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| Book Sales Triple! | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 26 2009, 02:19 PM (287 Views) | |
| George K | Feb 26 2009, 02:19 PM Post #1 |
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Finally
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What book? Atlas Shrugged Washington, D.C., February 23, 2009--Sales of Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” have almost tripled over the first seven weeks of this year compared with sales for the same period in 2008. This continues a strong trend after bookstore sales reached an all-time annual high in 2008 of about 200,000 copies sold. “Americans are flocking to buy and read ‘Atlas Shrugged’ because there are uncanny similarities between the plot-line of the book and the events of our day” said Yaron Brook, Executive Director at the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights. “Americans are rightfully concerned about the economic crisis and government’s increasing intervention and attempts to control the economy. Ayn Rand understood and identified the deeper causes of the crisis we’re facing, and she offered, in ‘Atlas Shrugged,’ a principled and practical solution consistent with American values." |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Larry | Feb 26 2009, 02:28 PM Post #2 |
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
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People should read that book. Especially politicians. |
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Of the Pokatwat Tribe | |
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| Mark | Feb 26 2009, 02:30 PM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Ms. Rand was a genius. I certainly do not agree with everything she believes but her philosophy on economics and government are spot-on. |
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___.___ (_]===* o 0 When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. H.G. Wells | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Feb 26 2009, 02:47 PM Post #4 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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| QuantumIvory | Feb 26 2009, 03:11 PM Post #5 |
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Senior Carp
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At Amazon it's #80. Not bad for a book published in 1957. (The Cliffs Notes for it comes in at #1,055.)
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"I regard consciousness as fundamental. We cannot get behind consciousness." -Max Planck | |
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| John D'Oh | Feb 26 2009, 04:03 PM Post #6 |
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MAMIL
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I still prefer The Lord of the Rings. What's more, I think it suggests a very workable solution. Mr. President, your staff is broken! |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Feb 26 2009, 04:06 PM Post #7 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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(insert obligatory Stimulus Bill "You Shall not Pass" joke here.) |
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| Luke's Dad | Feb 26 2009, 04:09 PM Post #8 |
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Emperor Pengin
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That was Clinton, not Obama; and it wasn't broken, just bent a little. |
| The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it. | |
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| John D'Oh | Feb 26 2009, 04:15 PM Post #9 |
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MAMIL
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It's either that or line up with everyone else to kiss his burning ring of power. |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| JBryan | Feb 26 2009, 04:53 PM Post #10 |
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I am the grey one
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It was said that "power crackled from his jeans". That was said by the same segment of our society that got Oboners and had tingles running up their legs. BTW, I much prefer Borowitz's Bored of the Rings. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| George K | Feb 28 2009, 06:44 AM Post #11 |
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Currently #46 in sales at Amazon. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| jon-nyc | Feb 28 2009, 06:58 AM Post #12 |
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Cheers
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I wonder how many of those recent purchasers will actually read it? |
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| QuantumIvory | Feb 28 2009, 07:34 AM Post #13 |
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Senior Carp
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Well, as George pointed out, it's now at #44, up from #80 just two days ago. The Cliffs Notes has dropped from 1,055 to 2,299 in the same period. So, maybe that's a promising sign that people will actually read it.
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