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January 20 1905 march 6, 1982 was a russianamerican novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. Review ayn rand s complex philosophical novel, atlas shrugged. Atlas shrugged ayn rand audiobook download, free online. Is sexual passion an exalted spiritual virtue or a dirty, animalistic vice. Dagny taggart, vice president in charge of operations for taggart transcontinental railroad, seeks to rebuild the crumbling track of the rio norte line that serves ellis wyatts oil fields and the booming industrial areas of colorado. Atlas shrugged 1957 is a mystery story, ayn rand once commented, not about the murder of mans body, but about the murderand rebirthof mans spirit.
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