Tuesday 
 <a href="/topics//Massapequa,_NY">Massapequa</a> resident Felice Cantatore will discuss his self-published book "Rocky Spirit: The Rocky Balboa Connection to Success." At 7 p.m., <a href="/topics//Copiague,_NY">Copiague</a> Library, 50 Deauville Blvd., <a href="/topics//Copiague,_NY">Copiague</a>; 631-691-1111, copiaguelibrary.org 
 Elizabeth Heyn discusses her book "The Teller in the Tale: A Half-Jewish Child in Nazi Germany" (Herstory). At 7p.m., <a href="/topics//Port_Jefferson,_NY">Port Jefferson</a> Free Library, 100 Thompson St., <a href="/topics//Port_Jefferson,_NY">Port Jefferson</a>; 631-473-0022, portjefflibrary.org 
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 Wednesday 
 <a href="/topics//Great_Neck,_NY">Great Neck</a> resident Tracey Delio reads from her "Secret Adventures of Louie V" children's series (Brown Books), followed by hot cocoa and crafts. $3 registration. At 10:30a.m., Ward <a href="/topics//Melville,_NY">Melville</a> Heritage Organization Educational &amp; Cultural Center, Stony Brook Village Center, Main Street; 631-689-5888, wmho.org 
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 Thursday 
 Gerald Eskenazi will discuss his book "I Hid It Under the Sheets: Growing Up With Radio" (<a href="/topics//University_of_Missouri">University of Missouri</a> Press). At 2 p.m., <a href="/topics//Syosset,_NY">Syosset</a> Library, 225 S. <a href="/topics//Oyster_Bay,_NY">Oyster Bay</a> Rd., <a href="/topics//Syosset,_NY">Syosset</a>; 516-921-7161, syossetlibrary.org 
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 Saturday 
 <a href="/topics//Shelter_Island,_NY">Shelter Island</a> author Linda Goetz Holmes discusses Roger Mansell's "Captured: The Forgotten Men of <a href="/topics//Guam">Guam</a>" (Naval Institute Press), which she completed after Mansell's death in 2010. At 3 p.m., <a href="/topics//East_Hampton,_NY">East Hampton</a> Library, 159 Main St., <a href="/topics//East_Hampton,_NY">East Hampton</a>; 631-324-0222, ext. 3, easthamptonlibrary.org 
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Tuesday Massapequa resident Felice Cantatore will discuss his self-published book "Rocky Spirit: The Rocky Balboa Connection to Success." At 7 p.m., Copiague Library, 50 Deauville Blvd., Copiague; 631-691-1111, copiaguelibrary.org Elizabeth Heyn discusses her book "The Teller in the Tale: A Half-Jewish Child in Nazi Germany" (Herstory). At 7p.m., Port Jefferson Free Library, 100 Thompson St., Port Jefferson; 631-473-0022, portjefflibrary.org Wednesday Great Neck resident Tracey Delio reads from her "Secret Adventures of Louie V" children's series (Brown Books), followed by hot cocoa and crafts. $3 registration. At 10:30a.m., Ward Melville Heritage Organization Educational & Cultural Center, Stony Brook Village Center, Main Street; 631-689-5888, wmho.org Thursday Gerald Eskenazi will discuss his book "I Hid It Under the Sheets: Growing Up With Radio" (University of Missouri Press). At 2 p.m., Syosset Library, 225 S. Oyster Bay Rd., Syosset; 516-921-7161, syossetlibrary.org Saturday Shelter Island author Linda Goetz Holmes discusses Roger Mansell's "Captured: The Forgotten Men of Guam" (Naval Institute Press), which she completed after Mansell's death in 2010. At 3 p.m., East Hampton Library, 159 Main St., East Hampton; 631-324-0222, ext. 3, easthamptonlibrary.org

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