Ayn Rand: 49 books

De eeuwige bron van Ayan Rand is klassieke ideeënroman over creativiteit, politiek en macht. Ruim 75 jaar na verschijnen nog steeds actueel ‘Toen ik de roman voor het eerst las, werd ik gegrepen door de personages, stuk voor stuk mensen van vlees en bloed en tegelijkertijd larger than life....

“Those who want slavery should have the grace to name it by its proper name.” —Ayn Rand   In a dark, terrifying, and backwards future, people have no names and are taught never to think of themselves. Everything is subordinate to the all-powerful World Council. Individualism is illegal; as...

AYN RAND führt hier die moralischen Prinzipien des Objektivismus aus, der Philosophie, die das Leben des Menschen - das für ein rationales Wesen geeignete Leben - als Maßstab moralischer Werte ansieht und besagt, dass Altruismus unvereinbar mit der menschlichen Natur, den schöpferischen Anforderungen...

The controversial classic work of one individual's will versus the subjugation of society-now available as a compelling graphic novel. In all that was left of humanity there was only one man who dared to think, seek, and love. He, Equality 7-2521, would place his life in jeopardy. For his knowledge...

The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack selects 25 more modern and classic science fiction stories, by talented authors new and old. Authors in this volume include: Mary A. Turzillo, E.C. Tubb, Murray Leinster, Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Jason Andrew, Henry Kuttner, Cynthia Ward, George H. Scithers...

ANTHEM By Ayn Rand Synopsis Anthem is written by Ayn Rand, A Russian born American novelist with multifaceted personalities as philosopher, screenwriter and playwright. Before moving her career to non-fiction works, she had written many novels including her best sellers “The Fountainhead ” and...

Anthem is Ayn Rand’s classic tale of a dystopian future of the great “We”—a world that deprives individuals of a name or independence—that anticipates her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. They existed only to serve the state. They were conceived in controlled...

Van de auteur van De eeuwige bron. `Wie is John Galt? Met deze raadselachtige vraag begint De kracht van Atlantis (Atlas Shrugged). De economie van de Verenigde Staten heeft te lijden doordat steeds meer succesvolle industriëlen op mysterieuze wijze verdwijnen, terwijl de overheid behoefte...

Dieses Buch präsentiert die Hauptaussagen von Ayn Rands Philosophie „für alle, die eine integrierte Weltanschauung suchen“. Der Titelessay analysiert die westliche Kultur, diskutiert die Ursachen ihres Verlaufs, ihres Niedergangs, ihres gegenwärtigen Bankrotts und zeigt den Weg zu einer intellektuellen...

In den 1960er Jahren trat die Industrie- und Technikfeindlichkeit der Linken zum ersten Mal offen zutage. Unter den namhaften Denkern dieser Zeit trat nur Ayn Rand der Flut des Nihilismus entgegen - im Namen von Vernunft, Individualismus und Laissez-faire-Kapitalismus. Der politische Siegeszug der "Hippies"...

Upon original submission of “Anthem” to Macmillan publishing the book was rejected on grounds that “the author does not understand socialism.” For the harshest of Ayn Rand’s critics this might as well be an analysis of all her work. However, for those who revere Rand’s work and subscribe...

A collection of essays that sets forth the moral principles of Objectivism, Ayn Rand's controversial, groundbreaking philosophy. Since their initial publication, Rand's fictional works—Anthem, The Fountainhead, and *Atlas Shrugged—*have had a major impact on the intellectual scene. The...

The revolutionary literary vision that sowed the seeds of Objectivism, Ayn Rand's groundbreaking philosophy, and brought her immediate worldwide acclaim. This modern classic is the story of intransigent young architect Howard Roark, whose integrity was as unyielding as granite...of Dominique...

Anthem was written by Ayn Rand and first published in 1938. In Anthem, Rand examines a frightening future in which individuals have no name, no independence, and no values. Equality 7-2521 lives in the dark ages of the future where all decisions are made by committee, all people live in collectives,...