and many other booktv programs on line. go to booktv.org. type the name of the author or book in the search area in the upper left-hand corner of the page. select the watch link. you can view the entire program. you might also explore the recently on booktv box or the featured video box to find recent and featured programs. a annheller and jennifer burns present their biographies of ayn ran rand. this heller researches the author s childhood and upbringing. today we are going to talk about two major new books on the line ran ayn rand. in the past 66 years, twenty-five million copies of ayn rand s book have been sold. sales have surged recently perhaps in response to the financial turmoil and the takeovers and bailouts and expansions of government. ayn rand remains a major influence on the libertarian and conservative communities. these two new studies illustrate the growing scholarly interest in her work. steven cox wrote in liberty magazine recently, ayn rand remains ame
the war or refuse to deploy and hearing their stories and giving voice to their stories then talking about it with audiences like this one was wearing an heartbreaking and all of the motions i am sure a lot of you have felt since the war in iraq started. year we were and it was one hour into the event and it is hotter than it was today because i remember the lights from booktv making the really hot and bothered. there is no air-conditioning down here because you do not need it when the weather is perfect and there is all of that heat and let me read you what i wrote in the dangerous world of butterfly s the book that came directly out of that evening here. the audience pact to the ground floor. i should back up on line one day up in washington at village books save firebrand independent bookstore i heard the question what is your next but going to be about? it comes up inevitably at an event like this about one hour into the talk when becky when a has run its course somebod