Maison d'Ętre Philosophy Bookstore
Ayn Rand
Page Two
| back on page one
top of page short profile fiction • non-fiction Ayn Rand Library image gallery family & friends |  | here on page two |
Ayn Rand & Objectivism Links Page
at the Working Minds Philosophy website
Ayn Rand Quotes Page
at Working Minds Philosophy website
Ayn Rand Film Festival
at Magic Lantern Book & Video Store
Works About Ayn Rand
essays at the Working Minds Philosophy of Empowerment website
Essay #1 "Urgently Objectivist" (from WM Chapter 1) [June-July 2000]
Essay #32 "Standing on Ayn Rand" (from WM Chapter 18) [February 2003]
Essay #112 "Ayn Rand's Critical Mistake" [February 2017]
 | "Is Objectivism A Religion?" [1968] by Dr. Albert Ellis [1913-2007] Psychologist Ellis participated in a May 1967 public debate with Nathaniel Branden about their respective therapies; the audience was for Branden, and Ellis 'lost' the debate, so he quickly published this book about the 'evils' of Objectivism. (Revised & reissued by Ellis in 2007 - see below) Lyle Stuart hardcover [1968] out of print/used |
 | "Answer To Ayn Rand: A Critique of The Philosophy of Objectivism" [1974] by John W. Robbins A failed attempt to use Calvinist Protestantism to disprove Objectivism. (Objectivism is not a religion, so the idea that it is wrong because it disagrees with creepy Calvinism is spurious, and a waste of trees.) Mount Vernon Publng pb [1974] out of print/used |
 | "Philosophic Thought of Ayn Rand" [1984] Edited by Douglas J. Den Uyl & Douglas B. Rasmussen Univ of IL Press 9x5¾ pb [6/87] for $15.95 Univ of IL Press hardcover [5/84] for $29.95 |
 | "Ayn Rand" biography [1987] by James Thomas Baker Twayne Publrs 8¾x5¾ hardcover [6/87] out of print/used |
 | "The Passion of Ayn Rand" [1987] by Barbara Branden
Doubleday 9x6 pb [9/87] for $14.67 Doubleday 9x5¾ library hardcover [7/2008] for $26.95 David P. Hayes's rebuttal to the book Showtime tv movie [May 1999] Directed by Christopher Menaul Showtime color DVD [4/2002] for $9.09 Showtime color VHS [4/2002] for $5.88 full credits from IMDb |
 | "The Ideas of Ayn Rand" [1991] by Ronald E. Merrill
Open Court Publg 9x6 pb [12/91] for $17.95 Open Court 9½x6½ hardcover [12/91] out of print/used updated & revised as 2012 book "Ayn Rand Explained" {below} |
 | "Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical" [1995] by Chris Matthew Sciabarra Kindle Edition from Penn State Univ Press [2nd edition 11/2013] for $14.95 Penn State Univ Press 2nd edition 9x6 pb [9/2013] for $37.95 Penn State Univ Press 9x6 pb [9/95] out of print/used Penn State Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/95] out of print/50+ used |
 | "Without A Prayer: Ayn Rand and The Close of Her System" [1997] by John W. Robbins Author Robbins is a proponent of Gordon H. Clark's demented 'scripturalism', a doctrine that presumes that all wisdom & knowledge are contained in Xian scripture, so that evolution is "the greatest superstition of the XXth Century" and "all the laws of science are false" – nothing here for rational beings! |
 | "Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life" [Feb 1998 movie] Oscar-nominated documentary film directed by Michael Paxton Gibbs Smith 11x8˝ companion book [7/98] for $26.21 Strand Releasing Director's Vision DVD [10/99] 2 disks for $32.49 Image Ent. letterbox DVD [10/99] out of prodn/used Strand Releasing color VHS [3/2000] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • official website • movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Feminist Interpretations of Ayn Rand: Re-Reading The Canon" [1999] Edited by Mimi Reisel Gladstein & Chris Matthew Sciabarra Penn State Press 9x6 pb [2/99] for $21.95 Penn State Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [2/99] for $66.00 |
 | "My Years With Ayn Rand" aka 'Judgment Day' [1999] by Nathaniel Branden Jossey-Bass 9x6 pb [3/99] for $15.20 7/1989 C-SPAN BookNotes interview [1:06:50] of Branden about this book |
 | "The New Ayn Rand Companion, Revised" [1999] by Mimi Reisel Gladstein Greenwood hardcover [9/99] for $45.00 |
 | "On Ayn Rand" biography [1999] by Allan Gotthelf
Wadsworth Publg 8½x5½ pb [12/99] for $13.95 |
 | "Reconsidering Ayn Rand" [3/2000] by Michael B. Yang Intentional distortion: a religionist attempts to refute Objectivism by citing George H. Smith, G.H. Clark, and Christian scripture — do not buy this worthless book. |
 | "Ayn Rand" biography [2000] by Tibor R. Machan
Peter Lang Publg pb [3/2000] for $24.95 |
 | "What Art Is: The Esthetic Theory of Ayn Rand" [2000] by Louis Torres & Michelle Marder Kamhi Open Court Publng 9x6 pb [6/2000] for $17.56 Open Court 9¼x6¼ hardcover [6/2000] for $44.95 authors's booksite |
 | "Reason and Value: Aristotle versus Rand (Objectivist Studies #3)" [2000] by Roderick T. Long Essays by Long, commentaries by Fred D. Miller Jr. & Eyal Mozes, responses back & forth; 123 pages total Kindle Edition from The Atlas Society [1/2015] for $3.49 The Objectivist Center 9x6¼ pb [10/2000] out of print/used Maison d'Ętre Bookstore's Greek philosopher Aristotle [384-322 B.C.E.] Page |
 | "The Contested Legacy of Ayn Rand: Truth & Toleration in Objectivism" [2001] by David Kelley
The Objectivist Center pb [12/2000] for $18.95 Transaction Publrs hardcover [2/2001] for $29.95 |
 | "Ayn Rand Contra Human Nature" [Aug 2001] by Greg Nyquist Greg Nyquist is to Ayn Rand as Ellsworth M. Toohey is to Howard Roark — do not buy this book. |
 | "Ayn Rand and Business" [Oct 2001] by Donna Greiner & Theodore B. Kinni A terrible distortion of Ayn Rand and her philosophy — do not buy this book. |
 | "Facets of Ayn Rand" [2001] by Mary Ann & Charles Sures Based on interviews with two staunch personal, longtime friends of Ayn Rand – a touching memoir of Ayn Rand, the person. ARI Press pb [11/2001] for $19.95 official booksite |
 | "Objectivism and The Corruption of Rationality: A Critique of Ayn Rand's Epistemology" [2003] by Scott Ryan Author concludes that the epistemology of Objectivism is incoherent, and that it 'debases' both the concept and the practice of rationality. Kindle Edition from iUniverse [2003 edition] for $3.03 {sic} iUniverse 9x6 pb [1/2003] for $19.17 |
 | "Ayn Rand" biography [2004] by Jeffery Britting Overlook hardcover [7/2004] for $13.57 |
 | "Ayn Rand and Song of Russia: Communism & Anti-Communism In 1940s Hollywood" [2004] by Robert Mayhew
Scarecrow Press 8¾x5¾ pb [12/2004] for $63.00 see also the Communism Page at the Working Minds Philosophy website |
 | "The Fountainheads: Wright, Rand, The F.B.I. & Hollywood" [2005] by Donald Leslie Johnson Speculative examination of the possible relationships between philosopher Ayn Rand [1905-82] and architect Frank Lloyd Wright [1867-59], two versions of the movie "The Fountain-head", the F.B.I., and the Hollywood blacklist. McFarland & Co. pb [9/2011] for $45.00 McFarland & Co. 10x7¼ hardcover [1/2005] for $75.00 |
 | "The Passion of Ayn Rand's Critics: The Case Against The Brandens" [2005] by James S. Valliant Durban House 9x6¼ hardcover [5/2005] out of print/used |
 |
"The Age of Rand: Imagining An Objectivist Future World" [2005] by Frederick Cookinham iUniverse 9x5¾ pb [6/2005] for $29.95 author's website |
 | "Ayn Rand: My Fiction-Writing Teacher" [2005] by Erika Holzer Madison Press pb [12/2005] for $20.00 |
 | "Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics: The Virtuous Egoist" [2006] by Dr. Tara Smith Cambridge Univ Press pb [5/2007] for $25.99 Cambridge Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [5/2006] for $79.20 |
 | "Are Capitalism, Objectivism, and Libertarianism Religions? Yes!: Greenspan and Ayn Rand Debunked" [2007] by Dr. Albert Ellis [1913-2007]
Ellis starts with a premise and then cuts his arguments to fit; reviewers suggest that the writing is sloppy, the venom is obvious, and many definitions just plain off-base. NOT recommended. (Expansion of 1968 book) CreateSpace 10x7 pb [1/2007] for $25.00 |
 | "Objectivism In One Lesson: An Introduction To The Philosophy of Ayn Rand" [2008] by Andrew Bernstein Hamilton Books 9x6 pb [9/2008] for $29.68 author's official website |
 | "Objectively Speaking: Ayn Rand Interviewed" [2009] Edited by Marlene Podritske & Peter Schwartz Lexington Books 9x6 pb [1/2009] for $26.95 Lexington Books 9x6¼ hardcover [1/2009] for $28.59 |
"Ayn Rand, Fantasyland" essay [Spring 2009] by journalist Dan Cloer
read essay online at Xian-slanted Vision blogsite [est. 1999]
 | "Ayn Rand For Beginners" [2009] by Andrew Bernstein, Illustrations by Owen Brozman Kindle Edition from For Beginners [10/2011] for $8.99 Steerforth Press 9x5¾ pb [8/2009] for $11.69 |
 | "Goddess of The Market: Ayn Rand and The American Right" [2009] by Jennifer Burns Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/2009] for $18.45 |
 | "Ayn Rand and The World She Made" [2009] by Anne C. Heller "A comprehensive and eye-opening portrait of one of the most significant and improbable figures of the XXth Century" Kindle Edition from Anchor Books [10/2009] for $11.61 Anchor Books 8x5¼ pb [10/2010] for $12.22 Nan A. Talese 9½x6½ hardcover [10/2009] for $35.00 |
 | "The Vision of Ayn Rand: The Basic Principles of Objectivism" [2009] by Nathaniel Branden, Foreword by Barbara Branden The never-before published 1960s lectures on Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism, taped and transcribed by the Nathaniel Branden Institute Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [7/2014] for $9.99 Cobden Press 9x6 pb [12/2009] out of print/scarce Cobden Press / Laissez Faire Books hardcover [12/2009] out of print/used |
 | "Ayn Rand: In Her Own Words" documentary film [2010] The life and work of Ayn Rand described thru film and television, including never-before-seen footage from the archives of the Ayn Rand Estate. Directed by John Little & Robert Anderson Entertainment One widescreen color/b&w DVD [5/2011] for $14.49 credits at IMDb • watch official trailer [1:43] on YouTube |
 | "Why Ayn Rand Is Wrong - and Why It Matters" [2011] by Levi Asher {founder of the Literary Kicks website} Author takes Ayn Rand seriously and attempts to refute her philosophy on purely logical grounds; he lays out three arguments against Ayn Rand's doctrine of rational self-interest, all revolving around the weak link in Ayn Rand's chain of premises (he says), a naive and contradictory psychological understanding of the meaning of 'self'. Kindle Edition from Literary Kicks [4/2011] for $2.99 {sic} CreateSpace 8x5¼ pamphlet [4/2011] for $8.00 |
 | "Atlas Begs To Differ: Why It's A Mistake To Believe In Ayn Rand" [Autodidactic Press 10/2011] by Charles D. Hayes 'Self-taught' philosopher Hayes "attempts to crush the philosophy of Ayn Rand under the combined weight of ad hominem attacks and guilt by association" – and fails miserably!— do not buy this Kindle pamphlet |
 | "Ayn Rand Nation: The Hidden Struggle For America's Soul" [St. Martin's Press 2/2012] by Gary Weiss More 'blame-making' by conservatives, pointing the finger at Ayn Rand (dead thirty years now) for the mistake that is the TEA Party – invented, encouraged, and secretly funded by the Koch Brothers and other American fascists — DO NOT BUY THIS ANTI-OBJECTIVIST PROPAGANDA !! |
 | "Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Govern-ment" [2012] by Yaron Brook & Don Watkins, both from the Ayn Rand Institute Brook is executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute, which gets him on radio & TV acting like a jerk; the book is useful in seeing what the self-proclaimed 'keepers of Ayn Rand’s legacy' have to say. Kindle Edition from Palgrave Macmillan [9/2012] for $12.99 Palgrave Macmillan 9½x5½ hardcover [9/2012] for $15.44 |
 | "Ayn Rand Explained: From Tyranny To Tea Party" [2012] based on Merrill's 1991 book {above} as 'Revised & updated by Marsha Familaro Enright' Kindle Edition from Open Court [11/2012] for $9.99 Open Court 9x6 pb [11/2012] for $15.88 |
Pamphlets
  | "Ayn Rand: Her Life & Thought" [7/99] by Chris Matthew Sciabarra Objectivist Center 9x5¾ chapbook [1999] out of print/scarce "The Moral Revolution in Atlas Shrugged" [7/99] "The Literary Method of Ayn Rand" [10/2000] |
Ayn Rand's Minor Non-Fiction Works
 | "Ayn Rand Answers: The Best of Her Q & A" [2005] Edited by Robert Mayhew NAL Trade 8x5½ pb [11/2005] for $9.75 |
 | "Russian Writings On Hollywood" [1999]
ARI Press 9x6 pb [2/99] for $19.95 |
 | "Return of The Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution" [1999]
Meridian 8x5 pb [1/99] for $11.96 |
 | "Why Businessmen Need Philosophy" [1999]
A.R.I. Press 9x6 pb [1/99] for $19.95 Blackstone UNABR audio [7/2000] for $32.95 |
 | "The Art of Fiction" [1999]
Plume 8x5 pb [1/2000] for $10.36 |
 |
"The Ayn Rand Reader" [1999]
Plume 8x5 pb [1/99] for $13.56 |
 | "Journals of Ayn Rand" [1997]
Plume 9x6 pb [8/99] for $15.16 |
 | "Ayn Rand's Marginalia" [1995] Edited by Robert Mayhew Second Renaissance Press 9x6 pb [3/98] for $14.95 |
 | "The Letters of Ayn Rand" [1995] Edited by Michael S. Berliner Plume 9x6 pb [2/97] out of print/used Dutton hardcover [6/95] out of print/many used |
 | The Ayn Rand Letter, 1971-1976
Second Renaissance Press 11x8¾ hardcover [6/90] for $44.95 original bound volume or later 3-volume set sometimes available in used section |
 | The Objectivist Newsletter, 1962-1965
Second Renaissance Press 8½x6 hardcover [8/90] for $39.95 The Objectivist, 1966-1971
|
 | "The Ayn Rand Column: Written For The Los Angeles Times, 1962"
Second Renaissance Press 8¼x5¼ 2nd edition pb [10/98] for $14.95 Second Renaissance Press 8½x5½ pb [1/92] for $14.95 |
 | Ayn Rand's early Russian-language booklets "Pola Negri" [1925] and "Hollywood: The American City of Movies" [1926] are available only from antiquarian bookstores; there were some reproductions sold by ANNI Books of Moscow (circa 2006), but those folks are no longer in evidence on the web |
Audio Cassettes & CDs
Ayn Rand audio catalog at Amazon.com
 | "Anthem" [1938 novella]
Penguin ABR audio [3/2002] for $13.27 Blackstone UNABR audio [7/97] for $17.95 Penguin UNABR audio CD [3/2002] for $16.07 |
 | "Atlas Shrugged" [1957 novel]
Highbridge ABR audio CD [6/2000] for $34.96 |
 | "The World of Atlas Shrugged: The Essential Companion To Ayn Rand's Masterpiece" [2001]
Highbridge UNABR audio [4/2001] 2 tapes for $13.26 Highbridge UNABR audio CD [4/2001] for $16.06 |
 | "For The New Intellectual" [1961]
Blackstone audio CD [11/2000] for $69.99 |
 | "The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism" [1964]
Blackstone UNABR audio [3/2001] for $39.95 Blackstone audio CD [3/2001] for $48.00 |
 | "Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal" [1967]
Blackstone UNABR audio [11/2000] for $69.95 Blackstone audio CD [11/20001] for $96.00 |
| | "Why Businessmen Need Philosophy" [1999]
Blackstone UNABR audio [7/2000] for $32.95 |
 | "Structure & Meaning In Ayn Rand's Novels" [1994] by Kirsti Minsaas The Objectivist Center audio [10/94] out of prodn/scarce |
Audio Cassettes from 
"Sanction of The Victim" [6/81]
out of prodn/scarce
"Apollo & Dionysis" [6/93]
two tapes for $26.25
"Faith & Force: Destroyers of The Modern World" [6/93]
for $29.95
"America's Persecuted Minority: Big Business" [6/93]
for $20.75
"Robber Barons" [6/93]
out of prodn/used
"What Is Capitalism?" [6/67]
for $13.95
"Fiction Writing" [5/95]
21 tapes - out of prodn/used
"Ethics In Education" [6/93]
out of prodn/scarce
Other Works by Ayn Rand
"Red Pawn"
unproduced screenplay for RKO based on Ayn Rand's 1930s novella
in 'pre-production' at Samuel Goldwyn 2003; no info at IMDb [2011]
"Love Letters" [movie released August 1945]
 | Screenplay by Ayn Rand, adapted from Chris Massie's book 'Pity My Simplicity'; directed by William Dieterle; starring Joseph Cotten & Jennifer Jones
not available on DVD/Blu-ray; Universal b&w VHS [2/98] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb "Lux Video Theatre" broadcast of 20 January 1955 video/kinescope not available • credits from IMDb |
"Night of January 16th" [1941 movie]
Script by Delmer Daves & Robert Pirosh & Ayn Rand, adapted from her play
Directed by William Clemens, starring Robert Preston, Ellen Drew & Nils Asther
b&w video not available • full credits from IMDb
"Broadway Television Theatre" broadcast of 14 July 1952
video/kinescope not available; credits from IMDb
"You Came Along" [Paramount 4 July 1945]
Screenplay by Ayn Rand & Robert Smith; directed by John Farrow, starring Robert Cummings & Lizabeth Scott
video/DVD not available • full credits from IMDb
"For The New Intellectual": An Interview With Ayn Rand [1961]
video not available • credits from IMDb
"The Husband I Bought" [tentative feature film for 2003]
based on Ayn Rand's first short story in English, not published until 1984
Directed by Stephan Elliott; starring Ashley Judd & Charlize Theron
production stalled • no info at IMDb [2011]
"Ideal" [2004 video release]
Ayn Rand's play 'Ideal' was written in 1934 and not produced until 1989,
at the Melrose Theater in Hollywood, under the direction of Michael Paxton
credits at IMDb;
available as an extra on the "Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life" 2-disk DVD
Ayn Rand Film Festival
at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
includes feature films, filmed stageplays, documentaries, and {new} YouTube videos
here on the Ayn Rand [1905-82] Pages at Maison d'Ętre Philosophy Bookstore
back on page 1: top of page • short profile • fiction • non-fiction • Ayn Rand Library • image gallery • family & friends
here on page 2: top of page • works about Ayn Rand • minor non-fiction • audio tapes & CDs • other works
"Atlas Shrugged" Novel & Movies Page
Ayn Rand/Objectivism Links Page
at Working Minds Philosophy website
Ayn Rand Quotes Page
at Working Minds Philosophy website
Ayn Rand Film Festival
at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
v v
Online sales in association with 
top of this page
•
back to Maison d'Ętre Philosophy Bookstore homepage