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Atlas Society Special edition DVD of Atlas Shrugged Part 2!

 
"JUDGE: You wouldn’t want it misunderstood that you work for nothing but your own profit?

Review: The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico

Review: The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico

By Arnold Blaise

REVIEW:  The Snow Goose, Paul Gallico (1947)

The Productive Genius of Johann Sebastian Bach

The Productive Genius of Johann Sebastian Bach

By William R Thomas

March 2003 -- What marks a genius? If it is misanthropy, then Johann Sebastian Bach (born March 21, 1685) was not a genius. He did his greatest work in the hubbub of a full and loving home life and a busy and demanding round of arranging, performing, and teaching. He not only produced great compositions, he produced fine composers as well, in his sons. If a genius must suffer, then Bach was not one. By all accounts he was a jolly, active person who held down steady, paying work throughout his career.

Top Fantasy Series

Top Fantasy Series

By William R Thomas

Sidebar article to: "Charms and Enchantments of Fantasy" (July/August 2003) 

The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien
A novel in three books: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King.
 

Review: The Beacon at Alexandria

Review: The Beacon at Alexandria

By William R Thomas

December 1997 -- The Beacon at Alexandria tells the story of Charis of Ephesus, a young woman living in the late Roman Empire who determines to make a life for herself as a physician, and finds herself struggling not merely to do so at a time when no women are physicians, but to do so at a time when rational thought and peaceful intercourse are under attack from all sides.

Why Man Needs Art

Why Man Needs Art

By David Kelley And William R Thomas


Editor's Note: This is an edited excerpt from Chapter 4 of
The Logical Structure of Objectivism, by William R Thomas and David Kelley.

A Philosopher Reads Fiction

A Philosopher Reads Fiction

By William R Thomas

BOOK REVIEW: The Fountainhead: An American Novel, by Douglas J. Den Uyl. (New York: Twayne, Twayne's Masterwork Studies, No. 169, 1999, 123 pp.)

Atlas Society Special Edition DVD of [i]Atlas Shrugged Part 1[/i]

"A white rectangle hung over the city, imparting the date to the men in the streets below. In the rusty light of this evening’s sunset, the rectangle said: September 2."       --Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

The Gumshoe of Quandaries

Summer 2011 -- A mysterious woman walks in on a man sitting behind a desk in a solitary private office. Is this the kick-off of a new detective story? Not really. Instead, it is a light journey into the meaning of life.