PITTSBURGH-Jason Togyer will sign and discuss his new book, "For theLove of Murphy's: The Behind-the-Counter Story of a Great AmericanRetailer" (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008), at noon Dec. 11in the University of Pittsburgh Book Center, 4000 Fifth Ave., Oakland.

The book is a historic account of the 5-and-10 cent store founded in1906 by George Clinton Murphy in McKeesport, Pa.

A McKeesport native, Togyer, who formerly worked in Pitt's Office ofPublic Affairs, is managing editor of "The Link," the magazine ofCarnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science.

This event is open to the public. For more information, call412-648-1453.