Groups with Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Shelfari Discussion 658 books / 2073 members / 7339 posts This group is about everything Shelfari. Let's talk about site improvements, issues encountered, and the next great feature we should build.

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Writing Readers 748 books / 3969 members / 5715 posts If you're an aspiring or successful writer, this is the group for you. Suggest your favorite books on the craft, discuss past and present challenges, and share some nurture with a growing community of other online-savvy, "writing readers". Welcome!

Note: If you want to promote a book or writing website on which you publish, please use the "Shameless Self-Promotion" discussion thread. In order to keep this from becoming a chaotic open bazaar of single-shot marketing, we are deleting book notices, reviews, etc. from other threads and directing all authors to the "Shameless Self-Promotion" thread. Thank you for understanding.

Philosophy 133 books / 401 members / 137 posts

What are you reading? 3461 books / 8764 members / 26625 posts This group is for anyone, of any background or age group, who is interested in talking about...Books. Books you want to read, have read, are reading; books you have heard of and not yet read; books of any genre. You are welcome to ask for recommendations or opinions.

If you are plugging your new book, blog, group, etc., please only do this in the Shameless Self Promotion thread. If these are posted anywhere else, they will be deleted.

Atheism 56 books / 298 members / 524 posts For the discussion of books that promote atheism and scientific logic

Business, Real Estate & Investing 76 books / 52 members / 1 posts Books that can make us a fortune.
Books about people that have “made it happen”.
Books about investing, investing strategies, good investments,
Bad investments and investment techniques that have made people
Fortunes!

I’ve used the strategies in these books to make several successful
Business deals and am always looking for similar books. Please add
Books that you think should be on the list.

FrugalReader.com Members 480 books / 42 members / 229 posts A group for Shelfari.com members who are also FrugalReader.com members!

Brilliant Babes (And Dudes) Who Read Selectively 668 books / 174 members / 10378 posts October Spooky Duel Book Group Read: Dracula...Bram Stoker and Interview With the Vampire...Anne Rice

There are people who will read any book that comes out, and there are people who won't read anything that is less than 200 years old. The Brilliant Babes (and Dudes) are in-between--we often turn up our noses at certain writers, but we have a keen appreciation for high-quality brain candy as well! We are a friendly group mixed with a bit of sharp sarcasm, a sprinkling of green Enabler Dust and a TBR pile a mile high.

If you are slightly toward the snobbish side of the book-lover's spectrum--if you love your Dickens but also love your Nora--then you've come to the right place! Our group is invite-only to preserve the correct mix of people, but if you want to join, drop Suze, Rob or Dragonfly a note and we will review your shelf. If you get a friend invite, accept it and we will invite you to join us! (Please note that none of the admins spends all day, every day online. It may be a few days before we can get back to you. Suze and Dragonfly especially go MIA for various reasons, so please be patient and it will be rewarded!) Also, please do NOT ask for an invitation if you don't plan on regularly posting. It does take us time to review new members, and we love new members who participate, but the posts are visible to all Shelfari members who just want to lurk. :)

BBD Blog: http://brilliantbabes.blogspot.com -- chock full of BBD goodness!

Note for all members: In the past, we have had people confuse "slightly snobby" with "raging literary a-holes." Although we do appreciate a good crack on a bad author, please refrain from knowingly insulting your fellow BBDs. We love Shakespeare, but we hate drama!

A Gathering of Goddesses 195 books / 97 members / 1935 posts This is a discussion group for Goddesses of ALL descriptions. Whether you are fully embracing your Divine Feminine or just awakening, we welcome your insights! For if we are not here to share with one another, then why be here at all?

The 400 Pages (or Less) Book Club 73 books / 9 members / 16 posts This is a "no pressure" book club. We will only read books with 400 pages or less - unless we really want to read it :-)

You don't have to finish reading the book or even start reading the book to participate. Come on in & join us for a discussion about why you didn't finish - or what stopped you from picking it up in the first place.

Libertarian 50 books / 38 members / 7 posts Books with Libertarian themes.

50 Book Challenge! 4688 books / 4689 members / 31137 posts Welcome to the 50-Book Challenge! We are not listless. In fact, we love lists ...

A list of the books we've been looking forward to, for example, can be found by following this link:

http://astore.amazon.com/allencotrip-20

Our challenge is to read 50 books in one year. OR ... establish a goal for yourself more or less, it's up to you, just because we say 50 books doesn't mean that has to be your goal too.

To join, all you need to do is start a thread, WITH YOUR NAME IN THE SUBJECT OF YOUR ORIGINAL POST, and log your books (with title and author, please.) Reviews are always welcome as well. It is a very good idea to bookmark your post (when in your post, add it to your internet browser's favorites)for quick access for future updates. Things move quickly around here.

If you haven't been keeping track of the books you've read, start when you join.

I enjoy reading your lists, and my TBR pile has grown as a result and I've read books I wouldn't have otherwise (The Hunger Games, I'm talking to you ...)

It doesn't have to be all lists all the time, though ... People enjoy it when you comment on their lists as well, so when you update your list ... take a minute and browse around. You never know what you might find. (Water For Elephants, I'm talking to you.)

The books we loved in 2008 can be found by following the Amazon link below

http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Frichpub%2Fsyltguides%2Ffullview%2FRWDHY4E2EDKG2%3Fie%3DUTF8%26%252AVersion%252A%3D1%26%252Aentries%252A%3D0&tag=allencotrip-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957

The books we loved in 2007 can be found by following the link below

http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Frichpub%2Flistmania%2Ffullview%2FR2ULK83M81K03T%3Fie%3DUTF8%26redirect%3Dtrue%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Flm%255Fpthnk%255Fview%26lm%255Fbb%3D&tag=allencotrip-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957

I survey the group each year starting in mid-December, until about mid-January then compile the lists and post the results. I look forward to this year's lists, now that the Twilight fervor has died down.

Thanks for being here and have fun. If you have any suggestions or questions, feel free to contact me.

Whats the Best Books You've read? 25 books / 28 members / 16 posts Its really simple ,please list and discuss the best books you have read!
You know the page turners,the ones you don't want to end.
So come on i can't wait for your additions so i can add them to my to-be-read pile!!!!

If you add a book to our shelf please let us know which book you added.

I also want to say welcome to all our members,i don't always have the time to acknowledge you personally,but want to say we're glad to have you in our group!

Jesrabbit's Reading List 148 books / 1 members / 0 posts

"Non-Fiction" 463 books / 409 members / 153 posts A place to find, recommend, and discuss all things non-fiction.

Chalam 1 books / 1 members / 0 posts Hi
I hope all the writings of Chalam will give the romantic feeling to wards the world you arouund. Here you can disscuss all his wriitngs i any manner...................

Objectivism 16 books / 40 members / 56 posts This is a group to read and discuss any and all works of Ayn Rand or Objectivist philosophy.

Punctuation for sticklers 19 books / 2 members / 7 posts This group is for all the sticklers out there who bemoan the sight of a misplaced comma, cringe at a sentence that has the audacity to begin with a subordinating conjunction, and simply shrivel up and die as a result of the abuse wrought on the hapless semicolon. This is dedicated to all those who: leap six feet into the air at the mere mention of "Eats, Shoots & Leaves;" are lobbying to have a statue of Lynne Truss erected in all English-speaking countries across the globe; and those who squabble for hours on end about whether or not the Oxford Comma is justified. Three cheers for punctuation! Oh, one more thing: it's a huge plus if you LOATHE chick lit, shudder at the very mention of it, and would rather be subjected to the flames of hell than have the grime of that filth touting itself as "literature" stain your fingertips. Ugh.

Jeffrey Archer 25 books / 185 members / 50 posts A meeting place for all Jeffrey Archer fans

Great Fictions 5 books / 3 members / 0 posts All the fictions which you believe is great.

The Novel Writing Experience 44 books / 60 members / 55 posts Please, make yourself at home and post your own discussion of your personal experience with finding publication for your work. We recogmend you use your name or the title of your book. We are interested in exact steps that novel writers of all levels and skills can appreciate. Novel writing and publication are very much like journeys, and we believe these journeys are interesting in themselves.

Ayn Rand 5 books / 53 members / 19 posts All the readers of Ayn Rand

University of South Florida Graduate Business 14 books / 11 members / 0 posts Students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the University of South Florida MBA Program.

Healthy Start Hillsborough 15 books / 5 members / 0 posts I know we have a lot of readers here so though it would be a good idea...

words on your mind 33 books / 33 members / 19 posts this group is about the passages or few lines that we like in the books we read. sometimes we note them down or mark the pages with bookmarks. preferably i note the words i like. so i keep a seperate diary for it. these words are which inspire us or may be sometimes resemble our thoughts. one of my favourites for eg. "To see him again after so long awakened something desperate inside me.i was surprised to find myself feeling sad,rather than joyful,as i would have imagined." from memoirs of a geisha

5 amazing books You ever read... 24 books / 141 members / 81 posts As the name suggests the five amazing books you ever read....it will certainly bring the best ones to the surface and help each otherknow about the ones we should be reading...

Ayn Rand 22 books / 231 members / 42 posts for people who believe in Rand's philosophical system, Objectivism- The concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute (Rand's)

Friendship for Universal Peace 1345 books / 3192 members / 26226 posts There are many languages - The Best language is the Language of the Heart.
There are many relationships in the World - The Best relationship is Friendship.
We welcome you to join this group and share your knowledge, learning, Worldly Wisdom, Love and Friendship for "Universal Peace."

The Thinkers 4 books / 13 members / 4 posts Books that make you think!!!

Lucknow Book Lovers 55 books / 18 members / 13 posts All the Lucknowites who love reading books are invited to join this Group.

Zepperwho Great Books 69 books / 1 members / 0 posts Books I like to read.

Libertarian 60 books / 57 members / 12 posts This is the place for those of us who love to read about the freedom movement - how we got this far - and how to keep it moving.

50 for 2008 149 books / 7 members / 205 posts Like the 50 Book Challenge! community. Only just friends, so it isn't a huge list to look at.
To track and read a minimum 50 books/ a year for 2008.

Six Degrees of Gloria 24 books / 10 members / 5 posts Hi, I'm Gloria. My 2006 New Year's resolution was to get back in touch with friends and do something I enjoy. Melissa M. and I had been talking about a book and wine club for years so this was the year we finally started it and it has steadily grown. We have a great, diverse group of people that started out with a few of my close friends and branched out.

Family And Friends 19 books / 6 members / 17 posts Friends and Family

Crystal Dolphin's Fiction Listing for everything else 54 books / 1 members / 0 posts My General Fiction Reading list. This list does not include children's or young adult books, science fiction/fantasy or non-fiction books.

LEXIMONDIALE 41 books / 5 members / 0 posts LEXIMONDIALE means "global words" . Lexi in greek means word and mondiale in French means global. This group aims at good food for the amygdala the functional part of our thinking brain. The more we nourish ourselves with good reading the better for this world of the have nots.

Late Night Bookies 60 books / 77 members / 335 posts The Late Night Bookies is the book club that Optic Junkie and I started up about three years ago. We are located in the Rocky Mountain West in the United States--hot summers and bitter winters...but beautiful mountains and forests and wonderful people!

We called ourselves the Late Night Bookies--because we're pretty much late night people who love to read, our book clubs always go late, late into the evening...(read early morning hours)...and sometimes...if we start reading, we just can't stop until we've reached the end.

We've read a lot of books--had some book swaps, eaten some great food and had some good laughs along the way.

I wanted to share the books that we have read, as well as open up to discussion recommended books for future reading and ideas/recipes for continuing to enhance our book club experience.

I hope you enjoy the visit!

Book Shelf Key:
Books Read: Books Read by the Book Club
Books To Read: Suggested Titles for Future Book Clubs

The icon picture: Sunset, Boracay Island, The Philippines
A weekend during a business trip a few years back.
I chose it because it could be dusk or dawn--a magical time, especially for the imaginative book reader!

Brooklyn Reads: A Literary Community 4 books / 6 members / 2 posts A group for bibliophiles in the Brooklyn, New York City area who enjoy reading and discussing books, on or off line.

Objective Realists 33 books / 1 members / 0 posts We enjoy many genres but the focus here is on the Objective, Realist, Humanistic Philosphies. Anyone is welcome and we are open to all perspectives and thought processes. Please join and share!

Long Beach Book Club 33 books / 25 members / 20 posts Show your literary stripes, LBC! The city by the beach is the perfect place to enjoy good reads and coffee house conversations. Join us and share what you've been reading.

Virtual welcome to Long Beach, California, USA.

The 100 Books Project: Inspiration Through Literary Exchange 38 books / 3 members / 0 posts The 100 Books Project's goal is to make the highest-quality English-language cultural production available to Arab children and adults in the Middle East. Beginning in Egypt, the project will stock donated books from a curated list in a series of Knowledge Cafes, which will lend their books on a free or low cost basis. The collections will be designed to inspire and inform readers even as they help build local English language literacy. The lists will be generated by donors who wish to share their favorite books and Arab readers who request specific books. Shipping to Egypt will be handled by the project. Please participate and let us know what books you would like to donate, what books you would like to read, and what books you would like to see included on this list of 100 books! A list of 50 additional childrens' books will be included for youth center collections. The first shipment to Egypt leaves May 14, 2008--so hurry in with your suggestions and donations! The first cafes will be in Cairo and Siwa, an Egyptian oasis. For more information as to where to send book donations or otherwise contribute, please check out www.100booksproject.org.

Ron Paul Reading List 91 books / 45 members / 32 posts Thomas E. Woods, Jr. writes: "A lot of people joined Ron Paul’s movement out of an attachment to one particular issue, and without necessarily understanding the whole package. The Revolution: A Manifesto lays out that whole package as a single, coherent, and elegant whole. It gives Ron Paul’s movement a statement for the ages. One reason Taft Republicanism died is that Robert Taft left behind no systematic statement of his philosophy around which a continuing effort could cohere."

Former Member of Congress Barry Goldwater, Jr., says of the book: "This book takes a wrecking ball to the political establishment. Senator Goldwater would have loved it. It’s The Conscience of a Conservative for the twenty-first century."

Please don't bother joining if you have no intention of participating in the discussions.

LETS TRY AND SEE IF EVERY ONE ON SHELFARI CAN JOIN 1 GROUP! 1657 books / 4425 members / 48352 posts COMPLETE RANDOMNESS!!!!!!!!!!!AND FUN GAMES FOR ALL!

REMEMBER TO INVITE ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS, AND TELL THEM TO INVITE ALL OF THEIR FRIENDS AND SO ON!

POST, POST, POST, AND BE ACTIVE!!

Any swearing (the "seven main" curse words) or explicit material will not be tolerated.

I am dangerously addicted to books 3 books / 2 members / 2 posts This group is for anyone who finds that they spend any extra money they have on books if you swoon when someone mentions a certain author or title if you buy books you hate just to say that you have them, or because "they're classics! I need them!" if you walk down the street with your nose in a book if you buy everything an author has written and then marvel at the way they look on your bookshelf

nerds 12 books / 2 members / 1 posts sci fi

fantasy

history

philosophy

classics

Random House - Top 100 Books of the 20th Century (Board's List) 51 books / 1 members / 0 posts 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century, as determined by the board. From Random House:

"The goal of the "100 Best" project was to get people talking about great books. We succeeded beyond our wildest imaginings -- more than 400,000 avid readers rushed online to cast votes for their favorite books and the students of the Radcliffe Publishing Course quickly responded with rival list of 100 Best Novels.

The reader's poll for the best nonfiction published in the English language since 1900 opened on April 29, 1999 and closed on September 30, 1999 with a total of 194,829 votes cast.

The readers' poll for the best novels published in the English language since 1900 opened on July 20, 1998 and closed on October 20, 1998, with 217,520 votes cast."

Book Lovers 411 books / 329 members / 317 posts This group is for all those people who love to read.

No matter what you love to read, whether it be romance, suspense, adventure, etc., whether fiction or non - fiction, come join the fun and start blogging about your favorite books..and keep reading.

Atlas Shared 1 books / 1 members / 0 posts Who is John Galt? "* Atlas Shrugged is the "second most influential book for Americans today" after the Bible, according to a joint survey conducted by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club" - and we want to discover why. Join us in an ongoing discussion of Ayn Rand's philosophies. Don't expect to us to be through with this book anytime soon - we will begin discussing this book in January 2009, finishing much later in the year. There will be guideposts as to where you should try to be in the book and by what date - but nothing is set in stone.

RUBOC ( Reader's Unite bookclub of Charlotte) 19 books / 5 members / 1 posts This is a group that meets once a month and discusses a book chosen for the month. We read all kinds of books -- fiction, non-fiction -- ranging from philosophy, classics to self help books and current bestsellers.
We meet every second Sunday of each month at 2 PM at a coffee house (Caribou on East Blvd). If anyone is interested in joining let me know.

Divas Book Club 24 books / 3 members / 0 posts

The Bibliophile Club 1157 books / 214 members / 578 posts For anyone who likes to read Literature, History, Biographies,Classics, Politics, Mysteries, thrillers, spirituality and religion. Books that are interesting,popular and bring pleasure to one's life. No pornographic novels please.

SoGoPro Book Club 29 books / 56 members / 11 posts At its heart, Southern Gothic Productions (www.sogopro.com) is about storytelling. Literature, in any form, is therefore a huge source of inspiration. Centered around the suggestions made by the SoGoPro team, this is the place where fans can unite in appreciation of southern gothic literature and, indeed, to share favorites from any genre.

The Traveling Gourmet 311 books / 106 members / 318 posts This group is for food lovers,who like to have a nice glass of wine with their meals,have itchy feet and likes to travel, appreciates art and cultural diversity. If this describes you, then please come on board. We like to discuss food, exchange wonderful, yummy recipes, talk about our travels, and have lots of fun exchanging recipes. Hope to hear from you soon,

The Latest (and Earlier) on Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Life 8 books / 1 members / 0 posts

KJ Book Club 17 books / 1 members / 0 posts

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