bPeopled by larger-than-life heroes and villains, charged with towering questions of good and evil, iAtlas Shruggedi is Ayn Rand's magnum opus a philosophical revolution told in the form of an action thriller--nbominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's iThe Great American Readi.bb pWho is John Galt When he says that he will stop the motor of the world, is he a destroyer or a liberator Why does he have to fight his battles not against his enemies but against those who need him most Why does he fight his hardest battle against the woman he loves pYou will know the answer to these questions when you discover the reason behind the baffling events that play havoc with the lives of the amazing men and women in this book. You will discover why a productive genius becomes a worthless playboy...why a great steel industrialist is working for his own destruction...why a composer gives up his career on the night of his triumph...why a beautiful woman who runs a transcontinental rail