Peopled by larger-than-life heroes and villains, charged with towering questions of good and evil, Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rand’s magnum opus: a philosophical revolution told in the form of an action thriller—nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.
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 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.
© 2009 Blackstone Publishing (Äänikirja): 9781483086729
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Äänikirja: 2. maaliskuuta 2009
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Peopled by larger-than-life heroes and villains, charged with towering questions of good and evil, Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rand’s magnum opus: a philosophical revolution told in the form of an action thriller—nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.
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 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.
© 2009 Blackstone Publishing (Äänikirja): 9781483086729
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Äänikirja: 2. maaliskuuta 2009
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Arviot perustuu 445 arvioon
Ajatuksia herättävä
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Viisas
Lataa sovellus niin voit osallistua keskusteluun ja kirjoittaa oman arviosi.
Arviot 3/445
Albert
27. heinäk. 2021
This book puts into words a number of values of human life that I’ve known since childhood in such a profound and understandable ways that made a grown man burst into tears.I give both the book and the recording 5/5 stars.
Henrik
23. syysk. 2020
Atlas Shrugged starts off slow, but after a drawn out opening begins to unfold into a story of conspiracies and political intrigue in the style of A Song of Ice and Fire. Unfortunately, it very soon falls back into the enormously drawn out slog that makes up most of the book.The story itself is intriguing, but this book could have easily been one third the length without losing anything substantial. Rand also seems to hate women: her main protagonist is a strong independent boss lady running the transportation company of which she's the most capable employee, and all but one of the spineless scheming antagonists are men. Despite this, the main character always immediately turns to the support, courage and intellect of men whenever she's faced with a problem outside her field, at the base level just wants to submit to all of them, and place herself in the kitchen.The narrator is good, but also draws out the reading. I recommend speeding it up by at least 10%.
Antti
18. marrask. 2021
Many things could be condesed
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