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Having also read a biography about ayn rand it is clear that there is a semi autobiographical aspect to those parts. Is sexual passion an exalted spiritual virtue or a dirty, animalistic vice. This book change the lives of those who enter in contact with it and, most of the time, for the better. Download and keep this book for free with a 30 day trial. Atlas shrugged is a long story, which presents ayn rand s theory of objectivism through a number of speeches and discussions, but it also has a great fictional narrative that goes along side it. Is the pursuit of profit a noble enterprise or the root of all evil. 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. Peopled by largerthanlife heroes and villains, charged with towering questions of good and evil, atlas shrugged is ayn rand s masterpiece. Christopher hurts vocal interpretative reading brings rands work to life. Tremendous in scope and breathtaking in its suspense, atlas shrugged is ayn rand s magnum opus, which launched an ideology and a movement. Tremendous in scope, breathtaking in its suspense, atlas shrugged is ayn rands magnum opus and launched an ideology and a movement.
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