04307cam a2200397 4500 231481546 TxAuBib 20150531120000.0 ||||||s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781483086712 1483086712 7de46028-1a90-48c4-94ee-9434883c791c OverDrive (Reserve ID) 104421 OverDrive (Product ID) 9781538591086 104421 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Rand, Ayn. Atlas Shrugged [Libby]. Blackstone Audio, Inc., 2009. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 1730MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 1730MB. Fiction. Suspense. Rand's most notable novel asks the question: What happens to the world when the prime movers [inventors and scientists] go on strike? Narrator Scott Brick takes listeners on a journey so extraordinary they'll hardly notice the book's length. While his performance offers little in the way of theatrics, Brick is capable of garnering sympathy and, perhaps most importantly, devout attention for Rand's plot and characters. On the surface, Brick's voice is a cool, unrelenting force determined to capture every facet of Rand's complex story. But amid his calm and collected delivery, he taps into a more colorful emotional palette that will keep listeners involved. Brick's subtle delivery holds far more than meets the ear. L.B. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine. AudioFile Magazine. HTML:<p><i>Atlas Shrugged</i> is the "second most influential book for Americans today" after the Bible, according to a joint survey of five thousand people conducted by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club in 1991.</p> <p>In a scrap heap within an abandoned factory, the greatest invention in history lies dormant and unused. By what fatal error of judgment has its value gone unrecognized, its brilliant inventor punished rather than rewarded for his efforts?</p> <p>This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world—and did. In defense of those greatest of human qualities that have made civilization possible, he sets out to show what would happen to the world if all the heroes of innovation and industry went on strike. Is he a destroyer or a liberator? Why does he have to fight his battle not against his enemies but against those who need him most? Why does he fight his hardest battle against the woman he loves? The answers will be revealed once you discover the reason behind the baffling events that wreak havoc on the lives of the amazing men and women in this remarkable book.</p> <p>Tremendous in scope and breathtaking in its suspense, <i>Atlas Shrugged</i> is Ayn Rand's magnum opus, which launched an ideology and a movement. With the publication of this work in 1957, Rand gained an instant following and became a phenomenon. <i>Atlas Shrugged</i> emerged as a premier moral apologia for capitalism, a defense that had an electrifying effect on millions of readers (and now listeners) who had never heard capitalism defended in other than technical terms.</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. National Book Award Finalist. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-01 20:00:02. Brick, Scott. http://sandoval.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=7de46028-1a90-48c4-94ee-9434883c791c http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0887-1/104421-AtlasShrugged.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/104421-AtlasShrugged.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7DE46028-1A90-48C4-94EE-9434883C791C&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0887-1/104421-AtlasShrugged.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/104421-AtlasShrugged.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7DE46028-1A90-48C4-94EE-9434883C791C&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)