This week’s literary events

Dave Isay, “Callings.” 8 p.m. Monday. Talk, signing. $10. Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Paces Ferry Road N.W., Atlanta. 404-8144150, atlantahistorycenter.com/program. StoryCorps founder Isay presents stories of people doing what they love: a public defender in Texas; a longtime waitress at a Nashville diner; a Chicago teacher who helps at-risk teenagers.

Ibrahim Fraihat, “Unfinished Revolutions: Yemen, Libya, and Tunisia After the Arab Spring.” 7 p.m. Tuesday. Reading, talk, signing. Free. Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta. 404-865-7100, jimmycarterlibrary.gov/ events. Fraihat provides a guide to how disaster, revolution and politics function within a society.

John Tabellione,“Pit Stop, Pitfalls, & Olive Pits.” 7 p.m. Tuesday. Bookmiser, 4651 Sandy Plains Road, Roswell. 770-993-1555, bookmiser.net. Tabellione shares his experiences driving through Italy.

Jane Hamilton, “The Excellent Lombards.” 7:15 p.m. Wednesday. Signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-3070, Ext. 2285; georgia center for the book. org/ events. Hamilton (“The Book of Ruth”) has written a coming-of-age story that follows a girl facing the possible loss of the idyllic future she had envisioned for her family’s orchard business. William Geroux, “The Mathews Men: Seven Brothers and the War Against Hitler’s U-boats.” 7 p.m. Thursday. Lecture, signing. Free. Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta. 404-865-7100, acappellabooks.com/event. Geroux recounts a World War II U-boat assault off the American coast against the U.S. Merchant Marine.

Martha Hall Kelly, “Lilac Girls.” 7 p.m. Thursday. Talk, signing. $10. Margaret Mitchell House, 979 Crescent Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-249-7015, atlantahistorycenter.com/ program. The lives of three women on two continents are set on a collision course in World War II.

Shaquille O’Neal, “Little Shaq Takes a Chance.” 10 a.m. Saturday. Reading, signing. Free. First Baptist Church of Decatur, 308 Clairmont Ave., Decatur. 404-373-1653, georgiacenterforthebook.org/events. O’Neal encourages kids to find their own talents through a story about Little Shaq’s attempt to try something new for his school art show.

Megan Wargula, “Riley Carson and the Cherokee Caves.” 1 p.m. Saturday. Signing. Free. Roswell Visitors Center, 617 Atlanta St., Roswell. 770-6403253, visitroswellga.com. Local author Wargula delivers adventure, history and paranormal activity in a story about pets in Roswell.

Eagle Eye’s 13th birthday celebration. 1 p.m. Saturday. Meet and greet, author talks. Free. Eagle Eye Book Shop, 2076 N. Decatur Road, Decatur. 404-4860307, eagleeyebooks.com. Independent Author Day has local authors sharing how they published and who inspired them. At 6 p.m, the Prahalad sisters, 10 and 6 years old, will present their “Grandstories” book, which helps parents and grandparents create a biography of themselves to share with their families.