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Loading... Atlas Shrugged (1957)by Ayn RandThis is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world, and did. Is he a destroyer or a liberator? Why does he have to fight his battle not against his enemys but against those who need him most? Why does he fight his hardest battle against the woman he loves? You will learn the answers to these questions when you discover the reason behind the baffling events that play havoc with the lives of the amazing men and women in this remarkable book. Tremendous in scope, breathtaking in its suspense, "Atlas shrugged" is Ayn Rand's magnum opus, which launched an ideology and a movement. With the publication of this work in 1957, Rand gained an instant following and became a phenomenon. "Atlas shrugged" emerged as a premier moral apologia for Capitalism, a defense that had an electrifying effect on millions of readers (and now listeners) who have never heard Capitalism defended in other than technical terms. 20 alternates | English | Primary description for language | Description provided by Bowker | score: 195 Classic Literature.
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HTML: Atlas Shrugged is the "second most influential book for Americans today" after the Bible, according to a joint survey of five thousand people conducted by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club in 1991. In a scrap heap within an abandoned factory, the greatest invention in history lies dormant and unused. By what fatal error of judgment has its value gone unrecognized, its brilliant inventor punished rather than rewarded for his efforts? This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the worldand did. In defense of those greatest of human qualities that have made civilization possible, he sets out to show what would happen to the world if all the heroes of innovation and industry went on strike. Is he a destroyer or a liberator? Why does he have to fight his battle not against his enemies but against those who need him most? Why does he fight his hardest battle against the woman he loves? The answers will be revealed once you discover the reason behind the baffling events that wreak havoc on the lives of the amazing men and women in this remarkable book. Tremendous in scope and breathtaking in its suspense, Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rand's magnum opus, which launched an ideology and a movement. With the publication of this work in 1957, Rand gained an instant following and became a phenomenon. Atlas Shrugged emerged as a premier moral apologia for capitalism, a defense that had an electrifying effect on millions of readers (and now listeners) who had never heard capitalism defended in other than technical terms. .46 alternates | English | score: 172 Who is John Galt? is the immortal question posed at the beginning of Ayn Rand's masterpiece. The answer is the astonishing story of a man who said he would stop the motor of the worldand did. Rand dramatizes the main tenets of Objectivism, her philosophy of rational selfishness. She explores the ramifications of her radical thinking in a world that penalizes human intelligence and integrity. Part mystery, part thriller, part philosophical inquiry, part volatile love affair, Atlas Shrugged is the book that confirmed Ayn Rand as one of the most popular novelists and most respected thinkers of the 20th century. 11 alternates | English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 96 This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world, and did. Is he a destroyer or a liberator? Why does he have to fight his battle not against his enemies but against those who need him most? Why does he fight his hardest battle against the woman he loves? The answers to these questions become clear when the reason behind the baffling events that play havoc with the lives of the amazing men and women in this remarkable book is uncovered . Tremendous in scope, breathtaking in its suspense, "Atlas shrugged" is Ayn Rand's magnum opus, and a premier moral apologia for Capitalism. 7 alternates | English | score: 74 The decisions of a few industrial leaders shake the roots of capitalism and reawaken man's awareness of himself as an heroic being. 5 alternates | English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 67 Classic Literature.
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HTML:Peopled by larger-than-life heroes and villains, charged with towering questions of good and evil, Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rands magnum opus: a philosophical revolution told in the form of an action thrillernominated as one of Americas best-loved novels by PBSs The Great American Read. Who is John Galt? When he says that he will stop the motor of the world, is he a destroyer or a liberator? Why does he have to fight his battles not against his enemies but against those who need him most? Why does he fight his hardest battle against the woman he loves? You will know the answer to these questions when you discover the reason behind the baffling events that play havoc with the lives of the amazing men and women in this book. You will discover why a productive genius becomes a worthless playboy...why a great steel industrialist is working for his own destruction...why a composer gives up his career on the night of his triumph...why a beautiful woman who runs a transcontinental railroad falls in love with the man she has sworn to kill. Atlas Shrugged, a modern classic and Rands most extensive statement of Objectivismher groundbreaking philosophyoffers the reader the spectacle of human greatness, depicted with all the poetry and power of one of the twentieth centurys leading artists. 27 alternates | English | score: 47 The story of a man who said he would stop the motor of the world--and did. This novel is the setting for the author's philosophy of objectivism. 6 alternates | English | score: 33 A satire on the follies and dangers of collectivism in which the United States is faced with the prospect of economic collapse when the country's leading innovators and industrialists go into hiding. 1 alternate | English | score: 24 In a technological civilization, people remain insecure and look to the government for protection, sacrificing their creativity and independence in exchange. A copper tycoon and an inventor reject this philosophy and fight for the individual. 5 alternates | English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 17 The book's female protagonist, Dagny Taggart, struggles to manage a transcontinental railroad amid the pressures and restrictions of massive bureaucracy. Her antagonistic reaction to a libertarian group seeking an end to government regulation is later echoed and modified in her encounter with a utopian community, Galt's Gulch, whose members regard self-determination rather than collective responsibility as the highest ideal. English | score: 15 Government leaders seeking control over all business become increasingly frantic as major industrial companies are being thrown into chaos following the sudden disappearance of their leaders. English | score: 13 The astounding story of a man who said he would stop the motor of the world--and did. 2 alternates | English | score: 9 In a scrap heap within an abandoned factory, the greatest invention in history lies dormant and unused. By what fatal error of judgment has its value gone unrecognized, its brilliant inventor punished rather than rewarded for his efforts? In defense of those greatest of human qualities that have made civilization possible, one man sets out to show what would happen to the world if all the heroes of innovation and industry went on strike. Is he a destroyer or a liberator? And why does he fight his hardest battle not against his enemies but against the woman he loves? Tremendous in scope and breathtaking in its suspense, Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rand's magnum opus, an electrifying moral defense of capitalism and free enterprise which launched an ideological movement and gained millions of loyal fans around the world. 5 alternates | English | score: 9 The astounding story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the worldand did. Tremendous in scope, breathtaking in its suspense, "Atlas Shrugged" is unlike any other book you have ever read. 4 alternates | English | score: 7 The story takes place at an unknown time in the not-too-distant future in a fictitious United States. Focusing on the weakness of evil, corporate greed, and the parasites of society, Rand provides a compelling narrative on modern life and the death and rebirth of humanity. 1 alternate | English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 7 Classic Literature.
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HTML: This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the worldand did. Was he a destroyer or the greatest of liberators? Why did he have to fight his battle, not against his enemies, but against those who needed him most, and his hardest battle against the woman he loved? What is the world's motorand the motive power of every man? You will know the answer to these questions when you discover the reason behind the baffling events that play havoc with the lives of the characters in this story. Tremendous in its scope, this novel presents an astounding panorama of human lifefrom the productive genius who becomes a worthless playboyto the great steel industrialist who does not know that he is working for his own destructionto the philosopher who becomes a pirateto the composer who gives up his career on the night of his triumphto the woman who runs a transcontinental railroadto the lowest track worker in her Terminal tunnels. You must be prepared, when you read this novel, to check every premise at the root of your convictions. This is a mystery story, not about the murderand rebirthof man's spirit. It is a philosophical revolution, told in the form of an action thriller of violent events, a ruthlessly brilliant plot structure and an irresistible suspense. Do you say this is impossible? Well, that is the first of your premises to check. .2 alternates | English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 6 Ayn Rand's epochal novel, first published in1957, has been a bestseller for more than fourdecades as well as an intellectual landmark. Itis the story of a man who said that he wouldstop the motor of the world--and did. Was he adestroyer or the greatest of liberators? Why didhe have to fight his battle, not against hisenemies but against those who needed himmost--and his hardest battle against thewoman he loved? What is the world'smotor--and the motive power of every man?Tremendous in its scope, this novel presents anastounding panorama of human life--from theproductive genius who becomes a worthlessplayboy...to the great steel industrialist whodoes not know that he is working for his owndestruction...to the philosopher who becomes apirate...to the woman who runs atranscontinental railroad...to the lowest trackworker in her Terminal tunnels.Peopled by larger-than-life heroes and villains,charged with towering questions of good andevil, Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rand'smasterpiece. It is a philosophical revolutiontold in the form of an action thriller. 1 alternate | English | score: 6 Atlas Shrugged is the astounding story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world--and did. Tremendous in scope, breathtaking in its suspense, Atlas Shrugged stretches the boundaries further than any book you have ever read. It is a mystery, not about the murder of a man's body, but about the murder--and rebirth--of man's spirit. 3 alternates | English | score: 5 "Opening with the enigmatic question 'Who is John Galt?', 'Atlas Shrugged' envisions a world where 'men of talent' - the great innovators, producers and creators - have mysteriously disappeared. With the US economy now faltering, businesswoman Dagny Taggart is struggling to get the transcontinental railroad up and running. For her John Galt is the enemy, but as she will learn, nothing in this situation is quite as it seems. Hugely influential and grand in scope, this story of a man who stopped the motor of the world expounds Rand's controversial philosophy of Objectivism, which champions competition, creativity and human greatness." -- Back cover. 2 alternates | English | score: 5 In a scrap heap within an abandoned factory, the greatest invention in history lies dormant and unused. By what fatal error has its value gone unrecognized? In defense of those greastest of human qulaities that have made civilization possible, one man sets out to show what would happen to the world if all the heroes of innovation and industry went on strike. Is he a destroyer or a liberator? 1 alternate | English | score: 5 Published in 1957, Atlas Shrugged was Ayn Rand's greatest achievement and last work of fiction. In this novel she dramatizes her unique philosophy through an intellectual mystery story that integrates ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, politics, economics, and sex. Set in a near-future U.S.A. whose economy is collapsing as a result of the mysterious disappearance of leading innovators and industrialists, this novel presents an astounding panorama of human life-from the productive genius who becomes a worthless playboy...to the great steel industrialist who does not know that he is working for his own destruction...to the philosopher who becomes a pirate...to the woman who runs a transcontinental railroad...to the lowest track worker in her train tunnels. Peopled by larger-than-life heroes and villains, charged with towering questions of good and evil, Atlas Shrugged is a philosophical revolution told in the form of an action thriller. English | score: 5 The year is 2016, and America is on the verge of economic disaster. The greatest citizens are being _targeted, and dark forces are working to bring about America's final days. Our only hope for salvation lies with Dagny Taggart and Henry Rearden, rugged individualists whose bold ideas may have the power to spark a revolution and reclaim the American Dream. English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 4 Who is John Galt? This famous rhetorical question rings through Ayn Rand's best-selling novel as the people's anthem of despair in depressed economic times. Set in the future, the novel follows capitalist magnates as they battle looters, strikers, and the impending ruin of the United States' economy. English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 4 A towering philosophical novel that is the summation of her Objectivist philosophy, Ayn Rand's Atlas Shruggedis the saga of the enigmatic John Galt, and his ambitious plan to 'stop the motor of the world', published in Penguin Modern Classics.Opening with the enigmatic question 'Who is John Galt?', Atlas Shrugged envisions a world where the 'men of talent' - the great innovators, producers and creators - have mysteriously disappeared. With the US economy now faltering, businesswoman Dagny Taggart is struggling to get the transcontinental railroad up and running. For her John Galt is the enemy, but as she will learn, nothing in this situation is quite as it seems. Hugely influential and grand in scope, this story of a man who stopped the motor of the world expounds Rand's controversial philosophy of Objectivism, which champions competition, creativity and human greatness. Ayn Rand (1905-82), born Alisa Rosenbaum in St. Petersburg, Russia, emigrated to America with her family in January 1926, never to return to her native land. Her novel The Fountainheadwas published in 1943 and eventually became a bestseller. Still occasionally working as a screenwriter, Rand moved to New York City in 1951 and published Atlas Shruggedin 1957. Her novels espoused what came to be called Objectivism, a philosophy that champions capitalism and the pre-eminence of the individual. If you enjoyed Atlas Shrugged, you might like Rand's The Fountainhead,also available in Penguin Modern Classics. English | score: 4 Railroad owner Dagny Taggart struggles to fight the communist movement gaining strength around the world and save her company, one of the few remaining capitalist institutions. English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 4 This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world––and did. Is he a destroyer or a liberator? Why does he fight his hardest battle not against his enemies, but against the woman he loves? English | score: 3 Ayn Rand's popular novel of a dystopian United States in which the brightest minds withdraw their contributions to society in the face of increasingly aggressive government control of industry. 1 alternate | English | score: 2 This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world, and did. Is he a destroyer or a liberator? Why does he have to fight his battle not against his enemies, but against those who need him most? Why does he fight his hardest battle against the woman he loves? 1 alternate | English | score: 2 Atlas Shrugged is the "second most influential book for Americans today" after the Bible, according to a joint survey of five thousand people conducted by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club in 1991. In a scrap heap within an abandoned factory, the greatest invention in history lies dormant and unused. By what fatal error of judgment has its value gone unrecognized, its brilliant inventor punished rather than rewarded for his efforts? This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world—and did. In defense of those greatest of human qualities that have made civilization possible, he sets out to show what would happen to the world if all the heroes of innovation and industry went on strike. Is he a destroyer or a liberator? Why does he have to fight his battle not against his enemies but against those who need him most? Why does he fight his hardest battle against the woman he loves? The answers will be... 1 alternate | English | score: 2 The astounding story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world - and did. It is a mystery story, not about the murder of a man's body, but about the murder-and-rebirth-of man's spirit. 1 alternate | English | score: 2 Set in the year 2016 individualists Dagny Taggart and Henry Rearden may have the power to spark a revolution in America in the midst of an economic disaster. English | score: 2 "Opening with the enigmatic question 'Who is John Galt?', Atlas Shrugged envisions a world where 'men of talent' - the great innovators, producers and creators - have mysteriously disappeared. With the US economy now faltering, businesswoman Dagny Taggart is struggling to get the transcontinental railroad up and running. For her, John Galt is the enemy, but as she will learn, nothing in this situation is quite as it seems."--Back cover. English | score: 2 A mystery about the murder and rebirth of a man's spirit, this novel also expresses Ayn Rand's vision of existence and introduces the reader to her philosophical views. English | score: 2 Atlas ShruggedAtlas ShruggedAtlas Shrugged emerged as a premier moral apologia for capitalism, a defense that had an electrifying effect on millions of readers (and now listeners) who had never heard capitalism defended in other than technical terms. English | score: 2 "It is a mystery story, not about the murder of a man's body, but about the murder ... and rebirth ... of man's spirit."--P. [4] of cover. 1 alternate | English | score: 2 This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world—and did. Was he a destroyer or the greatest of liberators? Why did he have to fight his battle, not against his enemies, but against those who needed him most, and his hardest battle against the woman he loved? What is the world's motor—and the motive power of every man? You will know the answer to these questions when you discover the reason behind the baffling events that play havoc with the lives of the characters in this story.Tremendous in its scope, this novel presents an astounding panorama of human life—from the productive genius who becomes a worthless playboy—to the great steel industrialist who does not know that he is working for his own destruction—to the philosopher who becomes a pirate—to the composer who gives up his career on the night of his triumph—to the woman who runs a transcontinental railroad—to the lowest track worker in her... 1 alternate | English | score: 2 A popular "classic" for several decades the novel describes the career of a man who promises to solve age old social problems and seems to perform miracles. English | score: 1 John Galt leads a strike of society's most effective and creative producers in an effort to collapse the collectivist social system in which they live. English | score: 1 This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world??and did. Is he a destroyer or a liberator? Why does he fight his hardest battle not against his enemies but against the woman he loves? Tremendous in scope, breathtaking in its suspense, Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rand's magnum opus, which launched an ideology and a movement. With the publication of this work in 1957, Rand gained an instant following and became a phenomenon. Atlas Shrugged emerged as a premier moral apologia for capitalism, a defense that had an electrifying effect on millions of readers?and now listeners?who had never heard capitalism defended in other than technical terms.
A satire on the follies and dangers of collectivism in which the United States is faced with the prospect of economic collapse when the country's leading innovators and industrialists go into hiding. English | score: 1 "This is a riveting mystery, not about the murder of a man's body, but about the murder--and rebirth--of man's spirit. It is a philosophical revolution, told in the form of an action thriller of violent events--with a ruthlessly brilliant plot and irresistible suspense. Peopled by larger-than-life heroes and villains, male and female, charged with awesome questions of good and evil, Atlas Shrugged is a giant novel--the supreme triumph and ultimate testament of one of the towering geniuses of our time. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET. English | score: 1 A premier apologia for capitalism, a defense that had an electrifying effect on millions of readers who have never heard capitalism defended in other than technical terms. English | score: 1 A picture of an American being ruined by false leaders, who persecute those earning large amounts of money. English | score: 1 This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world - and did. Is he a destroyer or a liberator? Why does he fight his hardest battle not against his enemies, but against the woman he loves? With one part of reason, one tries to reject the grim horror of the portrait drawn of the final bastion of the once free world falling into a new sort of Dark Ages. The sins of the power magnates are taking their toll. In terror over the threat to their security contained in the ruthless drive of a few leaders of industry, they sell out their initiative, their imagination, their creative powers, their right to independence of thought and action to government, in exchange for imagined security of regulation and strangulation. The thinkers, the creators, the doers, the free spirits fade out of the picture; those who remain label them deserters and traitors. But a few of them, under the leadership of the freest spirits, lay the groundwork for a new social order. Their philosophy has much that will shock the conventional; their oath -- " ... I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine"--Seems to contain a negation of the code of humanity. English | score: 1 The story of a man who said he would stop the motor of the world--and did. This novel is the setting for the author's philosophy of objectivism.
The story of a man who said he would stop the motor of the world--and did. This novel is the setting for the author's philosophy of objectivism. English | score: 1 Ayn Rand's influential "story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world--and did"--P. [4] of cover. English | score: 1 "This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world--and did. Was he a destroyer or the greatest of liberators? Why did he have to fight his battle, not against his enemies, but against those who need him most, and his hardest battle against the woman he loved? What is the world's motor--and the motive power of every man? You will know the answer to these questions when you discover the reason behind the baffling events that play havoc with the lives of the characters in this story."--Book jacket. English | score: 1 This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the worldand did. In defense of those greatest of human qualities that have made civilization possible, he sets out to show what would happen to the world if all the heroes of innovation and industry went on strike. Is he a destroyer or a liberator? Why does he have to fight his battle not against his enemies but against those who need him most? Why does he fight his hardest battle against the woman he loves? The answers will be revealed once you discover the reason behind the baffling events that wreak havoc on the lives of the amazing men and women in this remarkable book. English | score: 1 Tremendous in scope, breathtaking in its suspense, ATLAS SHRUGGED is unlike any other book you have ever read. It is a mystery story, not about the murder of a man's body, but about the murder--the rebirth--of man's spirit. English | score: 1 "Story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world--and did... [Characters include] a productive genius... a great steel industrialist... a philosopher... a composer... a beautiful woman who ran a transcontinental railroad."-- p. [1]. English | score: 1 Summary: Here is the story of an intransigent young architect, Howard Roark, of his violent battle against a mindless status quo, and of his explosive love affair with a beautiful woman who worships him yet struggles to defeat him. In order to build his kind of buildings according to his own standards, Roark must fight against every variant of human corruption. English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 1 The tale is told largely from the point of view of Dagny, the beautiful, superlatively competent chief of operations for the nation's largest railroad, Taggart Transcontinental. The main story line is Dagny's quest to understand the cause underlying the seemingly inexplicable collapse of her railroad and industrial civilization and simultaneously, her tenacious, desperate search for two unknown men: one, the inventor of an abandoned motor so revolutionary that it could have changed the world; the other, a mysterious figure who, like some perverse kind of Pied Piper, seems purposefully bent on luring away from society its most able and talented people an unseen destroyer who, she believes, is "draining the brains of the world." A major subplot follows steel titan Hank Rearden in his spiritual quest to understand the unknown forces that are undermining his career and happiness, and turning his talents and energies toward his own destruction. In the shoes of Dagny and Rearden, we gradually learn the full explanation behind the startling events wreaking havoc in their world. With them, we come to discover that all the mysteries and strange events of the story proceed from a single philosophical cause and that Ayn Rand poses a provocative philosophical remedy for many of the moral and cultural crises of our own world. English | score: 1 The decisions of a few industrial leaders shake the roots of capitalism and reawaken man's awareness of himself as a heroic being, in a special unabridged edition of the seminal novel, first published in 1957. English | score: 1 The lives of a copper tycoon, a steel industrialist, an inventor, and a woman who runs a transcontinental railroad become intertwined in this objective story of an America ruined by false leaders and in which doers and builders are persecuted for earning large amounts of money. English | score: 1 This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world and did. Was he a destroyer or the greatest of liberators? English | score: 1 Tells the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world - and did. This title presents the mystery about the murder - and rebirth - of man's spirit. English | score: 1 Relates the author's philosophical beliefs concerning the murder and rebirth of man's spirit. English | score: 0 Pourquoi le monde semble-t-il se detraquer ?Pourquoi, sans raison apparente, un sentiment de desespoir et de frustration se repand-il partout ?Pourquoi, dans les pires moments, entend-on ce nom, sans visage et sans origine ? QUI EST JOHN GALT ? Atlas Shrugged a ete traduit en dix-sept langues et est le livre le plus influent aux Etats-Unis apres la Bible.Le voici enfin disponible en version poche. 1 alternate | French | Primary description for language | score: 2 Kun maailma jr̃kkyi on yksi maailmankirjallisuuden luetuimmista ja laajimmista romaaneista.Ayn Randin maailmankuulu dystopia sijoittuu epm̃r̃̃ĩseen tulevaisuuteen, jota leimaa pysh̃tyneisyyden ja nk̃a̲lattomuuden ilmapiiri. Koko amerikkalainen unelma uhkaa vaipua piittaamattomuuden suohon. Tt̃ ̃lohdutonta todellisuutta vastaan nousee taistelemaan Taggart Transcontinental -rautieyhtin̲ perijt̃r̃ Dagny Taggart, joka haluaa pelastaa perheyrityksens ̃ja samalla perinteisen amerikkalaisen itsekunnioituksen. Tehtṽ ̃ei ole helppo, sill ̃edes omasta perhe- ja ystṽp̃iirist ̃ei tunnu ly̲tyvñ ketñ̃, joka olisi sĩlyttñyt lapsuuden ja nuoruuden ihanteensa. Onnekseen hñ saa rinnalleen ters̃tehtailija Henry Reardenin, joka on Dagnyn tavoin valmis uhmaamaan vallitsevaa yhteiskunnallista ilmapiiri ̃ja siihen perustuvia rakenteita. Alkaa uskomaton yhteinen matka, joka luotaa syvl̃t ̃amerikkalaisia ja yleisinhimillisi ̃arvoja.?Kun amerikkalaisilta vuonna 1991 kysyttiin, mik ̃kirja on eniten vaikuttanut heidñ elm̃ñ̃s,̃ Atlas Shrugged nousi toiselle sijalle heti Raamatun jl̃keen. ?Kirja on kñ̃netty 29 kielelle, ja sit ̃on myyty yli yhdeksñ miljoonaa kappaletta. ?Tm̃ ̃tasan 60 vuotta sitten julkaistu Ayn Randin pt̃̃eos on osoittautunut jatkuvasti ajankohtaisuutensa, ja sit ̃myydñ̃ edelleen noin neljñnesmiljoonaa kappaletta vuosittain. [Elib] 1 alternate | Finnish | Primary description for language | score: 2 La rebelin de Atlas es una novela de misterio, pero, como dijo Ayn Rand, no sobre el asesinato del cuerpo de un hombre, sino sobre el asesinato --y el renacimiento-- del espritu humano. Es la historia de un hombre que dice que parar el motor del mundo, y lo hace. Obra cumbre de la gran defensora de la libertad individual frente a los excesos del Estado, en ella Rand expone cmo el declive de la competencia entre las grandes empresas, la desmoralizacin entre quienes deberan liderar la actividad econmica y creativa y la inercia del ciudadano comn conducen a la pobreza moral y material. Spanish | Primary description for language | score: 1 Esta es la historia de un hombre que dijo que iba a detener el motor del mundo, y lo hizo. ℗ Es un destructor o un libertador? ℗ Por qu©♭ tiene que luchar su batalla no contra sus enemigos, sino contra aquellos que lo necesitan? ℗ Por qu©♭ luchar contra su batalla m©Łs dura contra la mujer que ama? Usted aprender©Ł las respuestas a estas preguntas cuando se descubre la raz©đn detr©Łs de los acontecimientos desconcertantes que causan estragos en las vidas de los hombres y mujeres incre©Ưbles en este extraordinario libro. Tremendo en su alcance, impresionantes en su suspense, "Atlas se encogi©đ de hombros" es la obra magna de Ayn Rand, que lanz©đ una ideolog©Ưa y un movimiento. Con la publicaci©đn de esta obra en 1957, Rand gan©đ un instante despu©♭s y se convirti©đ en un fen©đmeno. "Atlas se encogi©đ de hombros" surgi©đ como una apolog©Ưa moral principal de Capitalismo, una defensa que tuvo un efecto electrizante en millones de lectores (y ahora oyentes) que nunca han escuchado el capitalismo defendido en t©♭rminos que no sean t©♭cnicos. Spanish | score: 1
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