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Ayn Rand (1905–1982)

Author of Atlas Shrugged

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Ayn Rand, 1905 - 1982 Novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand was born Alice Rosenbaum on February 2, 1905 in St. Petersburg, Russia. She graduated with highest honors in history from the University of Petrograd in 1924, and she came to the United States in 1926 with dreams of becoming a screenwriter. In 1929, she married actor Charles "Frank" O'Connor. After arriving in Hollywood, Rand was spotted by Cecil B. DeMille standing at the gate of his studio and gave her a job as an extra in King of Kings. She also worked as a script reader and a wardrobe girl and, in 1932, she sold Red Pawn to Universal Studios. In the 1950's, she returned to New York City where she hosted a Saturday night group she called "the collective." It was also during this time that Rand received a fan letter from a young man, Nathaniel Branden. She was impressed with his letter, and she wrote him back. Her correspondence with him eventually led to an affair that lasted over a decade. He became her chief spokesperson and codified the principles of her novels into a strict philosophical system (objectivism) and founded an institute bearing his name. Their affair ended in 1968 when Branden got involved with another one of Rand's disciples. According to Rand, people are inherently selfish and act only out of personal interest making a selfish act, a rational one. It is from this belief that her characters play out their lives. Rand's first novel was "We the Living" (1936) and was followed by "Anthem" (1938), "The Fountainhead" (1943), and "Atlas Shrugged" (1957). All four of her novels made the top ten of the controversial list of the 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century. On March 6, 1982, Ayn Rand died in her New York City apartment. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Atlas Shrugged… (more)
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Works by Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged 21,930 copies, 387 reviews
The Fountainhead 18,827 copies, 259 reviews
Anthem 10,357 copies, 208 reviews
We the Living 4,060 copies, 44 reviews
The Virtue of Selfishness 2,471 copies, 25 reviews
For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand 1,276 copies, 8 reviews
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, with Additional Articles By Nathaniel… (Author) 1,197 copies, 9 reviews
Philosophy: Who Needs It 1,000 copies, 9 reviews
The Romantic Manifesto: A Philosophy of Literature (second revised… 891 copies, 11 reviews
Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology: Expanded Second Edition 674 copies, 10 reviews
Night of January 16th 601 copies, 8 reviews
The Early Ayn Rand: Revised Edition: A Selection From Her Unpublished… 561 copies, 7 reviews
The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z 394 copies, 3 reviews
The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought 391 copies, 5 reviews
The Art of Fiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers 359 copies, 4 reviews
The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution 334 copies, 5 reviews
The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution 288 copies, 1 review
The Art of Nonfiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers 285 copies, 5 reviews
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal (original 1966 edition) 259 copies, 3 reviews
The Journals of Ayn Rand 237 copies, 2 reviews
Letters of Ayn Rand 177 copies, 3 reviews
The Ayn Rand Reader 164 copies
Ayn Rand Answers: The Best of Her Q & A 141 copies, 2 reviews
Ayn Rand Box Set: Atlas Shrugged/ The Fountainhead 134 copies, 2 reviews
The Romantic Manifesto: A Philosophy of Literature (original edition,… 134 copies
Ideal 104 copies, 1 review
Three Plays 94 copies
The Ayn Rand Column: Written for the Los Angeles Times 63 copies, 1 review
Atlas Shrugged: Part One (Author) 49 copies
The Fountainhead [1949 film] (Screenwriter/Original novel; Original book) 48 copies, 1 review
Atlas Shrugged {Highbridge Classics abridged edition} 44 copies, 2 reviews
Ayn Rand's Marginalia : Her Critical Comments on the Writings of over… 44 copies, 2 reviews
The Objectivist Newsletter: 1962-1965 44 copies, 1 review
The Objectivist: 1966-1971 42 copies, 1 review
Ayn Rand Letter 1971-1976 42 copies, 1 review
Why Businessmen Need Philosophy 38 copies, 2 reviews
The Ayn Rand Sampler 33 copies
Atlas Shrugged (Volume 1 of 2) 26 copies
Atlas Shrugged (Volume 2 of 2) 22 copies, 1 review
The Fountainhead [abridged audiobook] 22 copies
Russian Writings on Hollywood 19 copies
Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt? [2014 film] (Author) 18 copies
Il tema. La rivolta di Atlante 18 copies
Ayn Rand: The Playboy Interviews 15 copies
The Objectivism Research CD Rom: The Works of Ayn Rand 13 copies, 2 reviews
Hymn 11 copies
L'uomo che apparteneva alla terra. La rivolta di Atlante 11 copies
Atlas Shrugged (Unabridged) Volume 3 of 3 10 copies
The Unconquered: With another, earlier adaptation of We the Living 10 copies
L'Atlantide. La rivolta di Atlante 10 copies
We The Living and Anthem 9 copies
Textbook of Americanism 9 copies
AYN RAND FOR THE NEW INTELLECTUAL 8 copies
A New Textbook of Americanism: The Politics of Ayn Rand 7 copies, 1 review
The Fountainhead / Anthem / We the Living / Atlas Shrugged 7 copies
Glossary of Objectivist Definitions: With Additional Entries 7 copies, 1 review
Atlas Shrugged Pt. 1 (Russian translation) 7 copies, 2 reviews
Los que vivimos, Vol I 5 copies
A Revolta de Atlas - V.3 5 copies, 2 reviews
A Revolta de Atlas - V.2 5 copies, 1 review
Ο Άτλας επαναστάτησε: Η αντίφαση 5 copies
כמעין המתגבר 5 copies
The Intellectual Bankruptcy of our Age 5 copies
Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World 5 copies
The Forgotten Man of Socialized Medicine: The Doctor 5 copies
"Man's Rights" and "The Nature of Government" 5 copies
Atlas Shrugged (Unabridged) Volume 1 of 3 4 copies
Notes on the history of American free enterprise 4 copies
In defense of Capitalism: Newspaper Commentary from the Ayn Rand Institute… 4 copies
Environmentalism: The Anti-Industrial Revolution 4 copies
The Ayn Rand Library: A Selection from Her Unpublished Fiction: The Early… 4 copies
Ben 3 copies
The Morality of Individualism (Russian Translation) 3 copies
The Fountainhead Pt. 2 (Greek translation) 3 copies
Conservatism: An Obituary 3 copies
The End of the Road 3 copies
Kildens utspring 2 3 copies
The Objectivist Ethics 3 copies
Förnuft, egoism, kapitalism och en romantisk livskänsla : texter… 3 copies
Atlas Shrugged (Unabridged) Volume 2 of 3 3 copies
The Moral Factor 3 copies
Papers of Ayn Rand 3 copies, 1 review
Global Balkanization 3 copies
¡Vivir! 3 copies
Man's Rights: The Nature of Governmant 3 copies
The Objectivist (August 1970) 2 copies
The Objectivist Vol 9 No 6 2 copies
Atlas Shrugged, Part 2 (Russian Translation) 2 copies
Atlas Shrugged, Part 3 (Czech Translation) 2 copies
The Fascist New Frontier 2 copies
The Objectivist Vol 9 No 7 2 copies
The Objectivist Vol 7 No 7 2 copies
The Objectivist Vol 9 No 12 2 copies
The Objectivist Vol 6 No 7 2 copies
Yasamak Istiyorum-We The Living 2 copies
ANTHEM [The Freeman, Volume III, Number 1] 2 copies
The Objectivist Vol 9 No 11 2 copies
The Meaning of Money 2 copies
Capitalism vs. Communism 2 copies
The Objectivist Vol 6 No 1 2 copies
Red Pawn 2 copies
Is Atlas Shrugging? 2 copies
Атлант расправил плечи 2 copies, 1 review
Cultural Update 2 copies
Ayn Rand (Tapes) 2 copies
The Objectivist. Vols.5-10, 1966-1971 2 copies
The Objectivist 2 copies
Out of this World (Signet Books) 2 copies
The Fountainhead (vol. 1 of 2) 2 copies
The Fountainhead, Pt. 1 (Russian Translation) 2 copies
The Fountainhead (vol. 2 of 2) 2 copies
What is Capitalism? 2 copies
Screen Guide for Americans 2 copies
America's persecuted minority: big business 2 copies
Rare Recording of Ayn Rand, A 1 copy
This is John Galt speaking 1 copy
The Fountainhead[FOUNTAINHEAD CENTENNIAL/E][Hardcover] 1 copy
The Collected Works of Ayn Rand 1 copy
Voice of Reason, The: Essays in Objectivist Thought 1 copy
Kapitalizm: Bilinmeyen Ideal 1 copy
Источник 1 copy
Ego 1 copy
The Fountainhead[FOUNTAINHEAD CENTENNIAL/E][Prebound] 1 copy
El manantial - Tomo II 1 copy
Para el nuevo intelectual 1 copy
Der freie Mensch: Die zeitgemäße Übersetzung von Atlas… 1 copy
Atlas Shrugged Trilogy (3 DVD) 1 copy
The Zurau Aphorisms 1 copy
John Galt's speech (don't read the whole book, just the speech) 1 copy
REVOLTA E ATLASIT V.I 1 copy
Revolta e Atlasit Vol.2 1 copy
BURIMI I JETES 1 copy
"Our Esthetic Vacuum" ("The Esthetic Vacuum of Our Age") 1 copy
REVOLTA E ATLASIT V.II 1 copy
The Objectivist (August 1971) 1 copy
Gimn: [: ] 1 copy
The Objectivist (December 1970) 1 copy
The Objectivist (July 1970) 1 copy
The Objectivist (September 1970) 1 copy
The Objectivist (October 1970) 1 copy
The Objectivist (June 1970) 1 copy
The Objectivist (May 1970) 1 copy
The Objectivist (January 1970) 1 copy
The Objectivist (February 1970) 1 copy
The Objectivist (March 1970) 1 copy
The Objectivist (April 1970) 1 copy
The Objectivist (November 1970) 1 copy
The Objectivist (January 1971) 1 copy
The Objectivist (September 1971) 1 copy
REVOLTA E ATLASIT V.III 1 copy
The Objectivist (Volumes 7-8) 1 copy
The Objectivist (Volumes 5-6) 1 copy
The Objectivist (July 1971) 1 copy
The Objectivist (June 1971) 1 copy
The Objectivist (February 1971) 1 copy
The Objectivist (March 1971) 1 copy
The Objectivist (April 1971) 1 copy
The Objectivist (May 1971) 1 copy
A Revolta de Atlas (Atlas Shrugged) - 3 Volumes (Em Portugues Do Brasil)… 1 copy
Источник (The Fountainhead) (Russian Edition) 1 copy
The Romantic Manifesto 1 copy
Philosophy: Who Needs It 1 copy
HIMN 1 copy
Obras completas 1 copy
源泉（下） 1 copy
Atlas Shrugged [TWO VOLS) 1 copy
Atlas Shrugged, Vol. 3/5 (Korean Edition) 1 copy
Velicanstveni Izvor, Knjiga I Peter Keating (The Fountainhead Pt. 1,… 1 copy
Velicanstveni Izvor, Knjiga II Ellsworth M. Toohey (The Fountainhead Pt.… 1 copy
Velicanstveni Izvor, Knjiga IV Howard Roark (The Fountainhead Pt. 4,… 1 copy
Velicanstveni Izvor, Knjiga III Gail Wynand (The Fountainhead Pt. 3,… 1 copy
Advertisement for: Nous Les Vivants (We the Living, French translation),… 1 copy
The Objectivist Magazine Volume 7 Number 10 October 1968 1 copy
The Roots of War 1 copy
The New Fascism: Rule by Consensus from Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal… 1 copy
一月十六日夜 (Three Plays, Chinese Translation) 1 copy
The Sanction of the Victim (1981) [VHS] 1 copy
Haalt Atlas zijn schouders op? / Deel 1 / Dr. Hendrickx / Gezondheidszorg… 1 copy
Ayn Rand Complete Works vol. 1 1 copy
Atlas Shrugged, Vol. 5/5 (Korean Edition) 1 copy
Atlas Shrugged, Vol. 4/5 (Korean Edition) 1 copy
De Stem Van De Rede, Volume 1, Nummer 2 1 copy
Ayn Rand, Signet Gift Pack (7 Volumes) 1 copy
Good Copy 1 copy
The Objectivist, Volume 6, Number 12, December 1967 1 copy
The Objectivist, Volume 7, Number 1, January 1968 1 copy
Five by Ayn Rand: The Fountainhead, Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, For the… 1 copy
The Rational Faculty 1 copy
Think Twice 1 copy
The Husband I Bought 1 copy
Escort 1 copy
De Stem Van De Rede, Volume 1, Nummer 1 1 copy
Her Second Career 1 copy
The fountainhead: Screenplay 1 copy
Playboy's Interview with Ayn Rand, Global Balkanization, and The… 1 copy
The Objectivist, Vol. 8, No. 4, April 1969 (Nazi Politics (III) By Leonard… 1 copy
The Moratorium on Brains 1 copy
QUOTABLE AYN RAND: An A to Z Glossary of Quotations from Ayn Rand 1 copy
Enduring Questions Dupl. 1 copy
Kildens utspring 1 1 copy
The Fountainhead -- Early Printing 1 copy
Kun den stærke er fri - Bind 1 1 copy
A Revolta de Atlas O homem que queria parar o motor do mundo - Volume 3 1 copy
AYN RAND Compatible with Atlas Shrugged 1957 Random House FIRST PRINTING… 1 copy
Introducción a la epistemología objetivista 1 copy
Ailenin Tarihi 1 copy
Ctnost sobectví : nové pojetí egoismu 1 copy
REBELION DE ATLAS, LA / ATLAS SHRUGGED 1 copy
Ayn Rand Boxed Set: We the Living, Anthem, The Fountainhead, Atlas… 1 copy
Ayn Rand: Objectivism in Brief 1 copy
Meaning of Money 1 copy
Apollo and Dionysis 1 copy
Vtg Ayn Rand / The Fountainhead / Early Printing with errors /… 1 copy
3 Titles By Ayn Rand: "We the Living," "The Virtue of Selfishness,"… 1 copy
源泉（上） 1 copy
Kun den stærke er fri - Bind 2 1 copy
Atlas Shrugged, Vol. 2/5 (Korean Edition) 1 copy
La Source Vive I- Dominique : La Source Vive II- Howard Roark 1 copy
the Objectivist, Vols, 8-10 1 copy
El manantial, Tomo I 1 copy
El manantial, Tomo II 1 copy
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life 1 copy
Los que vivimos, Vol II 1 copy
The Objectivist Newsletter, Vols. 1-4 1 copy
The Objectivist, Vols. 8-10 1 copy
Sanction of the Victims 1 copy
Atlas Shrugged, Vol. 1/5 (Korean Edition) 1 copy
Ayn Rand and the "New Intellectual" 1 copy
Ayn Rand Interviewed by Tom Snyder of the Tomorrow Show 1 copy
The Brian Drain - Side A 1 copy
The Money-Making Personality - Side B 1 copy
Fiction Writing Excerpt Tape 1 copy
Ayn Rand's Lectures on Fiction Writing - Sample from Lecture One 1 copy
ATLAS SHRUGGED, FOUNTAINHEAD, WE THE LIVING, AND THE VIRTUE OF SELFISHNESS… 1 copy
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The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature (Contributor) 168 copies, 2 reviews
The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack (Contributor) 67 copies, 2 reviews
Calumet "K" (Introduction, some editions) 59 copies, 1 review
Ayn Rand's Anthem: The Graphic Novel (Original author) 54 copies, 2 reviews
Dystopia: A Collection of Early Dystopian Novels (6 Classic Novels and 1… (Contributor) 5 copies
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