30 p.m. June 4. Talk, Q&A, signing. $13. Marcus Jewish Community Center, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. 678-812-4000, atlantajcc.org/pldb-live/29146. The seventh book in the John Corey series plunges into a new Cold War with a clock-ticking plot that has Manhattan in its crosshairs. Broadcaster Barrett will join DeMille for the discussion.
Laura Dave, "Eight Hundred Grapes." 6 p.m. June 5. Reading, discussion, signing. Free. A Cappella Books, 208 Haralson Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-681-5128, acappellabooks.com/event/laura-dave-book-signing. Dave ("The First Husband") returns with a summer read about a lovelorn winemaker's daughter.
Scott Barnett, "Gumption: Taking Bubba Gump From Movie to Restaurant." 1:30 p.m. June 6. Talk, signing. Free. Eagle Eye Book Shop, 2076 N. Decatur Road, Decatur. 404-486-0307, eagleeyebooks.com. Barnett, CEO of Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., tells how he created a restaurant chain out of the movie "Forrest Gump."
Jacqueline Clay Chester, "Black Girl in Moscow." 2 p.m. June 6. Reading, signing. Free. Ponce de Leon Branch Library, 980 Ponce de Leon Ave., N.E., Atlanta. 404-885-7820, afpls.org/ponce-branch6. Atlanta author Chester's memoir retraces the summer of 1959, when she visited Russia as a model for the American National Exhibition in Moscow.
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