Download or read book Atlas Rising written by W. C. Augustine and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2038 the world consists of firmly controlled systems. Every purchase is tracked on the Card. Medical treatment is dictated by a Health Care Index number. One's every steps are tracked. For Andrew Collier this has never been a problem. An astronomer with comfortable means, he has abided by his nation's laws all his life. Until now. Discovering the high probability of an asteroid colliding with Earth, Andrew shares this information with a friend and NASA employee, who grudgingly presses the space agency toward recognition of the coming calamity. Indecisiveness, congressional skepticism, safety regulations, and rigid union contracts whittle the time window for effective action. Returning from a covert trip to Russia after contacting entrepreneur Dan Barnmore and connecting with a Russian space company, Andrew is detained by two guards and pressed for information. When he is unexpectedly rescued, a whirlwind race for time begins as Andrew and his unlikely savior seek to inform the necessary powers of the asteroid's path before they can be stopped by the heavy hand of the government. A unique insight into what could happen if man responded to his duty, Atlas Rising portrays a world where, amid a stifled life, The contrast of hope shines even brighter. Discover the difference one man can make in W. C. Augustine's eye-opening novel, Atlas Rising.
Download or read book Atlas Rising written by Todd Kelley and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: YouTube sensation Randy Santel has conquered hundreds of food challenges across the world. Join Randy as he takes on the world famous Lucido's Burritos challenge and tangles with a team of bank robbers. Has Atlas finally bitten off more than he can chew?
Download or read book The Atlas written by William T. Vollmann and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1997-06-01 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the PEN Center USA West Award for Fiction – a collection of fifty-three interconnected stories by the National Book Award-winning author of Europe Central Hailed by Newsday as "the most unconventional--and possibly the most exciting and imaginative--novelist at work today," William T. Vollmann has also established himself as an intrepid journalist willing to go to the hottest spots on the planet. Here he draws on these formidable talents to create a web of fifty-three interconnected tales, what he calls "a piecemeal atlas of the world I think in." Set in locales from Phnom Penh to Sarajevo, Mogadishu to New York, and provocatively combining autobiography with invention, fantasy with reportage, these stories examine poverty, violence, and loss even as they celebrate the beauty of landscape, the thrill of the alien, the infinitely precious pain of love. The Atlas brings to life a fascinating array of human beings: an old Inuit walrus-hunter, urban aborigines in Sydney, a crack-addicted prostitute, and even Vollmann himself.
Download or read book Ayn Rand s Atlas Shrugged written by Edward W. Younkins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its publication in 1957 Atlas Shrugged, the philosophical and artistic climax of Ayn Rand's novels, has never been out of print and has received enormous critical attention becoming one of the most influential books ever published, impacting on a variety of disciplines including philosophy, literature, economics, business, and political science among others. More than a great novel, Atlas Shrugged is an abstract conceptual, and symbolic work that expounds a radical philosophy, presenting a view of man and man's relationship to existence and manifesting the essentials of an entire philosophical system - metaphysics, epistemology, politics and ethics. Celebrating the fiftieth year of Atlas Shrugged's publication, this companion is an exploration of this monumental work of literature. Contributions have been specially commissioned from a diversity of eminent scholars who admire and have been influenced by the book, the included essays analyzing the novel's integrating elements of theme, plot and characterization from many perspectives and from various levels of meaning.
Download or read book Essays on Ayn Rand s Atlas Shrugged written by Robert Mayhew and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the fiction of novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand is extremely popular and enduring, little has been written on it so far. This book consists of essays, most of which are new, by top Rand scholars on Atlas Shrugged, her magnum opus. The essays deal with historical, literary, and philosophical topics, surpassing related writings in breadth and depth of analysis. The historical essays cover the writing of Atlas Shrugged, its publication history, and its reception. The literary essays cover analysis of the novel's plot, theme, and characterization; comparisons with other works, such as the novels of Hugo, Dostoevsky, and Joyce; and the proper approach to adapting Atlas Shrugged to film. The philosophical essays cover a vast range of topics, including the place of John Galt's speech in the novel, the role of the mind in human life, and the evil of non-objective law. Some of the essays make use of previously unpublished material from the Ayn Rand Archives. Book jacket.
Download or read book Exploring Atlas Shrugged written by Edward W. Younkins and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores Ayn Rand’s monumental work, Atlas Shrugged, which presents a revolutionary new philosophical system in the form of an inspiring novel. Edward W. Younkins explains how Rand’s masterwork is one of the most influential books ever published, impacting a variety of disciplines including philosophy, literature, economics, business, and political science, among others. Exploring Atlas Shrugged analyzes the novel’s integrating elements of theme, plot, and characterization from many perspectives and on many levels of meaning. The chapters in this book are accessible and rewarding, offering fresh insights to both new readers and to scholars who have studied Rand’s masterpiece over many years. It is also a valuable resource for teachers and students who use Atlas Shrugged in their classes. Such a rich and complex novel warrants and rewards additional study and critical analysis. The author explains how Atlas Shrugged expounds a radical philosophy, presenting a view of man and man’s relationship to existence and manifesting the essentials of an entire philosophical system of metaphysics, epistemology, politics, and economics.
Download or read book Atlas Shrugged and Jesus Wept written by Don Milne and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-04-27 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New angel George is assigned to work for angel Clarence in Heaven's Prayerless Souls Department, where they file the names of all those no one prays for. These are people that want nothing to do with God. Having been the beneficiary of angelic intervention in his own life, George wants to do the same for some of these souls. He picks a card at random from the files and asks, "Who's John Galt?" Atlas Shrugged and Jesus Wept is a rebuttal to Ayn Rand's classic novel, Atlas Shrugged. Curiously popular with many conservatives, Atlas Shrugged is, at its core, an anti-religion book. Atlas Shrugged and Jesus Wept defends the Judeo-Christian values that Rand criticized.
Download or read book Lords of the Atlas written by Gavin Maxwell and published by Eland & Sickle Moon Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the extraordinary story of a feudal fiefdom in southern Morocco in the early twentieth century.
Download or read book A Secret Atlas written by Michael A. Stackpole and published by Spectra. This book was released on 2006 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of bestselling "Star Wars" novels follows his acclaimed original DragonCrown War Cycle with the first in a dazzling new trilogy. Stackpole's original fantasy novels have won fans and acclaim from coast to coast.
Download or read book Atlas Rising written by Atlas Rising Institute and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-20 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ayn Rand's admirers comprise a Who's Who of innovative achievers, particularly in Silicon Valley.But isn't Ayn Rand merely an advocate of ruthless capitalist greed and screwing the poor? She is known as such among those mentally incapable of understanding what she wrote. Others know better.These others are the subject of this report. Many are wealthy, many are not. But they're all thinkers and achievers. And virtually all admit they would not be as capable and effective as they are without her ideas and inspiration.Those influenced by her Objectivist philosophy and related Libertarian activismare making history. They're making history with radical achievements in Legal Reforms, Education, Life Extension, Environmentalism, Space Travel and Development, Radical Problem-Solving Methodologies, Brain Science, Technology, Worldwide Access to Knowledge, Human Rights and Political Liberation. Even if you're already an admirer of Ayn Rand, as you read the stories of those who carry her ideas ever forward in life and work, chances are you won't see life's possibilities and opportunities quite the same ever again.
Download or read book Rising Strong written by Brené Brown and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending. Don’t miss the five-part HBO Max docuseries Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart! Social scientist Brené Brown has ignited a global conversation on courage, vulnerability, shame, and worthiness. Her pioneering work uncovered a profound truth: Vulnerability—the willingness to show up and be seen with no guarantee of outcome—is the only path to more love, belonging, creativity, and joy. But living a brave life is not always easy: We are, inevitably, going to stumble and fall. It is the rise from falling that Brown takes as her subject in Rising Strong. As a grounded theory researcher, Brown has listened as a range of people—from leaders in Fortune 500 companies and the military to artists, couples in long-term relationships, teachers, and parents—shared their stories of being brave, falling, and getting back up. She asked herself, What do these people with strong and loving relationships, leaders nurturing creativity, artists pushing innovation, and clergy walking with people through faith and mystery have in common? The answer was clear: They recognize the power of emotion and they’re not afraid to lean in to discomfort. Walking into our stories of hurt can feel dangerous. But the process of regaining our footing in the midst of struggle is where our courage is tested and our values are forged. Our stories of struggle can be big ones, like the loss of a job or the end of a relationship, or smaller ones, like a conflict with a friend or colleague. Regardless of magnitude or circumstance, the rising strong process is the same: We reckon with our emotions and get curious about what we’re feeling; we rumble with our stories until we get to a place of truth; and we live this process, every day, until it becomes a practice and creates nothing short of a revolution in our lives. Rising strong after a fall is how we cultivate wholeheartedness. It’s the process, Brown writes, that teaches us the most about who we are. ONE OF GREATER GOOD’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR “[Brené Brown’s] research and work have given us a new vocabulary, a way to talk with each other about the ideas and feelings and fears we’ve all had but haven’t quite known how to articulate. . . . Brené empowers us each to be a little more courageous.”—The Huffington Post
Download or read book Atlas of the Heart written by Brené Brown and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her latest book, Brené Brown writes, “If we want to find the way back to ourselves and one another, we need language and the grounded confidence to both tell our stories and be stewards of the stories that we hear. This is the framework for meaningful connection.” Don’t miss the five-part HBO Max docuseries Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart! In Atlas of the Heart, Brown takes us on a journey through eighty-seven of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human. As she maps the necessary skills and an actionable framework for meaningful connection, she gives us the language and tools to access a universe of new choices and second chances—a universe where we can share and steward the stories of our bravest and most heartbreaking moments with one another in a way that builds connection. Over the past two decades, Brown’s extensive research into the experiences that make us who we are has shaped the cultural conversation and helped define what it means to be courageous with our lives. Atlas of the Heart draws on this research, as well as on Brown’s singular skills as a storyteller, to show us how accurately naming an experience doesn’t give the experience more power—it gives us the power of understanding, meaning, and choice. Brown shares, “I want this book to be an atlas for all of us, because I believe that, with an adventurous heart and the right maps, we can travel anywhere and never fear losing ourselves.”
Download or read book The Atlas Paradox written by Olivie Blake and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2022-10-25 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Atlas Paradox is the long-awaited sequel to Olivie Blake's New York Times bestselling dark academic sensation The Atlas Six—guaranteed to have even more yearning, backstabbing, betrayal, and chaos. Six magicians were presented with the opportunity of a lifetime. Five are now members of the Society. Two paths lie before them. All must pick a side. Alliances will be tested, hearts will be broken, and The Society of Alexandrians will be revealed for what it is: a secret society with raw, world-changing power, headed by a man whose plans to change life as we know it are already under way. "The Atlas Six introduced six of the most devious, talented, and flawed characters to ever find themselves in a magical library, and then sets them against one another in a series of stunning betrayals and reversals. As much a delicious contest of wit, will, and passion as it is of magic...half mystery, half puzzle, and wholly a delight."—New York Times bestselling author Holly Black Also by Olivie Blake Alone With You in the Ether One For My Enemy Masters of Death At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Atlas Rising written by Becca C. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kala Hicks has been Atlas for 300 years, committing unspeakable acts every four days to keep the world spinning, and she's mentally exhausted. Her only shred of hope to end it is a prophecy that says the Atlas curse will be broken by Chelsan Derée. Upon Kala seeing her newest mission in a vision, she knows it's finally time.Chelsan, on the other hand, not only has no idea that gods, demons and angels exist, but that she is the one person in the entire world who can break Kala's curse, and she has zero clue as to how to do it. What's worse is that Kala's newest mission is something that Chelsan would destroy everything in her path to make sure that Kala fails at.Will Chelsan fulfill the prophecy to save Kala from her curse? Or will she let the world burn to save the one she loves most?
Download or read book Journal of a tour in Marocco and the Great Atlas written by John Ball and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-07-10 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Journal of a tour in Marocco and the Great Atlas" by John Ball, Joseph Dalton Hooker. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Download or read book Journal of a Tour in Marocco and the Great Atlas written by Joseph Dalton Hooker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-18 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An 1878 account of Morocco and the Atlas mountains, compiled from the journals of Joseph Hooker and geologist John Ball.
Download or read book Does Atlas Shrug written by Joel Slemrod and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the introduction of the income tax in 1913, controversy has raged about how heavily to tax the rich. Opponents of high tax rates claim that heavy assessments have negative incentives on the productivity of some of our most talented citizens; supporters stress the importance of the rich shouldering their "fair share," and decry the loopholes that permit many to escape their obligations. Notably absent from this debate is hard evidence about the actual impact of taxes on the behavior of the affluent. This book presents evidence by leading economists of the effects of taxes on the formation of businesses, the supply of labor, the form of executive compensation, the accumulation of wealth, the allocation of portfolios, and the realization of capital gains. Among its findings are that the labor supply of the rich remained unchanged in the face of large tax cuts in 1986, and that in late 1992 executives exercised billions of dollars' worth of stock options in order to beat the tax increases expected in 1993. The book also presents a history of efforts to tax the rich, a demographic snapshot of the financially affluent, and a road map to widely used tax-avoidance strategies. Does Atlas Shrug? will be of great interest to policymakers and interested citizens who want to know how much tax revenue could really be gained by increasing tax rates on the rich, or whether low capital gains tax rates really spur economic growth.
