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Atlas Shrugged
By Ayn Rand
The incomparable novel about the men of the mind on strike against the creed of self-sacrifice.
Ayn Rand's epochal novel, first published in 1957, has been a continual bestseller as well as an
intellectual landmark. It 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?
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 Terminal tunnels.
Peopled by larger-than-life heroes and villains, charged with towering questions of good and evil,
Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rand's masterpiece. It is a philosophical revolution told in the form
of an action thriller … more
Available formats:
Paperback Centennial Edition: $8.99 $7.95
Softcover: $25.00 $15.45
Softcover Centennial Edition: $26.00 $16.95
Hardcover Centennial Edition: $39.95 $25.95
Also available: CD Audiobook and
MP3 CD Audiobook.
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Clearance sale on ARC Lecture Series products!
The Ayn Rand Bookstore is pleased to announce a clearance sale on all ARC Lecture Series recordings, while supplies last.
In order to clear out our existing supplies, we are cutting on DVD prices to $10.95 (regular price $18.95), and we are cutting
Audio CD prices to $8.95 (regular price $16.95). A few audiocassette and VHS recordings of ARC Lecture Series events remain available
as well; these are priced at $5.95 and $7.95 respectively.
Sale prices will remain effective until all of our ARC Lecture Series products are sold out.
All of our ARC Lecture Series products can be found in the ARC Lecture Series
product category, which is always visible in the left-hand navigation pane of this site. For more information,
please contact us at 800-729-6149.
Browse all ARC Lecture Series sale items
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Understanding the Arab-Israeli Conflict
By Elan Journo
For many decades Israel and its Arab-Muslim neighbors have been locked in a fierce conflict. This course offers a
historical and political account of that conflict. Topics discussed include: What's the dispute about? Who are Israel's
adversaries—the Palestinians? the bordering Arab nations? both? How should the adversaries, and their respective
claims, be judged? How has this conflict shaped, and been shaped by, ideological trends in the Middle
East? … more
(4 hrs., 28 min., with Q & A)
More info:
Audio CD; 4-CD set: $60.95
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Atlas Shrugged on the Role of the Mind in Man's Existence
By Greg Salmieri
Ayn Rand identified "The role of the mind in man's existence" as the theme of Atlas Shrugged. In this talk, Dr.
Salmieri discusses two essential aspects of this role as they are dramatized in the novel. First, the mind, or reason,
is the faculty that makes possible the production of the material values we need to survive. Second, as the faculty by
which we conceive and pursue the values that give meaning and direction to our lives, reason is the spirit or soul. Dr.
Salmieri relates both aspects of reason's role to Ayn Rand's definition of reason as the faculty that "identifies and
integrates the material provided by man's senses" … more
(87 min., with Q & A)
More info:
Audio CD; 2-CD set: $21.45
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The Separation of Church and State
By Onkar Ghate
With religion on the rise in America, maintaining the separation of church and state is a pressing issue. This talk examines
some of the history behind contemporary arguments about the principle of separating religion from government. Dr. Ghate
explains how the principle is under attack today and why Americans are increasingly unable to mount a tenable defense.
Finally, Dr. Ghate sketches what a proper, philosophical argument for the separation of church and state looks
like … more
(86 min., with Q & A)
More info:
Audio CD; 2-CD set: $20.95
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The Ayn Rand Photo Series Set 15:
Ayn Rand and Dance
As the latest installment from the Ayn Rand Photo Series, the Ayn Rand Bookstore presents "Ayn Rand and Dance,"
a set of four high-quality images shows scenes of dance and dancers. The relation of each photo to Ayn Rand is
described in a caption description with historical background, written by Michael S. Berliner.
These prints are reproduced in high resolution on high-quality photographic paper. They are suitable for either
framing or collecting in a special Ayn Rand Photo Series Collector's Album, also available from the Ayn Rand
Bookstore.
More info:
Photo Set 15: Ayn Rand and Dance: $19.95
» View the complete list of available photo sets
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Free Minds and Free Markets
By Peter Schwartz
"A free mind and a free market are corollaries," Ayn Rand writes. What is the full meaning of a free mind? Why does
force negate a conceptual consciousness? And what is the resulting connection between the value of reason and the
value of freedom and capitalism? This lecture shows why a proper defense of the free market not only requires, but
is, a defense of the free mind … more
(88 min., with Q & A)
More info:
Audio CD; 2-CD set: $21.75
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The Financial Crisis: What Happened and Why
By Yaron Brook
Dr. Brook describes the actual evolution of the crisis, from the government policies that gave rise to it to the unprecedented
expansion of government control over the economy that has followed. He describes the respective roles of the Federal Reserve,
government housing policy, and regulation of financial markets in creating the crisis. Dr. Brook places special emphasis on
illustrating how this crisis is an example of the Austrian economists' business cycle theory.
Dr. Brook's powerful conclusion is that the financial crisis, in all its complexity, is at root the product of government
force … more
(4 hrs., 29 min., with Q & A)
More info:
Audio CD; 6-CD set: $24.95
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Objectivist Corporate Culture Is a Durable Competitive Advantage
By Wayne Fortun
Long-term business success requires an organization to develop a durable competitive advantage—one that offers
unique value to the marketplace and differentiates one's product from the competition.
This lecture shows how the Objectivist philosophy, with its key virtues, is the only foundation that nurtures a
reality-based, value-oriented culture—a culture that maintains personal and corporate integrity in a demanding
market and at the same time satisfies Wall Street … more
(83 min., with Q & A)
More info:
Audio CD; 2-CD set: $20.25
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No Tributes to Caesar: Good or Evil in Atlas Shrugged
By Tara Smith
This lecture examines the mutually exclusive nature of the life or death alternative as presented in Atlas
Shrugged. By probing what it takes to truly love one’s life and what it means to accept the death premise,
it validates Francisco’s claim that a man’s existence permits “no tributes to Caesar.” This explains the heroes’
seemingly “harsh” actions, as well as the “extreme” do-or-die necessity of absolutism in
ethics … more
(84 min., with Q & A)
More info:
Audio CD; 2-CD set: $20.45
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Principled Leadership
By John Allison
A number of the critical problems we are facing today are the result of failed leadership in all types of organizations.
In this talk, BB&T; chairman and former CEO John Allison outlines how the Objectivist virtues are the foundation for principled
leadership and organizational success. He discusses how a corporate philosophy based on the Objectivist virtues has been the
fundamental source of BB&T;'s success, and shows how to communicate these virtues to different
audiences … more
(92 min., with Q & A)
More info:
Audio CD; 2-CD set: $22.95
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Back in stock!
La Rebelion de Atlas
By Ayn Rand
The Spanish translation of Atlas Shrugged is back at the Ayn Rand Bookstore—and with it, a new selection of
softcover titles in Spanish. Plus, for the first time ever, we are pleased to offer El Nuevo Intelectual—the
Spanish edition of For the New Intellectual.
Softcover: $19.95
Also available:
El Manantial (The Fountainhead)
Softcover: $17.95
Himno (Anthem)
NEW Softcover: $9.95
Hardcover: $19.95
Los Que Vivimos (We the Living)
NEW Softcover: $14.95
Hardcover: $34.95
El Nuevo Intelectual (For the New Intellectual)
NEW Softcover: $12.95
Filosofía: Quién la Necesita (Philosophy: Who Needs It)
NEW Softcover: $14.95
Hardcover: $24.95
La Virtud del Egoismo (The Virtue of Selfishness)
NEW Softcover: $12.95
Hardcover: $28.95
Capitalismo: El Ideal Desconocido (Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal)
NEW Hardcover: $14.95
Hardcover: $26.95
El Manifiesto Romántico (The Romantic Manifesto)
NEW Softcover: $12.95
Hardcover: $22.95
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Ayn Rand Fiction Boxed Sets
Boxed sets of Ayn Rand's two greatest novels, in paperback or softcover binding, are now available. Perfect as a gift,
or as a handsome addition to your personal library.
The Fountainhead
By Ayn Rand
An intransigently independent architect refuses to compromise his standards in work and in life.
The Fountainhead is an uncompromising examination of the virtue of individualism.
Atlas Shrugged
By Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand's epochal novel, first published in 1957, has been a continual bestseller as well as an intellectual landmark.
It 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?
Available binding:
Paperback: $18.98 $12.90
Softcover: $48.00 $30.90
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Now on DVD!
We the Living
By Ayn Rand
Directed by Goffredo Alessandrini
New DVD special features include "We the Living, a Lost Treasure Recovered"—a documentary
about the making and recovery of the film.
First produced in fascist Italy during World War II, this is the painstakingly restored film version of Ayn Rand's
novel We the Living. She did virtually all the major (esthetic and philosophical) re-editing. The result,
she later said, was far superior to what Hollywood would ever have allowed … more
(2-DVD set with bonus features; 174 min.; B&W; Italian with English subtitles)
DVD: $39.95
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Nothing Less than Victory
By John Lewis
Preorder now for expected delivery in February 2009
The goal of a war is to defeat an enemy's will to fight. But how this can be accomplished is a thorny issue.
Nothing Less than Victory provocatively shows that aggressive, strategic military offenses can win wars and establish
lasting peace, while defensive maneuvers have often led to prolonged carnage, indecision, and
stalemate … more
Softcover: $29.95
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Winning the Unwinnable War
Editor and lead contributor Elan Journo
Additional essays by Yaron Brook and Alex Epstein
The message of the essays in this thematic collection is that only by radically re-thinking our foreign policy in the Middle
East can we achieve victory over the enemy that attacked us on 9/11. We need a new moral foundation for our Mideast policy.
That new starting point for U.S. policy is the moral ideal championed by Ayn Rand: rational self-interest. Implementing this
approach entails objectively defining our national interest as protecting the lives and freedoms of Americans—and then
taking principled action to safeguard them. The book lays out the necessary steps for achieving victory and for securing
America's long-range interests in the volatile Middle East … more
Softcover; 250 pages: $27.95 $18.75
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Essays on Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged"
Edited by Robert Mayhew
This is the first scholarly study of Atlas Shrugged, covering in detail the historical, literary, and philosophical
aspects of Ayn Rand's magnum opus. Topics explored in depth include the history behind the novel's creation, publication, and
reception; its nature as a romantic novel; and its presentation of a radical new
philosophy … more
Softcover; 536 pages: $32.95
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Objectively Speaking: Ayn Rand Interviewed
Edited by Marlene Podritske and Peter Schwartz
Half a century of print and broadcast interviews of Ayn Rand are included in Objectively Speaking. This collection
includes print interviews from the 1930s and 1940s, and edited transcripts of radio and television interviews from the
1950s through 1981. Ayn Rand's unusual and strikingly original insights on a vast range of topics are captured by prominent
interviewers in American broadcasting, such as Johnny Carson, Edwin Newman, Mike Wallace and Louis Rukeyser. A remarkable
series of radio interviews over a four-year period at Columbia University are also included. An appendix provides a
transcript of a radio program of Leonard Peikoff discussing Ayn Rand's unique intellectual and literary
achievements … more
(276 pages)
More info:
Softcover: $29.95
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The Objective Standard
A Journal of Culture and Politics
Subscriptions are now available through the Ayn Rand Bookstore
From the publisher:
"The Objective Standard is a quarterly journal of culture and politics based on the idea that for every human
concern—from personal matters to foreign policy, from the sciences to the arts, from education to
legislation—there are demonstrably objective standards by reference to which we can assess what is true or
false, good or bad, right or wrong. The purpose of the journal is to analyze and evaluate ideas, trends, events,
and policies accordingly.
"We maintain that the standards of both knowledge and value derive from the facts of reality; that truth is
discovered only by means of reason, i.e., through observation and logic; that the factual requirements of man's
life on earth determine his moral values; that the selfish pursuit of one's own life-serving goals is virtuous;
and that individual rights are moral principles defining the fundamental requirements of a civilized society.
"We stand opposed to the notion that the standards of knowledge and value are not factual but subjective
(feeling-based) or other-worldly (faith-based); that truth is ultimately dictated by majority opinion or a
"supernatural" being's will; that democratic consensus or "God's word" determines what is moral; that sacrifice
for the common good or in obedience to "God's commands" is virtuous; and that rights are social conventions or
"divine decrees."
"In stark contrast to these philosophic approaches, ours is a philosophy of reality, reason, egoism, and laissez-faire
capitalism. In a word, we uphold Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand, and it serves as our frame of reference
in analyzing the cultural and political issues of the day."
[more info]
Subscription options:
Individual rates
Print & Online (Shipping within USA): $59.00
Print & Online (Canada or Mexico): $74.00
Print & Online (Other International): $79.00
Online Only (anywhere): $49.00
Student rates
Print & Online (Shipping within USA): $49.00
Print & Online (Canada or Mexico): $64.00
Print & Online (Other International): $69.00
Online Only (anywhere): $39.00
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