{"product_id":"the-voice-of-reason-essays-in-objectivist-thought-by-ayn-rand-first-edition-first-printing-1989-nal","title":"The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought by Ayn Rand [FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING] 1989 • NAL","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought by Ayn Rand [The Ayn Rand Library Vol. 5]\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING [1989] NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover with dust jacket in very good condition with flaws.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDust jacket is clean and in tact but visibly tanned.  Ships in a new HQ jacket protector.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook itself has some tanning to boards and pages. A few very mild damp stains to upper text block (see photos).  And a few pin sized spots to front endpaper. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eActual contents read clean, bright, unmarked and seemingly unread pages. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBetween 1961, when she gave her first talk at the Ford Hall Forum in Boston, and 1981, when she gave the last talk of her life in New Orleans, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAyn Rand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e spoke and wrote about topics as varied as education, medicine, Vietnam, and the death of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarilyn Monroe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Voice of Reason\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, these pieces, written in the last decades of Rand's life, are gathered in book form for the first time. With them are five essays by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeonard Peikoff\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Rand's longtime associate and literary executor. The work concludes with Peikoff's epilogue, \"My Thirty Years With Ayn Rand: An Intellectual Memoir,\" which answers the question \"What was Ayn Rand really like?\" Important reading for all thinking individuals, Rand's later writings reflect a life lived on principle, a probing mind, and a passionate intensity. This collection communicates not only Rand's singular worldview, but also the penetrating cultural and political analysis to which it gives rise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Apocalypse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49075130728697,"sku":null,"price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/voice_of_reason-1.jpg?v=1789525896","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/the-voice-of-reason-essays-in-objectivist-thought-by-ayn-rand-first-edition-first-printing-1989-nal","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}