Penguin Books Australia

The astounding story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world-and did.  Tremendous in scope breathtaking in its suspense, Atlas Shrugged is unlike any other book you have ever read.  It is a mystery story, not about the murder of a man's body, but about the murder-and rebirth-of man's spirit.

This is Ayn Rand's challenge to the prevalent philosophical doctrines of our time and the 'atmosphere of guilt, of panic, of despair, of boredom, and of all-pervasive evasion' that they create. One of the most controversial figures on the intellectual scene, Ayn Rand was the proponent of a moral philosophy--and ethic of rational self-interest--that stands in sharp opposition to the ethics of altruism...

Who needs philosophy?  Ayn Rand's answer: Everyone.

This remarkable, newly revised collection of Ayn Rand's early fiction—now including her previously unpublished short story ' The Night King' —ranges from beginner's exercises to excerpts from early versions of We the Living and The Fountainhead .  Arranged chronologically, from 1926 through 1940, these works allow readers to follow the extraordinary trajectory of Rand's literary and...

After the publication of Atlas Shrugged in 1957, Ayn Rand turned to nonfiction writing and occasional lecturing.  Her aim was to bring her philosophy, Objectivism, to a wider audience and apply it to current cultural and political issues.  The taped lectures and the question-and-answer sessions that followed not only added an eloquent new dimension to Ayn Rand's ideas and beliefs, but a fresh...