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Ayn Rand, Edward Herrmann
Atlas Shrugged
by Highbridge Audio (CD)

"Who is John Galt?" is the immortal question posed at the beginning of Ayn Rand's masterpiece. The answer is the astonishing story of a man who said he would stop the motor of the world—and did. As passionate as it is profound, Atlas Shrugged is one of the most influential novels of our time. In it, Rand dramatizes the main tenets of Objectivism, her philosophy of rational selfishness. She explores the ramifications of her radical thinking in a world that penalizes human intelligence and integrity. Part mystery, part thriller, part philosophical inquiry, part volatile love affair, Atlas Shrugged is the book that confirmed Ayn Rand as one of the most popular novelist and most respected thinkers of the 20th century.

James Thurber
The Thirteen Clocks
by New Millennium Audio (Audio Cassette)

How can anyone describe this book? It isn't a parable, a fairy story or a poem, but rather a mixture of all three. It is beautiful and it is comic. It is philosophical and it is cheery. What we suppose we are trying fumblingly to say is, in a word, that it is Thurber.There are only a few reasons why everybody has always wanted to read this kind of story, but they are basic:Everybody has always wanted to love a Princess.Everybody has always wanted to be a Prince.Everybody has always wanted the wicked Duke to be punished.Everybody has always wanted to live happily ever after.Too little of this kind of thing is going on in the world today. But all of it is going on valorously in The 13 Clocks.

C. S. Lewis
The Chronicles of Narnia
by HarperCollins (Paperback) (Release Date: 2001-10-02)

Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
by Scribner (Hardcover)

J.D. Salinger
The Catcher in the Rye
by Back Bay Books (Paperback)

Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Dial Press Trade Paperback (Paperback) (Release Date: 1999-01-12)

C. S. Lewis, Michael York
Mere Christianity
by Thomas Nelson (Audio Cassette)

This 20th century masterpiece of Christian apologetics, read by acclaimed actor Michael York, is one of C.S. Lewis' best-loved works. In this audio edition of Mere Christianity, believers and non-believers are provided an unequaled opportunity to hear a powerful and rational case for the Christian faith.

Chinua Achebe
Things Fall Apart
by Anchor Books (Paperback)

Niccolo Machiavelli
The Prince (Penguin Classics)
by Penguin Classics (Paperback)

This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women
by Macmillan Audio (CD) (Release Date: 2007-10-30)

Based on the NPR series of the same name, This I Believe features 80 Americans—from the famous to the unknown—completing the thought that begins with the book’s title. The pieces that make up the program compel listeners to re-think not only what and how they have arrived at their own personal beliefs, but also the extent to which they share them with others.Featuring a star-studded list of contributors that includes John McCain, Isabel Allende, and Colin Powell (as well as pieces from the original 1950’s series including Helen Keller and Jackie Robinson), the collection also contains essays by a Brooklyn lawyer, a woman who sells yellow pages advertising in Fort Worth, TX and a man who serves on the state of Rhode Island’s parole board. The result is a stirring, funny and always provocative trip inside the minds and hearts of a diverse group of Americans whose beliefs, and the incredibly varied ways in which they choose to express them, reveal the American spirit at ...

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