Meet the Author Series: Alan Gratz, Robert Weintraub, Hal Jacobs, Dave Cohen. 2 p.m. July 17. Signing. Free. Gwinnett Braves at Cool Ray Field, 2500 Buford Drive, Lawrenceville. For information call Eagle Eye Books, 404-486-0307, www.gwinnettpl.org/adults/baseball-book-signing-coolray-field.html.
Friends of the Gwinnett Library invite you to meet four baseball fans (and authors): Dave Cohen, “Matzoh Balls and Baseballs”; Alan Gratz, “The Brooklyn Nine”; Hal Jacobs, “Ball Crazy: Confessions of a Dad-Coach”; and Robert Weintraub, “The House That Ruth Built.”
Ben Mezrich, "Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History." 7:30 p.m. July 18. $11 members, $16 nonmembers. Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. 678-812-4002, www.atlantajcc.org.
A love story inspired by a young man who stole the rarest substance on the planet -- moon rocks -- from NASA. Mezrich will be joined by 92.9 Dave FM morning show host Jimmy Baron.
Ira Sukrungruang, "Talk Thai: The Adventures of Buddhist Boy" and Katherine Riegel, "Castaway." 7 p.m. July 19. Reading, signing. Free. Blue Elephant Book Shop, 407 W. Ponce De Leon Ave., Decatur. 404-373-1565, www.blueelephantbookshop.com.
Sukrungruang’s memoir chronicles the often bumbling attempts of a first-generation Thai-American to reconcile cultural and familial expectations with the trials of growing up in 1980s America.
Chelsea Handler, "Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me." 3 p.m. July 22. Signing. Free. Outwrite Books, 991 Piedmont Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-607-0082, www.outwritebooks.com.
Handler’s friends, coworkers and family members reveal the “lies” they’ve fallen for over the years -- and why they aren’t about to quit now.
Sen. Bob Graham, "Keys to the Kingdom." Noon July 23. Signing. Free. Barnes & Noble Buckhead, 2900 Peachtree Road N.E., Atlanta. 404-261-7747, http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/store/1907.
When a former co-chair of the 9/11 Congressional Inquiry Commission is murdered, an investigation reveals links between the Saudi Kingdom and al-Qaida, and another pending terrorist attack promises a white-knuckle countdown.
John Ferling, "Independence: The Struggle to Set America Free." 2 p.m. July 23. Eagle Eye Book Shop, 2076 N. Decatur Road, Decatur. 404-486-0307, http://eagleeyebooks.com.
Ferling’s lively, informative take on the events that led to the Declaration of Independence in 1776 overturns the commonly held belief that the road to independence was inevitable, showing it followed a complicated course few could have anticipated.
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