Atlas Shrugged (by Ayn Rand) (UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK) : Blackstone Audio Apps : Folium Edition 1

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ATLAS SHRUGGED by Ayn Rand (unabridged) is presented by Blackstone Audio and comes with what is perhaps the best audiobook app available (see FEATURES, below).

[A] vibrant and powerful novel of ideas. (New York Herald Tribune)

NOTE: GIVEN ITS UNUSUAL LENGTH, this app requires downloading to your computer before copying to your smartdevice.

This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the worldand did. Is he a destroyer or a liberator? And why does he fight his hardest battle against the woman he loves? Ayn Rands magnum opus dramatically demonstrates how civilization depends upon unfettered thought and free enterprise.

Self-contained, this audiobook app is perfect for your commute, on a trip, or while relaxing. Based on a library-quality recording, this app was built especially for your iPhone and iPod Touch. No unreadable text, no endless scrolling on a tiny screen. The audio is of higher-than-normal quality, making for a great listening experience that will not tire your ears or grate on your nerves.

NOTICE: This app includes the exact same 5-star recording offered elsewhere at much higher prices. It was professionally recorded by Blackstone Audios Audie®-winning narrator Scott Brick. You are not buying yet another amateur or volunteer narration. No clicks, background noises, throat clearing, mispronunciations, tinny voices or monotones will be found here.

Ayn Rand is destined to rank in history as the outstanding novelist and most profound philosopher of the twentieth century. (New York Daily Mirror)

EXPERIENCE. About 63 hours of narration. Created as a Folium enhancedAudio edition, this book includes extra functions and features not found on lesser players.

PLAYER CONTROLS. Includes listen (play), pause, multi-speed fast forward/reverse, jump ahead/back, chapter skip, volume control, one-touch chapter- and bookmark browser. There is also a scrub bar that finds any point inside the chapter with just a tap.

SLEEP TIMER. Have you ever fallen asleep watching TV or listening to a book? If so, you'll love this feature. Once set, the book will stop, place a bookmark, and allow you to jump back to where you probably began dozing.

CLEAR & ELEGANT DESIGN. Simple, clean, intuitive, and smarter than average.

CHAPTER TIMINGS. Always know how much time it will take to finish a chapter. Plus, the progress bar at the top of the screen shows how far into the book youve come.

OFFLINE LISTENING. You are airplane-ready! Once downloaded, listen uninterrupted without threat from a lost network connection.

AUTO-BOOKMARKING. The player remembers where you stopped listening and returns to that exact spot when you open the book again.

TELL-A-FRIEND. An easy way to recommend the book to your friends or Twitter feed.

FEEDBACK. Share your ideas for books, functions, and features. We are very responsive to our listeners and appreciate all feedback and ideas.

RATING: Suitable for adults and young adults with an interest in the philosophy of capitalism and one of its greatest proponents, Ayn Rand.

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In a scrap heap within an abandoned factory, the greatest invention in history lies dormant and unused. By what fatal error has its value gone unrecognized?

In defense of those greatest of human qualities that have made civilization possible, one man sets out to show what would happen to the world if all the heroes of innovation and industry went on strike. Is he a destroyer or a liberator?

Tremendous in scope and breathtaking in its suspense, Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rands magnum opus, an electrifying moral defense of capitalism and free enterprise.