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Some authors visiting Triangle bookstores this week:

Flyleaf Books, 752 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Chapel Hill:

Today at 2 p.m.: Lisa Alther, "Washed In The Blood."

Information: 942-7373 or www.flyleafbooks .com

Regulator Bookshop, 720 Ninth St.,

Durham:

Monday at 7 p.m.: Adrian Bejan and J. Peder Zane, "Design in Nature."

Tuesday at 7 p.m.: Alan Shapiro, "Broadway Baby."

Wednesday at 7 p.m.: Henry Alford, "Would It Kill You to Stop Doing That: A Guide to Modern Manners."

Information: 286-2700 or www.regulator bookshop.com

Quail Ridge Books & Music, 3522 Wade Ave., Raleigh:

Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.: Orson Scott Card, "Shadows in Flight."

Thursday at 7:30 p.m.: Kristin Hannah, "Home Front."

Friday at 7:30 p.m.: James Maxey, "Greatshadow: Book One of the Dragon Apocalypse."

Information: 828-1588 or www.quailridge books.com

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