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AYN RAND AND THE WORLD SHE MADE
By: Anne C. Heller
Nan A. Talese
November 2009
On Sale: October 27, 2009
592 pages
ISBN: 0385513992
EAN: 9780385513999
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
Ayn Rand is best known as the author of the perennially bestselling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Altogether, more than 12 million copies of the two novels have been sold in the United States. The books have attracted three generations of readers, shaped the foundation of the Libertarian movement, and influenced White House economic policies throughout the Reagan years and beyond. A passionate advocate of laissez-faire capitalism and individual rights, Rand remains a powerful force in the political perceptions of Americans today. Yet twenty-five years after her death, her readers know little about her life.In this seminal biography, Anne C. Heller traces the controversial authorβs life from her childhood in Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution to her years as a screenwriter in Hollywood, the publication of her blockbuster novels, and the rise and fall of the cult that formed around her in the 1950s and 1960s. Throughout, Heller reveals previously unknown facts about Randβs history and looks at Rand with new research and a fresh perspective. Based on original research in Russia, dozens of interviews with Randβs acquaintances and former acolytes, and previously unexamined archives of tapes and letters, AYN RAND AND THE WORLD SHE MADE is a comprehensive and eye-opening portrait of one of the most significant and improbable figures of the twentieth century.
 Media BuzzDiane Rehm Show - NPR - October 28, 2009
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