Present-a-Bull Books and December Events

Yikes! It's December already! ...or it will be in a few hours...It's time to make our lists, check them twice. Here's hoping we've been both naughty and nice.   At this time of they year I enjoy letting folks know about quirky, under the radar titles that might be the perfect present for those quirky people on your lists. What follows is a half-dozen of these "not the usual suspects" titles, with excerpts from reviews. (All of these books are on our list of "Holiday Sale Titles,"  20% off through Christmas).     The Smell of Fresh Rain: The Unexpected Pleasures of Our Most Elusive Sense by Barney Shaw  --From the review of the British edition in "The Bookbag:" "This is a fascinating, engrossing adventure guided by passionate and thoughtful insights from Shaw which will keep you riveted throughout. A must have for those of you who have ever looked past the end of your nose and wondered about it's olfactory brilliance. His guidance and advice around how to develop one's sense of smell is clear and relatable and ensures you are left sniffing the world around you long after you finish the final page."   Into the Mystic: The Visionary and Ecstatic Roots of 1960's Rock and Roll by Christopher Hill --Sarah White in Foreword Reviews "Christopher Hill links the ecstatic, trippy, profound music of the great performers of the 1960s to the mystical traditions of gospel, folklore, and esoteric religious groups, in Into the Mystic, which goes beyond love songs and far-out beats. The book will make lovers of '60s rock want to run to their record players to hear these albums again with fresh ears. Those who aren't as well versed in the era will be tempted to make playlists of the mentioned tracks to see if they can grasp the stories' threads. Multiple, comprehensive explorations of albums and songs help as Hill makes his argument: the music of the 1960s was inextricably tied to storytelling traditions, spiritual journeying, and the kind of exploration that has always been essential to human communities."   Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang --Arianna Huffington in the New York Times  "Rest is not something that the world gives us," Pang writes. "It's never been a gift. It's never been something you do when you've finished everything else. If you want rest, you have to take it. You have to resist the lure of busyness, make time for rest, take it seriously, and protect it from a world that is intent on stealing it." And you can start by putting down your phone - better yet, put it in another room - and picking up this much-needed book.   Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker --Mark O'Connell in The Guardian: "Walker's title is misleading - as he himself states in the early pages, it suggests that there might be only one reason why we sleep. In fact, he presents sleep as a panacea for a bewildering array of conditions that would otherwise cause the slow deterioration of body and mind. In one playful passage, he describes it as though he were marketing a new pharmaceutical:   ..."Scientists have discovered a revolutionary new treatment that makes you live longer. It enhances your memory, makes you more attractive. It keeps you slim and lowers food cravings. It protects you from cancer and dementia. It wards off colds and flu. It lowers your risk of heart attacks and stroke, not to mention diabetes. You'll even feel happier, less depressed, and less anxious. Are you interested? "   The Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization by Martin Puchner --from BookPage  "If you love literature then you are likely to find Martin Puchner's The Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization enthralling. . . . Puchner is a generous, natural teacher who brings these works and their origins to vivid life. . . . Education and enthusiasm combine seamlessly in Puchner's sweeping narrative, which comprises history, biography, technology and ideas. And while it is a cliché to say he brings literature to life, he does exactly that, connecting the dots of civilization in new and interesting ways. The Written World is perfect reading for a long chilly night, and it will leave you thinking in new ways about the wondrous thing called literature that, perhaps, we sometimes take for granted."   Wise Trees by Diane Cook and Len Jenshel --from NPR  "Not long ago, two Americans caused a scene in a Mozambique village. Locals were mystified by the tourists spending several days photographing a single tree. "Sometimes we have to explain to people what we're doing but often they just think, 'Okay these guys are nuts,'" says New York photographer Len Jenshel. The idea for this book was born on a night in 2012. The couple was photographing cherry blossoms after dusk in Japan. Cook got a call that her father in the United States was dying. They watched pale white petals from the trees float away in the wind. "We looked at this amazing ritual of life and renewal, which happens every spring," says Cook. "And somehow, when we came back from that trip, we started thinking about the wisdom that we get from trees." The trees featured in their book offer shade and solace. Some give guidance, like a tree Native Americans once used as a reminder to leave one river and cross to a different waterway.Others are seen as a source of healing, like sacred trees in India. And a few have been silent witnesses to humanity's darkest times. The book features images taken in 11 countries as well as the United States.
December Events MARC MOSKOVITZ and R. LARRY TODD Sunday, December 3, 3:00 p.m. -- 5:00 p.m. Bone Hall, Duke Music Building, 9 Brodie Gym Drive Please note time and location In conjunction with North Carolina Cello Society, co-authors Larry Todd and Marc Moskovitz will discuss their just released study of Beethoven's cello music, published by Boydell & Brewer Press in the UK. Beethoven's Cello: Five Revolutionary Sonatas and Their World offers the first comprehensive investigation of this repertoire in English.  Staff of the Regulator Bookshop will be on hand to sell copies of the book, which the authors will be happy to sign.  The event will include performances of examples from the sonatas and music by Beethoven's contemporaries.  Free and open to the public. Marc D. Moskovitz is principal cellist of the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra. He has recorded the music of virtuoso cellists David Popper and Alfredo Piatti for the VAI label, and his American premiere of Zemlinsky's Cello Sonata was heralded by the Washington Post as 'an impassioned performance'. Moskovitz has contributed to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians; and his biography, Alexander Zemlinsky: A Lyric Symphony, was published by Boydell & Brewer in 2010. R. Larry Todd is Arts and Sciences Professor at Duke University. Recognized as 'Mendelssohn's most authoritative biographer' (The New Yorker), Todd is the author of Mendelssohn: A Life in Music, named Best Biography in 2003 by the Association of American Publishers, and Fanny Hensel: The Other Mendelssohn, awarded the ASCAP Nicholas Slonimsky Award for outstanding biography in music. As a pianist, he has recorded with Nancy Green the complete cello works of Mendelssohn and Fanny Hensel for JRI Recordings. PRESCHOOL STORY TIME Wednesday, December 6, 10:15AM Join us for Preschool Storytime at The Regulator with Amy Godfrey. Free! Amy Godfrey loves telling stories. With 10 years of experience as a Children's Librarian, Amy Godfrey is known for her energetic musical story times and is bringing that fun to The Regulator every Wednesday!   NIGHT MARKET at THE DURHAM Wednesday, December 6, 6:00PM -- 9:00PM The Durham Hotel, 315 E. Chapel Hill St., Durham Please note location and time Join The Regulator at The Durham hotel for the first annual Night Market, where friends and neighbors will gather to celebrate the season with festive drinks and last-minute gift shopping. Finish your to-do list with thoughtful gifts from some of our favorite local makers, music from Merge Records, and champagne and eggnog from the bar. Co-produced by Vert & Vogue Contact: Kristin Bedinger, kristin@thedurham.com   APS Cat Adoption Event Sunday, December 10, 2:00PM Durham Animal Protection Society will hold a monthly cat adoption event at the Regulator. Come visit our furry friends from 2:00 - 3:30. Note the time and date.   NASTY WOMEN POETS Monday, December 11, 7:00PM Robin Kirk, Andrea Selch, and Jennie Malboeuf join us for a reading and signing from Nasty Women Poets: An Unapologetic Anthology of Subversive Verse. This timely collection of poems speaks not just to the current political climate and the man who is responsible for its title, but to the stereotypes and expectations women have faced dating back to Eve, and to the long history of women resisting those limitations. The nasty women poets included here sing, swear, swagger, and celebrate, and stake claim to life and art on their own terms. Robin Kirk is the author of several books, including Peculiar Motion, a poetry chapbook (Finishing Line Press). She teaches human rights at Duke University and never grades on a curve. Jennie Malboeuf is a Kentucky native and a good witch. She has published her poetry widely, including in Best New Poets 2016 (Meridian and Samovar Press). She teaches writing at Guilford College. Andrea Selch is the author of the safer-sex poetry series "Twentieth-Century Valentines" (Oyster Boy Review) along with two other full-length poetry books. She has published her poetry widely. She lives in Hillsborough with her wife and two children.                   PRESCHOOL STORY TIME Wednesday, December 13, 10:15AM Join us for Preschool Storytime at The Regulator with Amy Godfrey. Free!   ALLAN GURGANUS performs "A FOOL FOR CHRISTMAS" Thursday, December 14, 7:00 p.m. "A Fool for Christmas" is Allan's marvelous story, told in the first person, of a socially awkward loner named Verne who manages a pet shop in a mall off an interstate, somewhere in North Carolina. A pregnant runaway teenage girl takes to hanging out at the mall, and out of sympathy for a fellow outcast, Verne befriends her. Allan has performed his heartwarming Christmas tale at the bookshop five or six times over the last dozen or so years. Every time he changes the story a bit, and every time folks end up reaching for something to dab their eyes. Allan will reprise "A Fool for Christmas" at The Regulator on Thursday evening December 14th at 7:00.  Simply put, Brothers and Sisters, Allan Gurganus can flat out tell a story. And he knocks this one out of the park. Refreshments and merriment will be served.   PRESCHOOL STORY TIME Wednesday, December 20, 10:15AM Join us for Preschool Storytime at The Regulator with Amy Godfrey. Free! Amy Godfrey loves telling stories.With 10 years of experience as a Children's Librarian, Amy Godfrey is known for her energetic musical story times and is bringing that fun to The Regulator every Wednesday! Contact: Amy Godfrey, AmyGodfrey@gmail.com   DAN ARIELY Wednesday, December 20, 7:00PM Join us for a special evening with Dan Ariely, author of Dollars and Sense: How We Misthink Money and How to Spend Smarter, for a reading and book signing. Blending humor and behavioral economics, the New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational delves into the truly illogical world of personal finance to help people better understand why they make bad financial decisions, and gives them the knowledge they need to make better ones. Exploring a wide range of everyday topics-from credit card debt and household budgeting to holiday sales-Ariely and Kreisler demonstrate how our ideas about dollars and cents are often wrong and cost us more than we know; they gleefully cut through the unconscious fears and desires driving our worst financial instincts and teach us how to improve our money habits. Dollars and Sense is a sound investment, providing us with the practical tools we need to understand and improve our financial choices, save and spend smarter, and ultimately live better. Dan Ariely is the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University. Ariely publishes widely in the leading scholarly journals in economics, psychology, and business. His work has been featured in a variety of media including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Business 2.0, Scientific American, Science and CNN. He splits his time between Durham and the rest of the world.   CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS and the day after Monday, December 25 The Regulator will be closed on Dec. 25 and 26 and reopen during regular business hours on Wednesday, Dec. 27.   NO PRESCHOOL STORY TIME THIS WEEK Wednesday, December 27, 10:15AM   CLOSED FOR NEW YEAR'S DAY Monday, January 1, 2018
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Shop Independent Durham Week--starts tomorrow!

Meet your friends and neighbors while you shop local Tomorrow The Regulator will be joining tens of thousands of independently owned small businesses around the country in celebrating Small Business Saturday with special offerings and treats. Tomorrow also marks the beginning of Shop Independent Durham Week, when we will join more than 40 locally-owned businesses all over town offering special discounts and promotions, through Sunday December 3rd.     For the entire week The Regulator will be featuring dozens of our most present-a-bull books on sale, 20% off. (Look for the red "Holiday Sale" tags throughout the store). And on Small Business Saturday we will also be raffling off four $50.00 gift certificates, while the Durham Chamber of Commerce has plans to give out free coffee and doughnuts in front of the garden space next to the bookshop.     Keep your dough in Durham this holiday season! More than 45% of the money you spend at The Regulator stays in Durham. Pretty much none of the money you spend on amazon stays here. Keep Durham Weird and Wonderful! Shop Local
Upcoming Events   SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY Saturday, November 25, 2017; 10:00 a.m. -- 8:00 p.m. Celebrate Indies First on "Small Business Saturday" on Nov. 25 at The Regulator Bookshop! Choose from dozens of our best titles on sale at 20% off -- and come by to enter a free raffle for a chance to win one of four $50. (fifty-dollar) gift certificates for fun books and gifts at The Regulator. Indies First on Small Business Saturday is a day dedicated to supporting the local businesses that help create jobs, boost the economy, and preserve neighborhoods   Plus, The American Booksellers Association is partnering with Penguin Random House for a special giveaway in celebration of Indies First on Small Business Saturday, this year Nov. 25. Between November 15- 26, Twitter and Instagram users who tag a U.S. independent bookstore and use the hashtag #ShopIndiesFirstSweepstakes will be entered to win $1,000 worth of books from Penguin Random House. To tag The Regulator Bookshop, include our Twitter or Instagram handle (@RegulatorBooks or @RegulatorBookshop); write out the store's name, city, and state; or use a store location tag in the post. A random drawing will be held in mid-December to select five grand prize winners, who will each receive $1,000 worth of books. In addition, the independent bookstores named in the winning posts will each receive $1,000 worth of books to be donated to a local nonprofit. All prizes are courtesy of Penguin Random House. See the complete sweepstakes rules here: http://www.bookweb.org/indies-first-sweepstakes-rules. Details about Indies First are available on BookWeb: http://www.bookweb.org/indies-first-2017   SHOP INDEPENDENT DURHAM WEEK! Saturday, November 25 -- Sunday, December 3 The Regulator Bookshop joins with more than 40 local businesses all over town who will be offering special discounts and promotions to help everyone Keep Your Dough in Durham this holiday season! The Regulator will have dozens of our most present-a-bull books on sale, 20% off, and we'll be raffling off a $50.00 gift certificate.     For a complete list of participating businesses, click on this link.   And Sustain-a-Bull will be giving away a prize from a local business every day from November 25th-December 24th in the #30DaysofIndieDurham giveaway!  To enter, take a picture of yourself shopping at a locally owned Durham business, post it to Instagram using #30DaysofIndieDurham, and include the name of the business where you're shopping in the photo's description (no purchase necessary). From November 25th-December 24th, one lucky winner will be chosen per day from the photos that have been submitted to date. You can enter as many times as you'd like, but you can only win once.      BEST CREATIVE NONFICTION OF THE SOUTH with Michael Chitwood, Randall Kenan & Michael McFee Wednesday, November 28, 7:00PM Join us for a special evening at The Regulator with Michael Chitwood and contributors Randall Kenan and Michael McFee in celebration of the new anthology, The Best Creative Nonfiction of the South, Volume II: North Carolina, that includes many of the Tar Heel state's beloved writers. Best Creative Nonfiction of the South serves as a valuable resource for scholars, students, writers, and general readers interested in creative nonfiction both from specific areas of the South and across the region as a whole. This North Carolina volume, second in the series, contains essays that celebrate and document the Tar Heel state's diverse cultures and geography, from the mountains to the sea. The writers included here come from diverse backgrounds, generations, and artistic traditions, and as with most volumes in the series, this one indirectly reflects literary changes within the region over time.   Poet and essayist Michael Chitwood explores the Appalachian landscape of his youth and frequently draws on colloquial speech and themes. His many collections of poetry include Salt Works (1992), The Weave Room (1998),  From Whence (2007), and Poor-Mouth Jubilee (2010). LSU Press will publish his ninth book of poetry, Search and Rescue, in 2018. Chitwood is also a lecturer in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-CH.   Randall Kenan is an author of both fiction and non-fiction. Raised in a rural community in North Carolina, Kenan has focused his fiction on what it means to be black and gay in the southern United States. Among his books is the collection of short stories Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, which was named a New York Times Notable Book. Kenan is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Award and the John Dos Passos Prize. He teaches creative writing at UNC-Chapel Hill and was awarded the North Carolina Award for Literature in 2005.   Poet and critic Michael McFee has written eleven books of poems (most recently We Were Once Here). Born in Asheville, McFee earned both his BA and MA at the UNC-Chapel Hill. He is the recipient of several teaching awards from UNC-Chapel Hill where he teaches in the creative writing program.     MARK FALLON Wednesday, November 29, 7:00 p.m. The Regulator welcomes Mark Fallon, author of Unjustifiable Means: The Inside Story of How the CIA, Pentagon, and US Government Conspired to Torture. In his more than 30 years as an NCIS special agent and counterintelligence officer, Mark Fallon has investigated some of the most significant terrorist operations in US history. Unjustifiable Means forces the spotlight back on to how America lost its way and exposes those responsible for using torture under the guise of national security -- and those heroes who risked it all to oppose the program. Mark Fallon has 31 years of government service at high levels in intelligence and security. He now serves as a consultant, author, and speaker.
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Ship Independent Durham Week--coming soon!

Small Business Saturday is just the beginning! Shop Independent Durham Week starts the same day! (Saturday November 25-the Saturday after Thanksgiving)   Mark your calendars. After the darkness of Black Friday, when the corporate vampires try (but fail!) to suck all the life out of local communities, we emerge back into the sunlight of Small Business Saturday. The Regulator will be joining tens of thousands of independently owned small businesses around the country in celebrating Small Business Saturday with special offerings and treats. The same day also marks the beginning of Shop Independent Durham Week, when we will join more than 40 locally-owned businesses all over town offering special discounts and promotions, through Sunday December 3rd.     For the entire week The Regulator will be featuring dozens of our most present-a-bull books on sale, 20% off. And on Small Business Saturday we will also be raffling off four $50.00 gift certificates, while the Durham Chamber of Commerce has plans to give out free coffee and doughnuts in front of the garden space next to the bookshop.     Keep your dough in Durham this holiday season! More than 45% of the money you spend at The Regulator stays in Durham. Pretty much none of the money you spend on amazon stays here. Keep Durham Weird and Wonderful! Shop Local     Speaking of keeping your dough in Durham.... Join Wander and Elliot, future owners of The Regulator (as of March 1) as they write the next chapter of The Regulator story. Consider giving to The Regulator Sustainability Fund as they continue to build and grow the bookshop's services and offerings in support of the Durham community.   https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/regulator-sustainability-fund-books-community#/
Upcoming Events DAVID GOLDFIELD Thursday, November 16, 7:00PM The Regulator welcomes David Goldfield, author of The Gifted Generation: When Government Was Good. In The Gifted Generation, historian David Goldfield examines the generation immediately after WWII and argues how a strong and activist federal government made the early boomer generation a "gifted generation." This generation was led by presidents (Truman, Eisenhower, Johnson) who used legislation to encourage individual opportunities, changing how and where people lived, their access to higher education, protect the environment, and who spearheaded efforts to level the playing field for minorities, women and immigrants-which led the betterment of the nation as a whole. He brilliantly shows how the nation's leaders persevered to create the conditions for the most gifted generation in U.S. history and in the years since, instead of building on that early postwar success, we have gradually frittered it away.     David Goldfield is the Robert Lee Bailey Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He is the lead author of the cornerstone textbook The American Journey, now in its seventh edition, and is the author of many works on Southern history, including Still Fighting the Civil War, Black, White, and Southern, and, most recently, America Aflame.   JEFFERY BEAM & FRIENDS Saturday, November 18, 3:00 p.m. The Regulator welcomes Jeffery Beam, co-editor of Jonathan Williams: Lord of Orchards. Contributors Thorn Craven, Neal Hutcheson, Elizabeth Matheson, and Michael McFee will join Beam for a reading and book signing.   Jonathan Williams' work of more than half a century is such that no one activity or identity takes primacy over any other-he was the seminal small press publisher of The Jargon Society; a poet of considerable stature; book designer; editor; photographer; legendary correspondent; critic and collector; proselytizer of visionary folk art; cultural anthropologist curmudgeon; happy gardener; resolute walker; and keen and adroit raconteur and gourmand. A celebrated as publisher and poet, Jonathan Williams nurtured the nascent careers of hundreds of emerging or neglected poets, writers, artists, and photographers. Buckminster Fuller once called him "our Johnny Appleseed," while Hugh Kenner hailed Jargon as "the Custodian of Snowflakes" and Williams as "the truffle-hound of American poetry." One might call Williams' life a poetics of gathering and this book a first harvest.   Jeffery Beam is poetry editor emeritus of Oyster Boy Review, a retired UNC-Chapel Hill botanical librarian, and has authored over 20 books of poems. Composers McCarley and Serpa have produced musical works based on Beam's poems. Beam is a co-editor and contributor to Jonathan Williams: Lord of Orchards and resides in Hillsborough with his husband of 37 years.   NO PRESCHOOL STORY TIME Wednesday, November 22, 10:15AM Back next week.   SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY Saturday, November 25, 2017; 10:00 a.m. -- 8:00 p.m. Celebrate Indies First on "Small Business Saturday" on Nov. 25 at The Regulator Bookshop! Choose from dozens of our best titles on sale at 20% off -- and come by to enter a free raffle for a chance to win one of four $50. (fifty-dollar) gift certificates for fun books and gifts at The Regulator. Indies First on Small Business Saturday is a day dedicated to supporting the local businesses that help create jobs, boost the economy, and preserve neighborhoods   Plus, The American Booksellers Association is partnering with Penguin Random House for a special giveaway in celebration of Indies First on Small Business Saturday, this year Nov. 25. Between November 15- 26, Twitter and Instagram users who tag a U.S. independent bookstore and use the hashtag #ShopIndiesFirstSweepstakes will be entered to win $1,000 worth of books from Penguin Random House. To tag The Regulator Bookshop, include our Twitter or Instagram handle (@RegulatorBooks or @RegulatorBookshop); write out the store's name, city, and state; or use a store location tag in the post. A random drawing will be held in mid-December to select five grand prize winners, who will each receive $1,000 worth of books. In addition, the independent bookstores named in the winning posts will each receive $1,000 worth of books to be donated to a local nonprofit. All prizes are courtesy of Penguin Random House. See the complete sweepstakes rules here: http://www.bookweb.org/indies-first-sweepstakes-rules. Details about Indies First are available on BookWeb: http://www.bookweb.org/indies-first-2017   SHOP INDEPENDENT DURHAM WEEK! Saturday, November 25 -- Sunday, December 3 The Regulator Bookshop joins with more than 40 local businesses all over town who will be offering special discounts and promotions to help everyone Keep Your Dough in Durham this holiday season! The Regulator will have dozens of our most present-a-bull books on sale, 20% off. Stop by and shop local!   BEST CREATIVE NONFICTION OF THE SOUTH with Michael Chitwood, Randall Kenan & Michael McFee Wednesday, November 28, 7:00PM Join us for a special evening at The Regulator with Michael Chitwood and contributors Randall Kenan and Michael McFee in celebration of the new anthology, The Best Creative Nonfiction of the South, Volume II: North Carolina, that includes many of the Tar Heel state's beloved writers. Best Creative Nonfiction of the South serves as a valuable resource for scholars, students, writers, and general readers interested in creative nonfiction both from specific areas of the South and across the region as a whole. This North Carolina volume, second in the series, contains essays that celebrate and document the Tar Heel state's diverse cultures and geography, from the mountains to the sea. The writers included here come from diverse backgrounds, generations, and artistic traditions, and as with most volumes in the series, this one indirectly reflects literary changes within the region over time.   Poet and essayist Michael Chitwood explores the Appalachian landscape of his youth and frequently draws on colloquial speech and themes. His many collections of poetry include Salt Works (1992), The Weave Room (1998),  From Whence (2007), and Poor-Mouth Jubilee (2010). LSU Press will publish his ninth book of poetry, Search and Rescue, in 2018. Chitwood is also a lecturer in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-CH.   Randall Kenan is an author of both fiction and non-fiction. Raised in a rural community in North Carolina, Kenan has focused his fiction on what it means to be black and gay in the southern United States. Among his books is the collection of short stories Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, which was named a New York Times Notable Book. Kenan is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Award and the John Dos Passos Prize. He teaches creative writing at UNC-Chapel Hill and was awarded the North Carolina Award for Literature in 2005.   Poet and critic Michael McFee has written eleven books of poems (most recently We Were Once Here). Born in Asheville, McFee earned both his BA and MA at the UNC-Chapel Hill. He is the recipient of several teaching awards from UNC-Chapel Hill where he teaches in the creative writing program.     MARK FALLON Wednesday, November 29, 7:00 p.m. The Regulator welcomes Mark Fallon, author of Unjustifiable Means: The Inside Story of How the CIA, Pentagon, and US Government Conspired to Torture. In his more than 30 years as an NCIS special agent and counterintelligence officer, Mark Fallon has investigated some of the most significant terrorist operations in US history. Unjustifiable Means forces the spotlight back on to how America lost its way and exposes those responsible for using torture under the guise of national security -- and those heroes who risked it all to oppose the program. Mark Fallon has 31 years of government service at high levels in intelligence and security. He now serves as a consultant, author, and speaker.
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