In 1958, Ayn Rand, already the world-famous author of such bestselling books as Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, gave a private series of extemporaneous lectures in her own living room on the art of fiction. Tore Boeckmann and Leonard Peikoff for the first time now bring readers the edited transcript of these exciting personal statements. The ...
Love is wild, wonderful, irrational and passionate. This book is a collection of creative essays that combine a mix of science, psychology, personal insight and passionate stories focused on the chemistry of lasting love. The authors explore a wealth of topics on the subject including the difference between falling and staying in love; the nature ...
This delightful audiobook is a collection of creative essays that combine a remarkable mix of science, psychology, personal insight, and passionate stories focused on the chemistry of lasting love. The authors explore a wealth of topics on the subject, including the difference between falling and staying in love; the nature of soul mates; how men ...
Rand's lectures take listeners step by step through the writing process. From preparing an outline to polishing a draft to mastering an individual writing style, this crucial resource introduces the ideas of one of our most enduring authors to a new generation.
Psychologist Cheryl Dellasega presents a collection of personal essays in which mothers explore how they dealt with the sometimes difficult teenage years of their daughters.
Beautiful, accomplished, and famous, Charles and Anne Lindbergh became some of the 20th century's first and most tenaciously pursued media celebrities. This biography tells the story of the Lindberghs' flight from fame from the perspective of the wife, who largely gave up her dreams of living the quiet life of a writer to marry Charles. The book ...
The author evaluates the casualties of the war on terror in this story of pre-emptive imprisonment for an act of terrorism never committed, of a terrorist cell that may not even have been a cell.
In The Art of Fiction, Ayn Rand, the legendary author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, discusses how a writer combines abstract ideas with concrete action and description to achieve a unity of theme, plot, characterization, and style.
Most get-rich books are gimmicky. They focus on one artificial technique like cutting out lattes that will supposedly make you a millionaire (in thirty years, maybe). But for many of us, the enormity of the challenge leads to fear, confusion, frustration, and failure. What if there was a "no fear" path to success that allowed you to use what you ...
It's Nancy Grace versus the criminal justice system, as the former prosecutor, who has hosted shows on Court TV and CNN, comes down hard on what she sees as the circus-like atmosphere of celebrity trials, which tips the scales of justice unfairly in favor of those with money and fame. Looking at trials she reported on--including those of Jayson ...
The rumor of the flood to come was too terrible to be true, and like most, Re Jana does not believe it. How could a God -- anyone's god -- determine who deserves to lie and who to die?
The Basket of Flowers centers on a gardener and his young daughter. Wrongfully accused of theft, they maintain their innocence throughout their trial, conviction, and sentence. Their constant demeanor and unchanging attitude are a source of substantial encouragement to listeners.
It's Nancy Grace versus the criminal justice system, as the former prosecutor, who has hosted shows on Court TV and CNN, comes down hard on what she sees as the circus-like atmosphere of celebrity trials, which tips the scales of justice unfairly in favor of those with money and fame. Looking at trials she reported on--including those of Jayson ...
The Basket of Flowers centers on a gardener and his young daughter. Wrongfully accused of theft, they maintain their innocence throughout their trial, conviction, and sentence. Their constant demeanor and unchanging attitude are a source of substantial encouragement to listeners.
While scouting locations for a film documentary in Arizona, private investigator Lena Jones discovers the mutilated body of a young girl. As the death toll mounts, Lena is tempted to implement some frontier justice of her own.
Priscilla Buckley gives us a glimpse into her life as a fledgling journalist in New York during the war in Europe and later at the Paris Bureau of United Press. String of Pearls is a knowing and delightful look at a demanding, sometimes heartbreaking, and always vibrant period.
Someone has killed a former seminary student and left his corpse under the glorious mountain pines. The local police dont have a prayer, but perhaps a contemplative nun with a God-given gift for sleuthing can help
This is the first in a truly unique series of historical action-adventure novels: Michael. Sometimes, in history, things worked out for the best against all odds. Maybe Somebody intervened on the side of the correct path - even when we didn't know what that path was. But to intervene in the affairs of human beings without disrupting civilization ...
Once there were great magicians born to the Maghuin Dhonn, the folk of the Brown Bear, the oldest tribe in Alba. But generations ago, the greatest of them all broke a sacred oath sworn in the name of all his people. Now, only small gifts remain to them. Through her lineage, Moirin possesses such gifts---the ability to summon the twilight and ...
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