We can open up the entire lower floor of our 8,000 square foot store, making a private space that can seat over 100 people, with standing room for that many again. Though staff have not contacted police, the bookstore issued a statement on. The durham ukulele orchestra is a genre busting ensemble whose love for music is rivaled only by the love they have for their favorite little instrument. Selling new books of all genres as well as magazines, note cards, gifts, and more. The regulator bookshop in durham has landed on southern livings list of the souths best bookstores. We get many, many requests for urban fiction, crochet, astrology, puzzle books, and dream interpretation. Your order can be delivered to your door, picked up at the oshawa campus bookstore or at one of our following satellite locations. Regulator sustainability fund, durham, north carolina. Owners of the regulator bookshop on ninth street in durham.
Offering a wide selection of fiction and nonfiction, with an emphasis on childrens books, cooking, mystery and local authors, mcintyres is a community staple in chatham county and nearby chapel hill. They are a sustainably run business meaning that they seek and receive community financial and other support when needed, and nobodys making a killing but everybodys. Tom campbell and john valentine opened the store, the regulator. The series includes nineteenth century novels and experimental novels, reportage and belles lettres, tellall memoirs and learned. Regulator is a cool twostory book store on ninth streetwith a cafe. The regulator bookshops celebrates the 20th anniversary of the. In the 1760s in this part of north carolina, there was an uprising against the colonial government, which was based near the coast. Lucky for durham, the regulator bookshop has all of these things in spades. The regulator bookshop in durham among souths best. The regulator bookshop is a community treasure and one of the last cowboys in the bookselling industry. The duo will both retire from running the independent book store in march. The regulator bookshop durham 2020 what to know before.
Summer reading list from the regulator bookshop our state. Its just we are not as young as we once were and we were thinking of. It also offers discounts for students and teachers and provides books to local organizations like the durham literacy center and the n. They are a sustainably run business meaning that they seek and receive community financial. Bookstore, books and online ordering durham college. On sunday morning, august 26, booksellers opening the regulator bookshop in durham, north carolina, found that the store had been defaced with the phrases sam was silent we arent and marxists get out spraypainted on the storefront windows. Be part of our monthly book club with the regulator bookshop. The regulator bookshop, near duke university, has been around since 1976. A new era of the regulator bookshop clarion content. Regulator bookshop 720 9th st durham, nc book stores. The regulator bookshop durham 2020 all you need to. Unisex department hoodies are available instore and online in sizes xs xxl.
After 40 years of running durhams ninth street staple, the regulator bookshop, coowners tom campbell and john valentine are leaving the bookshop business. The regulator bookshop in durham, nc librarything local. Durham is considered a large city with a population of 407,575 and 23,142 businesses. Author allan gurganus will perform a fool for christmas at the regulator bookshop, 720 ninth street, durham, on thursday, december 12th, 2019, at 7 p. Shop durham technical community college apparel, textbooks, merchandise and gifts at the bookstore. The following a description from the regulators website.
I love the fruit tarts and the cappuccino chocolate. It hosts events like story time for children and a poetry series. The economy of durham employs 283,672 people and has an unemployment rate of 5. The regulator bookshop the regulator bookshop has been selling books at 720 ninth st. Between 2009 and 2015, the number of independent book sellers rose by. Regulator bookshop bookstores 720 9th st, durham, nc yelp. Owners of the regulator bookshop on ninth street in durham are. Tickets and books may be purchased before the event at the regulator or at the event. The regulator bookstore is an independent bookseller in durham, north carolina.
The computer cellar is an american owned and operated small business, made up of a small team of local people that love durham, ninth street, and their amazing communities. Thank you for your support of durham and the regulator, your thoroughly independent, locally owned bookstore. The store continues to uphold the liberal and somewhat rebellious image started first by the regulator movement and then by the regulator press. If you are in a local book group that is not listing your picks with us, if you register your group at the regulator just give us contact information and tell us what books you are reading, your group will. Regulator bookshop is a quaint book store on 9th st. Whats in a name the regulator bookshop the american. The industriallooking shop, with exposed brick walls and shabby shelves, is. In fact, much of the durham area has often been compared to berkeley, ca, also known for being a bastion of freethinking causesand home to the world famous publishers group west, by the way. The regulator bookshop 919 2862700, 720 ninth street. Durham s locally owned, independent bookstore since 1976. The regulator bookshop 919 2862700, 720 ninth street durham. The regulator bookshop 9th street, durham, nc one of my.
Instore price match guarantee register for text rental store information. Read educated and meet at the taproom to discuss on september 3rd. Program specific hoodies are only available instore by special order. Since 1976, when original owners tom campbell and john valentine opened the store, the regulator has been all about fostering and contributing to its community. The regulator bookshop defaced with white supremacist. The regulator has a wonderful instore space for events. With the rainy weather this week, we have been exploring some of our indoor options in town. Independent bookstoredurhams locally owned, independent bookstore since 1976.
Durhams independent book shop, the regulator, fits in perfectly with the gritty, keep durham dirty feel of the city. The store buys and sells new and secondhand books, and hosts regular author events, including the blast from the past reading series. Owners of the regulator book store, happy and hale and vin rouge. Prices on our web site are 20% off new york times bestsellers and 10% off on all other nonacademic, nontechnical titles there are no shipping charges if you choose to pick up your order at the storeand you dont even have to enter your credit card information for these orders want to know if we have a book in stock or if we can order it for you. Apply to sales associate, receptionist, optometrist and more.
The nyrb classics series is dedicated to publishing an eclectic mix of fiction and nonfiction from different eras and times and of various sorts. The store didnt have a book i wanted last week, so they offered to put in an order for me. Weve had great success taking larger events offsite, and have access to halls that seat 400, 600, and even 1,500 people. Allan gurganus will reprise a fool for christmas at the regulator on thursday evening, december 12 at. And, because the regulator was a community space before there were a lot of community spaces in durham, they are redesigning the downstairs portion of the store to really serve that community, making it a welcoming area for readings, book groups, and gatherings. A warm and friendly place with many items priced to attract students or casual readers as well as the discriminating collector. Book group selections many of durham s book groups buy their books through the regulator. Durhams locally owned, independent bookstore since 1976. They called 2 days later to say that the book i wanted had arrived and that they would hold it for me for up to 30 days.
Skillfully blending selections from the great american songbook, the best of classic rock, and a bit of the indiealternative scene, the durham ukulele orchestra has fashioned a sound that is both unique and footstompingly. The name of the regulator bookshop in durham, north carolina, is a reference to obscure local history, explained tom campbell, coowner of the bookstore with john valentine. Mcintyres books, proudly an independent bookstore since 1989, is located in fearrington village. Regulator bookshop in durham, north carolina, found that the store had been defaced. Check out these sweatshirts by clicking here please note. Mar 20, 2014 the regulator bookshop 9th street, durham, nc one of my favourite book stores, food served downstairs, is really good too. Allan gurganus performs a fool for christmas at the. Yesterday we headed somewhere we had been wanting to go for a long time, the regulator bookshop. Durhams full service, local, totally independent bookstorefamous since 1976 720 ninth. Independent bookstore day celebrate in durham at the. Click here for some of their current picks ideas for good reading from folks that read a lot. The regulator bookshop defaced with white supremacist graffiti. I work on ninth street, and i recently discovered that its just as quick to order books from the regulator as it is from amazon. Its two stories, which makes it larger than most independent.
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