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<h3> July 29</h3> 
 <a href="/topics//Pulitzer_Prize">Pulitzer Prize</a>-winning author Robert K. Massie discusses his new biography, "Catherine the Great" (<a href="/topics//Random_House_Inc">Random House</a>), tickets $15. At 5 p.m., <a href="/topics//Quogue,_NY">Quogue</a> Library, 90 <a href="/topics//Quogue,_NY">Quogue</a> St., Quogue; 631-653-4224 ext. 4, quoguelibrary.org 
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<h3> Aug. 3</h3> 
 Former ABC News correspondent and swimming enthusiast Lynn Sherr discusses and signs her book, "Swim: Why We Love the Water," (Public Affairs), tickets $15. At 5 p.m., Hampton Library, 2478 Main St., <a href="/topics//Bridgehampton,_NY">Bridgehampton</a>; 631-537-0015, hamptonlibrary.org 
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<h3> Aug. 4</h3> 
 T.D. Snoggins speaks about his self-published children's book, "I Once Met a Monster on My Way to School." At 11 a.m., Book Revue, 313 New York Ave., Huntington; 631-271-1442, bookrevue.com 
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 Debut novelist Nora Zelevansky reads from "Semi-Charmed" (St. Martin's Griffin). At 5 p.m., BookHampton, 93 Main St., Southampton; 631-283-0270, bookhampton.com 
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 Cheryl Strayed, author of the Oprah pick "Wild," reads from her new book, "Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and <a href="/topics//Life_(show)">Life</a> From Dear Sugar" (Vintage). At 5 p.m., BookHampton, 50 Love Lane, <a href="/topics//Mattituck,_NY">Mattituck</a>; 631-315-5064, bookhampton.com. Also at 8 p.m., BookHampton, 41 Main St., <a href="/topics//East_Hampton,_NY">East Hampton</a>; 631-324-4939, bookhampton.com.

July 29 Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert K. Massie discusses his new biography, "Catherine the Great" (Random House), tickets $15. At 5 p.m., Quogue Library, 90 Quogue St., Quogue; 631-653-4224 ext. 4, quoguelibrary.org Aug. 3 Former ABC News correspondent and swimming enthusiast Lynn Sherr discusses and signs her book, "Swim: Why We Love the Water," (Public Affairs), tickets $15. At 5 p.m., Hampton Library, 2478 Main St., Bridgehampton; 631-537-0015, hamptonlibrary.org Aug. 4 T.D. Snoggins speaks about his self-published children's book, "I Once Met a Monster on My Way to School." At 11 a.m., Book Revue, 313 New York Ave., Huntington; 631-271-1442, bookrevue.com Debut novelist Nora Zelevansky reads from "Semi-Charmed" (St. Martin's Griffin). At 5 p.m., BookHampton, 93 Main St., Southampton; 631-283-0270, bookhampton.com Cheryl Strayed, author of the Oprah pick "Wild," reads from her new book, "Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life From Dear Sugar" (Vintage). At 5 p.m., BookHampton, 50 Love Lane, Mattituck; 631-315-5064, bookhampton.com. Also at 8 p.m., BookHampton, 41 Main St., East Hampton; 631-324-4939, bookhampton.com.

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