Anthem Books

Author : Ayn Rand
Publisher : Ayn Rand Institute Press
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780996010139

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Anthem by Ayn Rand Pdf

About this Edition This 2021-2022 Digital Student Edition of Ayn Rand's Anthem was created for teachers and students receiving free novels from the Ayn Rand Institute, and includes a historic Q&A with Ayn Rand that cannot be found in any other edition of Anthem. In this Q&A from 1979, Rand responds to questions about Anthem sent to her by a high school classroom. About Anthem Anthem is Ayn Rand’s “hymn to man’s ego.” It is the story of one man’s rebellion against a totalitarian, collectivist society. Equality 7-2521 is a young man who yearns to understand “the Science of Things.” But he lives in a bleak, dystopian future where independent thought is a crime and where science and technology have regressed to primitive levels. All expressions of individualism have been suppressed in the world of Anthem; personal possessions are nonexistent, individual preferences are condemned as sinful and romantic love is forbidden. Obedience to the collective is so deeply ingrained that the very word “I” has been erased from the language. In pursuit of his quest for knowledge, Equality 7-2521 struggles to answer the questions that burn within him — questions that ultimately lead him to uncover the mystery behind his society’s downfall and to find the key to a future of freedom and progress. Anthem anticipates the theme of Rand’s first best seller, The Fountainhead, which she stated as “individualism versus collectivism, not in politics, but in man’s soul.”

Author : Noah Hawley
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781538711507

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Anthem by Noah Hawley Pdf

“A blistering thriller that follows a group of teenagers on an adventure through an apocalyptic America much like our own.” ―Entertainment Weekly Bestselling author of Before the Fall and Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Noah Hawley (FX’s Fargo) returns with a chilling and prophetic allegory of America as it is now and as it could be. It begins with a Song... In a country divided by pandemic, climate change, and incendiary rhetoric, a new plague infects American teens via social media: a contagious new meme spreading chaos and fear. Desperate parents look for something, anything to stop the madness. At the Float Anxiety Abasement Center, in a suburb of Chicago, Simon Oliver is trying to recover from his sister’s tragic passing. He breaks out to join a woman named Louise and a man called the Prophet on a quest as urgent as it is enigmatic. Who lies at the end of the road? A man known as the Wizard, whose past encounter with Louise sparked her own collapse. Their quest becomes a rescue mission as those most in danger race to save one life – and the country’s future. Anthem is rich with unforgettably vivid characters, as fast and bright as pop cinema. Noah Hawley takes readers along for a leap into the idiosyncratic pulse of the American heart, written with the playfulness, biting wit, literary power, and foresight that have made him one of our most essential writers.

Author : Mark Siegel,Alexis Siegel
Publisher : Random House Graphic
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780593120552

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5 Worlds Book 4: The Amber Anthem by Mark Siegel,Alexis Siegel Pdf

Think Star Wars meets Avatar: The Last Airbender! Kazu Kibuishi (AMULET) says this graphic novel adventure is "a magical journey, as fun as it is beautiful!" In book 4, Oona Lee arrives on Salassandra determined to light the yellow beacon and continue her quest to save the Five Worlds from the evil Mimic's influence. But the beacon is encased in amber! An ancient clue says that Oona and her friends must seek out the Amber Anthem to succeed. Meanwhile, Stan Moon sends an evil Jax robot to assassinate Oona and hunts down An Tzu himself. Turns out, as An Tzu fades away from his Vanishing Illness, he's becoming someone else--someone who could tip the scales in the battle for the Five Worlds!

Author : Peter Kuitenbrouwer
Publisher : Lobster Press
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1894222679

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Our Song by Peter Kuitenbrouwer Pdf

Experience the 100-year evolution of the Canadian anthem; features lyrics in English and French and sheet music.

Author : Deborah Wiles
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338497458

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Anthem (The Sixties Trilogy #3) by Deborah Wiles Pdf

From two-time National Book Award finalist Deborah Wiles, the remarkable story of two cousins who must take a road trip across America in 1969 in order to let a teen know he's been drafted to fight in Vietnam. Full of photos, music, and figures of the time, this is the masterful story of what it's like to be young and American in troubled times. It's 1969.Molly is a girl who's not sure she can feel anything anymore, because life sometimes hurts way too much. Her brother Barry ran away after having a fight with their father over the war in Vietnam. Now Barry's been drafted into that war - and Molly's mother tells her she has to travel across the country in an old schoolbus to find Barry and bring him home.Norman is Molly's slightly older cousin, who drives the old schoolbus. He's a drummer who wants to find his own music out in the world - because then he might not be the "normal Norman" that he fears he's become. He's not sure about this trip across the country . . . but his own mother makes it clear he doesn't have a choice.Molly and Norman get on the bus - and end up seeing a lot more of America that they'd ever imagined. From protests and parades to roaring races and rock n' roll, the cousins make their way to Barry in San Francisco, not really knowing what they'll find when they get there.As she did in her other epic novels Countdown and Revolution, two-time National Book Award finalist Deborah Wiles takes the pulse of an era . . . and finds the multitude of heartbeats that lie beneath it.

Author : Martin Popoff
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-12
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781773055039

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Anthem: Rush in the 1970s by Martin Popoff Pdf

The definitive biography of the rock ’n’ roll kings of the North With extensive, first-hand reflections from Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart, as well as from family, friends, and fellow musicians, Anthem: Rush in the ’70s is a detailed portrait of Canada’s greatest rock ambassadors. The first of three volumes, Anthem puts the band’s catalog, from their self-titled debut to 1978’s Hemispheres (the next volume resumes with the release of Permanent Waves) into both Canadian and general pop culture context, and presents the trio of quintessentially dependable, courteous Canucks as generators of incendiary, groundbreaking rock ’n’ roll. Fighting complacency, provoking thought, and often enraging critics, Rush has been at war with the music industry since 1974, when they were first dismissed as the Led Zeppelin of the north. Anthem, like each volume in this series, celebrates the perseverance of Geddy, Alex, and Neil: three men who maintained their values while operating from a Canadian base, throughout lean years, personal tragedies, and the band’s eventual worldwide success.

Author : Joanne Proulx
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780735234444

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Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet by Joanne Proulx Pdf

“Stan,” I said, and I said it kind of loud so of course he had to look up. “Tomorrow morning: 8:37. The red van with the out-of-state plates? You go head to head. You lose. You die.” After freakishly foretelling the death of a friend, Luke Hunter becomes big news in Stokum, his rank little pinprick of a hometown. Terrified, but pretending not to be, Luke holds everyone—the local media, his buddy Fang, the Polish widow next door—at arm’s length as he lurches through a personal minefield studded with previously unconsidered existential ponderings, Christian fundamentalists, a missing teen’s frantic mother, and a dream girl who isn’t his. Hormonal and funny, exhilarating and wise, Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet slyly explores the need to belong, the isolation of youth, and the powerful brew of fear and truth, music and noise, that plays inside us all.

Author : Amanda Gorman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780593203231

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Change Sings by Amanda Gorman Pdf

A lyrical picture book debut from #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman and #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Loren Long "I can hear change humming In its loudest, proudest song. I don't fear change coming, And so I sing along." In this stirring, much-anticipated picture book by presidential inaugural poet and activist Amanda Gorman, anything is possible when our voices join together. As a young girl leads a cast of characters on a musical journey, they learn that they have the power to make changes—big or small—in the world, in their communities, and in most importantly, in themselves. With lyrical text and rhythmic illustrations that build to a dazzling crescendo by #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Loren Long, Change Sings is a triumphant call to action for everyone to use their abilities to make a difference.

Author : BJ Hoff
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780736932059

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American Anthem by BJ Hoff Pdf

Originally published to strong sales, this edition combines three of BJ’s best novels into one saga–length volume! BJ Hoff offers another thrilling historical saga that will capture the hearts of readers everywhere. At the entrance to the city, an Irish governess climbs into a carriage and sets out to confront the man who destroyed her sister’s life—a blind musician who hears music no one else can hear ... On a congested city street, a lonely Scot physician with a devastating secret meets a woman doctor with the capacity to heal not only the sick ... but also his heart ... In a tumbledown shack among hundreds of others like it, an immigrant family struggles to survive, and a ragged street singer old beyond her years appoints herself an unlikely guardian ... So begins American Anthem, a story set in 1870s New York that lets the reader step into another time to share the hopes and dreams and triumphant faith of a people you’ll grow to love ... a people readers will never forget. “An eloquently told story that weaves history, music, faith and intrigue ... an absolute pleasure.” —Christian Retailing “The story gently unfolds with intriguing characters, and the sound of music, which Hoff manages to make fly off the pages with her glorious and passionate descriptions.” —Christian Library Journal

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1102 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : American literature
ISBN : HARVARD:32044108748245

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Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles by Anonim Pdf

Author : William Francis (of Ashburne.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1861
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000578980

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Ashburne Church Anthem Book ... by William Francis (of Ashburne.) Pdf

Author : William FRANCIS (of Ashburne.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1861
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017244711

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Ashburne Church Anthem Book. Containing the words of one hundred and eighteen full and verse anthems by the most eminent composers of the last three centuries by William FRANCIS (of Ashburne.) Pdf

Author : Bioware
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781506711072

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The Art of Anthem Limited Edition by Bioware Pdf

Hundreds of pieces of art with commentary detailing the creation of BioWare's groundbreaking epic in an expertly designed hardcover volume! This limited edition features : Die-cut clamshell case Gallery-quality art print Exclusive cover Metallic-printed and embossed miniature replica of an ancient Fort Tarsis mural! From the studio behind the hit franchises Dragon Age and Mass Effect comes the thrilling world of Anthem. Dark Horse Books and BioWare are proud to present The Art of Anthem, showcasing the grandeur and beauty of this dangerous new world.

Author : Bioware,Alexander Freed,Mac Walters
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781506707075

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Anthem: Strong Alone, Stronger Together by Bioware,Alexander Freed,Mac Walters Pdf

This prequel to BioWare's science fantasy Action RPG introduces two gifted siblings struggling for survival in a world full of danger. From the video game developer that has defined roleplaying games with seminal franchises such as Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Baldur's Gate, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic comes a world brimming with new heroes, new threats, and new stories. Yarrow--one of the brave warriors known as Freelancers who pilot powerful Javelin exosuits--rescues a lone boy, Kismet, from an ambush. With no family left alive, Kismet is placed with a family in Fort Tarsis, a human outpost surrounded by untamed wilderness. His adoptive sister, Jani, struggles with Kismet's withdrawn personality at first, but over the years, the two become close friends. As they grow, Jani learns to fly and fight in Javelin armor, while Kismet trains to join the ranks of the mysterious Cyphers. The pair find themselves split, each pursuing their own craft of war, until an enemy force--large and vicious--appears on the horizon, bringing them together to face their ultimate test. They vowed to defend humanity, but can they protect each other?

Author : Nathaniel Mackey
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0811216527

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Splay Anthem by Nathaniel Mackey Pdf

In a stunning new collection of poems of transport and transcendence, African-American poet Nathaniel Mackey's "asthmatic song of aspiration" scuttles across cultures and histories--from America to Andalucía, from Ethiopia to Vienna--in a sexy, beautiful adaptive dance.