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Ayn Rand: My Fiction-Writing Teacher

17 reviews
Erika Holzer

Madison Press, 2005

Has the Feel of an Ongoing Conversation
There is a great method to Erika Holzer's madness in how she put together this excellent book, "Ayn Rand: My Fiction-Writing Teacher." First off, let me say that I have no intention of ever becoming a novelist, and that as a writer, I'm strictly a journalist and essayist. Therefore, I am not exactly part of the "target audience" of such a book. However, I am a lover of movies, short stories and ...

Atlas Shrugged (Centennial Ed. HC)

42 reviews
Ayn Rand

Dutton Adult, 2005

This item is delectable
"Atlas shrugged" is second to nothing!You cannot criticize it, you cannot find anything wrong about it.....You just sit down and read it. You will see one and the same world in different ways.This is Ayn Rand's masterpiece!

Atlas Shrugged (Cliffs Notes)

8 reviews
Andrew Bernstein

Cliffs Notes, 2000

GREAT TOOL TO HAVE!
I've pushed my way through many years of school without buying a single Cliffsnotes. I found it funny that my first purchase would be for a book I choose to read on my own accord. Rand's novel can't be praised enough, but I also have to give the Cliffnotes for the novel their fair due. This little book was a great help in gaining a better understanding of this massive novel. I really enjoyed the ...

The Answers- to your questions about Life (The Answers)

6 reviews
Karen L. Garvey - as Communicated by Ayn Rand

Intent, 2006

Awesome Reading!
The Answers continues to provide me with personalized exercises that I incorporated into my personal and business relationships on a daily basis. This is a book that will assist me in my sociology and philosophy courses and is written in simple terms. I have recommended this book to family, friends and business associates alike.

Outdoor Monuments of Manhattan: A Historical Guide

4 reviews
Dianne Durante

NYU Press, 2007

A Major Achievement
Apart from Ayn Rand's own work in esthetics (The Romantic Manifesto---and several other articles outside of it) and Dr. Leonard Peikoff's Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand, Dr. Dianne Durante's Outdoor Monuments of Manhattan is the first published work to apply some of Miss Rand's revolutionary esthetics to works of art. This is a MAJOR achievement. In order to shape a culture ...

In Defense of Advertising: Arguments from Reason, Ethical Egoism, and Laissez-Faire Capitalism

4 reviews
Jerry Kirkpatrick

TLJ Books, 2007

A Comprehensive and Fundamental Defense of Advertising
This book constitutes a thoroughgoing philosophic analysis and defense of virtually all aspects of advertising. It traces the criticisms made of advertising to false philosophic and economic doctrines, such as determinism and the theory of pure and perfect competition. It defends advertising against such accusations as that it is coercive and monopolistic, creates artificial needs, and erects ...

The Art of NonFiction

14 reviews
Ayn Rand

Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc., 2004

Clear as a bell
As with so much of Ayn Rand's writing, she takes on an issue (in this case, nonfiction writing) that seems hopelessly complex, and then explains it with such clarity that you're left wondering what all the confusion was about in the first place. If you're stuck in your writing, even if you've never read anything by Rand before, this book is priceless.

My Name As A Prayer

10 reviews
Sheridan Hill

Live A Little Books, LLC, 2006

A MUST READ for anyone with an elderly parent or friend
I'm one of the "baby boom" generation, we who once shouted "never trust anyone over twenty-five!" And now we are in our forties, fifties, and sixties, often facing alone the crisis of the death of a parent or loved one. Our culture has ill prepared us for this passage, a society that dwells on youth and so carefully hides away death. I lost both of my parents several years back and only wish ...

The Objectivism Research CD Rom: The Works of Ayn Rand

7 reviews
Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff

Oliver Computing, 2001

The Complete Ayn Rand Reference
This CD is a complete compotation of all of Ayn Rand's published works, her writing courses, as well as excerpts from her private journals and letters. In addition, it includes Dr. Leonard Peikoff's groundbreaking "Objectivism, The Philosophy of Ayn Rand." The interface is solid, although I would prefer a more Google-like approach to advanced searches, which this interface lacks. In addition, cut ...

The World of Atlas Shrugged: The Essential Companion to Ayn Rand's Masterpiece

8 reviews
Robert Bidinotto/The Objectivist Center, Edward Herrmann, ...

Highbridge Audio, 2001

Refresher of principles of Atlas Shrugged
Although this CD is not a substitute for the book, it serves as an excellent reminder of Rand's principles - in particular her ethics. This CD would be useful for the Objectivist that can not reread Rand's book but wants to be able to discuss it in detail again.

Anthem

1 review
Ayn Rand

Signet, 1963

A book you must read if you love liberty
The late 1930's, when this novel was first published, was a dark time for democracy. All indications were that it was failing as a form of government, to be overwhelmed by fascism and communism. This novel represents a dark vision of what lie ahead, where all people have lost their individuality, people are assigned their station in life at an early age and any form of non-conformance was met by ...

It Still Begins With Ayn Rand

2 reviews
Jerome Tuccille

Pulpless.com, 1999

Brilliant satire...just as funny as It Usually Begins...
Tuccille has done it again. It Usually Begins With Ayn Rand was a hilarious political satire, and the sequel, It Still Begins With Ayn Rand, is every bit as funny and on target as its predecessor. My only regret is that it took Tuccille 26 years to write the sequel. However, for anyone who wants a truly original, off-beat history of U.S. politics from 1974 through the present day, this is a ...

Anthem

2 reviews
Ayn Rand

Dutton Adult, 2005

A True Anthem
True to form, Ayn Rand uses words with an exact meaning. This short story presents the devotion/loyalty to the philosophy of Objectivism accurately. Anthem is a great place to start when learning about Ayn Rand.

Atlas Shrugged: Library Edition Part 1

2 reviews
Ayn Rand

Blackstone Audiobooks, 2002

This book made an impact on me!
In case this is your first encounter with this book, It is a fresh story but a continuation to Ayn Rand's philosophy that started out with books like "We the living" where she new something was wrong but could not put her finger on it. She progressed to books as "The Fountainhead" where she could describe the problem quite well. Now in "Atlas Shrugged she has come up with a plausible answer to ...

Essays on Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead

3 reviews
Robert Mayhew

Lexington Books, 2006

INSIGHT INTO THE GREAT CLASSIC!
Most people don't read literary criticism for pleasure. With good reason: most of it's pretentious, muddle-headed, even corrupt, spouting the poisonous dogma that your mind can't see facts, all it sees is warped by "class, race, and gender." (Then how can they claim that as fact?) This book is a glowing exception. It's a clear, straightforward, helpful, and fascinating look at Ayn Rand's ...

Anthem

2 reviews
Ayn Rand

Signet, 1968

Classic Individual versus the collective
At first glance, one might think of Huxley's 'Brave New World' but this book goes beyond just showing one course that the future of man might take. 'Anthem' shows the course our future will take if mankind loses the most important aspect of being man - the ability to recognize individuality, the sense of our uniqueness, and the 'I' in us all. Ms. Rand's philosophy of Objectivism is underlined ...

The Fountainhead : A Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration

2 reviews
David Kelley, Stephen Cox

The Objectivist Center, 1993

The Fountainhead from a young girls point of view
From being secretly admired yet shunned for his bizarre modernistic architectural style, from being loved and loathed alike by the only woman he will ever have, this story of Howard Roark is both compelling and heartbreaking. Set in the roaring 20's, though not any of the focus of the book, Howard Roark sets off to do what he loves, having no one stand in his way and having no one tell him how to ...

Antaeus

1 review

Trafford Publishing, 2006

Antaeus
This book is the life of a teenager attending boarding school. I first bourht this book because the author (Ritchie Gillespie) was both my math and science teacher at an all boy boarding school. Reading the book, I found how I could relate to the character and how Mr. Gillespie could relate to us as students and to the character. Finding myself similar to the character, I enjoyed the book ...

Anthem

Anthem, Large-Print Edition

1 review
Ayn Rand

Waking Lion Press, 2006

Timeless
I have loved this book all my life. As my eyes get older the large print edition makes it easier to read and read aloud to the kids.

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