John T. Edge, "The Truck Food Cookbook: 150 Recipes and Ramblings from America's Best Restaurants on Wheels"
Noon, May 30, free signing, The Stove Works, 112 Krog St., Atlanta, 404-681-5128, http://www.acappellabooks.com
It's the best of street food — Tamarind-Glazed Fried Chicken Drummettes, Kalbi Beef Sliders, Crawfish Pies, Sweet Potato Fries with Cilantro Garlic and Lime, Cardamom Spiced Doughnuts, a whole chapter's worth of tacos (Mexican, Korean, Chinese fusion), Sweet Potato Cupcakes, Cheater Soft-Serve Ice Cream — and now you can make it at home. Director of the Southern Foodways Alliance and culinary anthropologist Edge delivers 150 recipes from America's best restaurants on wheels, from L.A. and New York to Portland, Austin, Durham N.C., and more.
Craig Johnson, "As The Crow Flies"
6:30 p.m., May 30, free signing, Peerless Book Store, 8465 Holcomb Bridge Road, Alpharetta, 770-650-7323, http://www.peerlessbookstore.com
In the eighth installment of the popular Walt Longmire mystery series ("The Cold Dish," "Death Without Company"), things get complicated for the Wyoming sheriff when a young Crow woman falls to her death and the new tribal police chief asks for help with the investigation.
Jeff Shaara, "A Blaze of Glory"
8 p.m., May 30, lecture and signing, $5-$10, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road N.W., Atlanta, 404-814-4150, http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com
In the first novel of a new trilogy, Shaara returns to the Civil War terrain he knows best for a vivid re-creation of one of its bloodiest and most iconic engagements, the Battle of Shiloh.
Samuel Popkin, "The Candidate: What it Takes to Win — and Hold — the White House"
7 p.m., May 31, free reading and signing, Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater, 441 Freedom Parkway, 404-865-7100, http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/
Using detailed analyses of the winners and losers of the last 60 years of presidential campaigns, Popkin explains how challengers get to the White House, incumbents stay there for a second term and successors hold power for their party.
Henry A. Crumpton, "The Art of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in the CIA's Clandestine Service"
7 p.m., June 1, free reading and signing, Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater, 441 Freedom Parkway, 404-865-7100, http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/
A legendary CIA spy and counter-terrorism expert tells the spellbinding story of his high-risk, action-packed career while illustrating the growing importance of America's intelligence officers and their secret missions.
Susan Mallery, "Summer Days" (Fool's Gold #7)
1 p.m., June 2, free talk and signing, FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock, 770-516-9989, http://www.foxtalebookshoppe.com/
