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Most Objectivist thinkers are ‘little known’ outside of Objectivist circles so I will post a list of the ones I know.Objectivist Intellectual’s Biographies (85) last updated 10/14/18 (not complete)Amesh AdaljaMD, 2002, American University of the CaribbeanDr. Adalja, a board-certified physician in infectious disease, critical care medicine, emergency medicine and internal medicine, specializes in the intersection of national security with catastrophic health events. He publishes and lectures on bio-terrorism, pandemic preparedness and emerging infectious diseases. He has been a guest on national radio and television programs.John AllisonMBA, Management, 1974, Duke UniversityMr. Allison is president and CEO of the Cato Institute. He was previously chairman and CEO of BB&T Corporation, the 10th-largest financial services holding company headquartered in the United States. During Allison’s tenure as CEO from 1989 to 2008, BB&T grew from $4.5 billion to $152 billion in assets.Carl BarneyCarl Barney is a businessman who, among other business activities, owns and manages several private business colleges.Rituparna BasuBS, Biology, 2010, Pennsylvania State UniversityMs. Basu is a health care policy analyst at ARI. Her work has appeared in publications such as Forbes and The Daily Caller, and she has been interviewed on radio and TV programs, internationally. Ms. Basu has briefed congressional staffers and speaks regularly at university campuses, including Georgetown, Emory and Temple.Ben BayerPhD, Philosophy, 2007, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignDr. Bayer teaches philosophy at Loyola University New Orleans. His research focuses primarily on questions about the foundations of knowledge and the freedom of the will.Robert BegleyRobert Begley is a writer for The Objective Standard. He is the founder and president of the NY Heroes Society, an organization dedicated to promoting heroism in the culture. Robert is also a judge in Anthem, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged essay contests. He was the host and producer for the Manhattan Cable TV program, The Voice of Reason. Robert is currently writing a book about the history of New York heroes.Michael S. BerlinerPhD, Philosophy, 1970, Boston UniversityDr. Berliner is the founding executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute and served as co-chairman of ARI’s board of directors. He is editor of "Letters of Ayn Rand", "Understanding Objectivism" and a recent biography of operetta composer Emmerich Kálmán. Dr. Berliner taught philosophy and philosophy of education for many years at California State University, Northridge.ANDREW BERNSTEINPhD, Philosophy, 1986, City University of New YorkAndrew Bernstein holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the Graduate School of the City University of New York. He has taught at Hunter College, the New School for Social Research, Pace University and Marymount College, where he was chosen Outstanding Faculty Member for 1995. He currently teaches at the State University of New York at Purchase, where he was selected Outstanding Faculty Member for 2004.Dr. Bernstein has lectured at universities across the United States, including at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, the United States Military Academy at West Point and many others; and at philosophical conferences both in America and abroad. He is the author of The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic and Philosophic Case for Laissez-Faire, to be published in the spring of 2005 by University Press of America. His first novel, Heart of a Pagan, was released in 2002. He is currently writing Objectivism in One Lesson, an introduction to the philosophy of Ayn Rand. His website is Andrew Bernstein | Philosopher and TeacherDr. Bernstein is the author of "The Capitalist Manifesto" (2005), "Objectivism in One Lesson" (2008), "Capitalism Unbound" (2010), "Capitalist Solutions" (2011), and of numerous essays. He is currently writing “Heroes and Hero Worship” for the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism. Dr. Bernstein lectures widely on Ayn Rand’s novels and Objectivism.DAVID BERRYD.M.A., Composition, 2002, University of South CarolinaDavid Berry is an associate professor of music. He teaches courses across a wide range of historical and theoretical musical subjects including film music. He is a recorded and published (BMI) composer with performances of his music in America and Europe in both fine art and popular music genres.CRAIG BIDDLEB.A., Fine Arts, 1988, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityCraig Biddle is the author of Loving Life: The Morality of Self-Interest and the Facts That Support It and is currently writing another book, Good Thinking for Good Living: The Science of Being Selfish. In addition to writing, he lectures on the Objectivist ethics and teaches workshops on thinking in principles. Editor and Publisher of “The Objective Standard”Specialties: Ethics, ObjectivismHARRY BINSWANGERPh.D., Philosophy, 1973, Columbia UniversityDr. Binswanger is the author of The Biological Basis of Teleological Concepts, the editor of The Ayn Rand Lexicon and co-editor of the second edition of Ayn Rand’s Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology. Dr. Binswanger is a professor of philosophy at the Ayn Rand Institute’s Objectivist Academic Center and is a member of ARI’s board of directors. He is currently working on a book on the nature of consciousness.Dr. Binswanger is the author of "How We Know" and "The Biological Basis of Teleological Concepts", the editor of "The Ayn Rand Lexicon" and co-editor of the second edition of Ayn Rand’s "Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology". He is an instructor of philosophy at the Ayn Rand Institute’s Objectivist Academic Center and a member of ARI’s board of directors.TORE BOECKMANNWriterMr. Boeckmann has written and lectured extensively on Ayn Rand’s fiction and philosophy of esthetics. He edited for publication Rand’s The Art of Fiction. His own fiction has been published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. He is currently writing a book on Romantic literature.Thomas A. BowdenSpecialties: Legal issues, physician-assisted suicide, abortion rights, mandatory community service.Mr. Bowden, an attorney in private practice in Baltimore, Maryland, taught at the University Of Baltimore School Of Law from 1988 to 1994. Author of a booklet against multiculturalism, “The Enemies of Christopher Columbus,” he has also published op-eds in the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, Philadelphia Inquirer, Portland Oregonian, Los Angeles Daily News, Minneapolis Star Tribune, and Charlotte Observer. He is a former member of the board of directors of The Association for Objective Law, a non-profit group whose purpose is to advance Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand, as the basis of a proper legal system. In that connection, Mr. Bowden has filed amicus curiae briefs in the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal for the Second and Third Circuits, challenging mandatory community service for high school students on legal and moral grounds.YARON BROOKPh.D., Finance, 1994, University of Texas at AustinDr. Brook is president and executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute. A former finance professor, he has published in academic as well as popular publications, and is frequently interviewed in the media. He has appeared on CNN, Fox News Channel and PBS among others. On college campuses across America and in the boardrooms of large corporations, he has lectured on Objectivism, business ethics and foreign policy.Dr. Brook is executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute. He is the coauthor of the national best-seller “Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand’s Ideas Can End Big Government” and a contributing author to both “Neoconservatism: An Obituary for an Idea” and “Winning the Unwinnable War: America’s Self-Crippled Response to Islamic Totalitarianism.”ANDY CLARKSONMBA University of MarylandMr. Clarkson is a decades-long Objectivist He has focused on researching the history of ideas and published The Impact of Aristotle Upon Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Cultures : A Compilation of Notes and Quotes From A Variety of Sources Plus Commentary, published in December 2016.PAT CORVINIPh.D., Electrical Engineering, 1995, University of California at Santa BarbaraDr. Corvini recently left a twenty-year career in semiconductor optoelectronics to work full time in the history of science and mathematics. She lectured on Archimedes at the 2003 Objectivist Summer Conference.SUSAN CRAWFORDB.S.N, Nursing, 1982, Marymount College, VirginiaSusan Crawford is a registered nurse. She has given two parenting courses and wrote the pamphlet “The Reading Habit/Money Management.” Susan is married to Jack Crawford and the mother of two sons, Jason and DavidERIC DANIELSPh.D., American History, 2001, University of WisconsinDr. Daniels is a visiting assistant professor of history at Duke University’s Program on Values and Ethics in the Marketplace. He has lectured at summer conferences and to numerous Objectivist community groups. He is an alumnus of ARI’s Objectivist Graduate Center (precursor to the Objectivist Academic Center). A contributor to the Oxford Companion to United States History, he is currently working on a book about American politics andDr. Daniels works at LePort Schools, teaching science and history, and as a curriculum developer. Previously, he was a professor at Clemson, Duke and Georgetown Universities. Dr. Daniels has published book chapters and articles on antitrust, individualism and economic freedom.John DennisPhD, Psychology, 2010, University of Texas at AustinDr. Dennis teaches at Catholic University in Milan, University of Perugia and University of Alberta. His research on motivation is funded by the EU and Templeton Foundation. He is a licensed psychologist trained in CBT. In 2013 Dr. Dennis started Melioravit, a scientific communication company that helps researchers get funded, published and cited.Robert van DortmondMSc in Applied Physics, Delft University of Technology; Executive Program, Stanford Graduate SchoolMr. van Dortmond teaches entrepreneurship at the University of Amsterdam/The Amsterdam Centre for Entrepreneurship. He is an active mentor, shareholder and board member of various startups. He speaks on Ayn Rand’s ideas and is an advisory board member of ARI Europe of which he was one of the initiators.Dianne DuranteSpecialties: Esthetics, painting, sculpture, homeschooling.Dr. Durante is a freelance writer on art and current events. She has lectured on painting and sculpture at Objectivist conferences; several of these lectures are available on tape from the Ayn Rand Bookstore. She has also just finished a book on New York sculpture, Forgotten Delights: The Producers. Dr. Durante and her husband homeschool their daughter in Brooklyn, NY.Alex EpsteinSpecialties: Current Affairs, racism, and moral defense of businessmen.Alex Epstein is an Objectivist speaker and writer living in Richmond, VA. His Op-Eds have been published in dozens of newspapers around the country, including The Houston Chronicle, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Miami Herald, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Washington Times. He is also a regular contributor to The Intellectual Activist, a monthly magazine analyzing political and cultural issues from an Objectivist perspective. Mr. Epstein holds a BA in philosophy from Duke University, where he was editor and publisher of The Duke Review for two years.STUART MARK FELDMANM.A., Art, 1975, Rowan University, New JerseyStuart Feldman works in bronze, stone and wood, creating sculptures of the human figure expressing man’s most noble and inspiring qualities. A former instructor at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, he is cofounder of the Schuylkill Academy of Fine Art, in Philadelphia. His sculptures are held in private collections, and he has created a number of commissioned pieces.ROBERT GARMONGPh.D., Philosophy, 2002; University of Texas at AustinDr. Garmong is a graduate of the Objectivist Graduate Center, and has lectured on philosophy at many Objectivist conferences. He is the author of “J.S. Mill’s Re-Conceptualization of Liberty,” currently under submission to publishers. Dr. Garmong teaches philosophy at Texas A&M University and at Texas State University.MARILYN (GEORGE) GRAYB.S., Child Development, 1961, Iowa State UniversityMarilyn George is a retired Montessori teacher, school owner and administrator. She holds teaching certificates from both the American Montessori Society and the International Association of Progressive Montessorians and was a Montessori teacher for twenty-five years. She owned, administered and taught for ten years in her own school, which had an international reputation for excellence. She taught Montessori courses at Seattle University for more than ten years and has consulted for schools nationwide. Marilyn has been ballroom dancing since she met Ted Gray at a conference in 1989, at her first lesson, and today they compete at the Silver level.Debi GhateLLB, Law, University of Calgary, 1995Ms. Ghate is vice president of Education and Research at the Ayn Rand Institute, where she heads up a variety of educational and policy-related programs. She is also director of the Anthem Foundation for Objectivist Scholarship, an organization that supports academic scholarship based on Ayn Rand’s work.Onkar GhatePhD, Philosophy, 1996, University of CalgaryDr. Ghate is senior fellow and chief content officer at the Ayn Rand Institute. He specializes in Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism, and is ARI’s senior instructor and editor. He publishes and lectures on Rand’s philosophy and fiction, including application of Objectivism in the culture, and has been a guest on national radio and television programs.GENA GORLINPhD, Clinical Psychology, 2012, University of VirginiaMs. Gorlin has two years of experience conducting individual psychotherapy with anxious and depressed young adults. Her research has been published in highly regarded academic journals. She is also a graduate of the Objectivist Academic Center and a former board member of The Undercurrent, a national campus publication.Allan Gotthelf (deceased)Specialties: Love, self-esteem, happiness, Objectivism, AristotleAllan Gotthelf is emeritus professor of philosophy at The College of New Jersey. He is an internationally recognized authority on the philosophy of Aristotle, with many scholarly publications. He has lectured on Objectivism and Aristotle — including their views on love and sex, self-esteem, and individual happiness — throughout North America and in Europe and Japan. He has been a visiting professor at Swarthmore College, Georgetown University, Oxford University, Tokyo Metropolitan University, and most recently, the University of Texas at Austin. In 1987, Dr. Gotthelf was one of the founders of the Ayn Rand Society; a professional organization affiliated with the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, and has headed it since 1990. He enters his second year as Visiting Professor of Historyand Philosophy of Science (HPS) at the University of Pittsburgh. Prof. Gotthelf holds the Pitt Fellowship for the Study of Objectivism, funded by the Anthem Foundation and he will be working throughout the year on various projects in connection with his Fellowship. He is the author of On Ayn Rand (Wadsworth Publishing, 2000), the best-selling book in the Wadsworth Philosophers Series.4-19-2007 from his website:Visiting Professor, under the university's new Fellowship for the Study of Objectivism (Member: Classics, Philosophy and Ancient Science Program). A specialist on Aristotle's biology and philosophy, and on the philosophy of Ayn Rand, Gotthelf is emeritus professor of philosophy at The College of New Jersey, and has taught on a visiting basis at Swarthmore, Oxford, Georgetown, Tokyo Metropolitan, and the University of Texas at Austin. He is a life member of Clare Hall Cambridge, and was a visiting member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. Gotthelf is author of On Ayn Rand (Wadsworth Philosophers Series, 2000); co-editor of Philosophical Issues in Aristotle's Biology (Cambridge 1987); editor of Aristotle on Nature and Living Things (Pittsburgh 1985); and has prepared for publication D.M. Balme's posthumous editions of Aristotle's Historia Animalium (Cambridge 2002, Cambridge MA 1991). His collected Aristotle papers will by published next year by Oxford University Press, under the title: Teleology, Scientific Method, and Substance: Essays on Aristotle's Biological Enterprise. He is currently working on several Aristotle projects and an extended study of Rand's theory of concepts, essences, and objectivity.TED GRAYB.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1965, Northeastern University;M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1971, Brooklyn Polytechnic InstituteTed Gray, an engineer, has been dancing since his teens. They both consider dancing primarily a social and romantic activity. Occasionally, they enter amateur dance competitions. As a couple they have given many formal and informal group lessons—at home, at conferences and on a cruise ship. Ted is a mechanical engineer with forty years experience in design and analysis of structures, and prevention of vibration. He is an amateur student of history, enjoying especially the biographies of great Americans and the history of technology. He has been a student of Objectivism for thirty-eight years.Hannes HackerSpecialties: history and politics of the space program, science and technology.Mr. Hacker graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a BS degree in aerospace engineering in May 1988. He earned a MS degree in aerospace engineering at the University of Texas at Austin December 1990. He has eleven years of space-flight operations experience including work on the space shuttle, international space station and commercial communications satellites.DAVID HARRIMANB.S., Physics, 1979, University of California at Berkeley;M.S., Physics, 1982, University of Maryland;M.A., Philosophy, 1995, Claremont Graduate University, CaliforniaDavid Harriman is the editor of Journals of Ayn Rand and a senior writer for the Ayn Rand Institute. He has lectured extensively on the history and philosophy of physics. He is currently developing the physical science curriculum at VanDamme Academy and working on two books: one demonstrating the influence of philosophy on modern physics (The Anti-Copernican Revolution) and the other presenting Leonard Peikoff’s theory of induction (Induction in Physics and Philosophy).David HolcbergSpecialties: Environmentalism, science, capitalism. David Holcberg holds a degree in civil engineering and is a senior writer for the Ayn Rand Institute.JONATHAN HOENIGCommunications and Philosophy, 1999, Northwestern UniversityMr. Hoenig manages Capitalistpig Hedge Fund, LLC. A former floor trader, his first book, Greed Is Good, was published by HarperCollins. Mr. Hoenig has written for publications including The Wall Street Journal, Wired andMarketWatch: Stock Market News - Financial News. He was named one of Crain’s Forty Under Forty and appears regularly on Fox News Channel.Gary HullSpecialties: Philosophy, multiculturalism, business ethics, education.Dr. Hull is director of the Program on Values and Ethics in the Marketplace at Duke University. His op-eds have been published in numerous newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Orange County Register, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Chicago Tribune. He has made numerous television and radio appearances to discuss Ayn Rand’s philosophy, multiculturalism, affirmative action, the Elian Gonzalez affair, sex, ethics, politics. He has lectured on Ayn Rand’s philosophy at conferences around the world and, as a member of the Ayn Rand Institute’s Speakers Bureau, has spoken at universities across the country, including Harvard, Michigan at Ann Arbor, Wisconsin at Madison, Texas at Austin. Dr. Hull is the author of A Study Guide to Leonard Peikoff’s book Objectivism: the Philosophy of Ayn Rand, and is co-editor of The Ayn Rand Reader (Penguin/Plume, 1999), a collection of fiction and non-fiction writings by Ayn Rand.MARTIN F JOHANSENMS, Computer Science, 2009, University of OsloMr. Johansen is a PhD research fellow at SINTEF, the largest independent research institute in Scandinavia. He is currently completing his PhD studies at the University of Oslo as part of an international research project on software testing.Elan JournoBA, Philosophy, 1997, King's College, LondonMr. Journo, director of policy research at ARI, is completing a book on American policy toward the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. His 2009 book, “Winning the Unwinnable War,” analyzes post-9/11 U.S. foreign policy. His writing has appeared in “Foreign Policy,” “Journal of International Security Affairs” and “Middle East Quarterly.”ELLEN KENNERPh.D., Clinical Psychology, 1992, University of Rhode IslandDr. Kenner, a clinical psychologist, has taught university courses in introductory psychology, abnormal psychology and theories of personality. She gives talks on romance, self-improvement, psychological self-defense, parenting and communication skills. She is in her eighth year as host of the nationally syndicated radio talk show The Rational Basis of Happiness®.Ryan KrausePhD, Strategic Management and Organization Theory, 2013, Indiana UniversityDr. Krause is an assistant professor at Texas Christian University’s Neeley School of Business. He researches corporate governance and has published in “Academy of Management Journal,” “Strategic Management Journal” and “Journal of Management.” His research has been covered by the “Wall Street Journal,” “USA Today,” “Businessweek” and Fox Business Network.Andrew LaymanAndrew Layman is a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft where he works on Internet and database technologies. Prior to joining Microsoft in 1992, he was a Vice President of Symantec Corporation and original author of the Time Line project management program.Peter LePort, M.D.Specialties: Medicine, free market reform of healthcare, medical savings accountsDr. LePort, a full-time surgeon, lectures nationwide on free market reform in healthcare, particularly on the benefits of medical savings accounts. He is a member of the board of directors of Americans for Free Choice in Medicine. He co-wrote a healthcare reform proposal that discusses voluntary, tax-free medical savings accounts and high-deductible personal health insurance and which includes a method to privatize Medicare. He earned his medical degree from Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, and is a former assistant professor of surgery at that institution. He is a member of the Faculty of the American College of Surgeons and of the Orange County Surgical Society.Andrew LewisPostgraduate Diploma of Philosophy, 1994, University of Melbourne, AustraliaMr. Lewis has studied philosophy at the Objectivist Academic Center, the University of Melbourne and the University of Southern California. He worked with Leonard Peikoff on his radio show, has lectured at Objectivist conferences, and is principal at VanDamme Academy, where he teaches a three-year history curriculum covering ancient, European and American history.JOHN LEWIS (deceased)Ph.D., Classics, 2001, University of CambridgeDr. Lewis is assistant professor of history at Ashland University, where he holds an Anthem Fellowship for Objectivist Scholarship. He is Assistant Professor of History in the Department of History and Political Science. He has published in several professional journals, and has been a visiting scholar at Rice University and Bowling Green State UniversityEDWIN A. LOCKEPh.D., Industrial Organizational Psychology, 1964, Cornell University.Dr. Locke is Dean’s Professor of Leadership and Motivation (Emeritus) at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is internationally known for his research and writings on work motivation, leadership and related topics, including the application of Objectivism to psychology and management. He is a senior writer for the Ayn Rand Institute and has published numerous op-eds.Keith LockitchPhD, Physics, 1999, University of Wisconsin at MilwaukeeDr. Lockitch is an ARI fellow and director of advanced training. In addition to speaking and writing for ARI on issues related to energy, climate and environmentalism, he teaches writing for the OAC and has developed courses on Ayn Rand’s ideas and novels for a variety of audiences.ROBERT MAYHEWPh.D., Philosophy, 1991, Georgetown UniversityDr. Mayhew is associate professor of philosophy at Seton Hall University. He is the author of Aristotle’s Criticism of Plato’s Republic and The Female in Aristotle’s Biology and the editor of Ayn Rand’s Marginalia, Ayn Rand’s The Art of Nonfiction, Essays on Ayn Rand’s “We the Living” and (forthcoming) Ayn Rand’s Q & A. He has completed a book on Ayn Rand’s HUAC testimony and is preparing for publication a collection of essays on Ayn Rand’s Anthem.Arline MannArline Mann is an attorney. She is vice president and associate general counsel of Goldman, Sachs & Co.John P. McCaskey, Ph.D. in history, is the founder and chairman of the Anthem Foundation for Objectivist Scholarship. He spent twenty years in the computer business, most recently as founder of Epiphany, Inc., before returning to academia in 2001. He studies and teaches history and philosophy of science at Stanford University.Scott McConnellSpecialties: Volunteerism, Communism in America, Ayn Rand's life. Mr. McConnell is a former literature teacher and high school English teacher. He has a BA in behavioral sciences and worked in Hollywood as a script reader. He has given several lectures on Ayn Rand's life.Shoshana MilgramPhD, Comparative Literature, 1978, Stanford UniversityDr. Milgram, associate professor of English at Virginia Tech, specializes in narrative fiction and film. She has lectured on Ayn Rand at Objectivist and academic conferences and has published on Ayn Rand, Hugo and Dostoevsky. Dr. Milgram is editing the draft of her book-length study of Ayn Rand’s life (to 1957).Ken Moelis. Mr. Moelis is founder and chief executive officer of Moelis & Company, a global investment bank that provides financial advisory, capital raising and asset management services to a broad client base including corporations, institutions and governments. Mr. Moelis has over thirty years of investment banking experience. Prior to founding Moelis & Company, he worked at UBS from 2001 to 2007, where he was most recently president of UBS Investment Bank and, previously, Joint Global Head of Investment Banking. Mr. Moelis serves on the University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees, the Wharton Board of Overseers, the Board of the Tourette Syndrome Association, and the Board of Governors of Cedars Sinai Hospital.Jean MoroneyCertificate, 1996, Objectivist Graduate Center, Ayn Rand Institute;MS, Psychology, 1994, Carnegie Mellon University;MS, Electrical Engineering, 1986, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMs. Moroney is president of Thinking Directions, a business that develops and teaches methods in applied psycho-epistemology. She has given her flagship course, Thinking Tactics, to corporate and public audiences across North America. She is writing a book titled “Smarter: How to Achieve Your Goals When Nothing Goes as Planned.”Adam Mossoff is Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law. He is also Co-Director of Academic Programs and a Senior Scholar at the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property at George Mason, which he co-founded in 2012. He teaches and writes in the areas of patent law, trade secrets, trademark law, property law, and internet law. He has published extensively on the theory and history of how patents and other intellectual property rights are fundamental property rights. His article on the very first patent war, the Sewing Machine War of the 1850s, has been widely cited in today's public policy debates concerning patent litigation, patent licensing, and patent pools. He has testified before the Senate, and he has spoken at numerous congressional staff briefings, professional association conferences, and academic conferences, as well as at the PTO, the FTC, the DOJ, and the Smithsonian Institution. He is Co-Chairman of the Intellectual Property Committee of the IEEE-USA, and he is a member of the Amicus Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the Public Policy Committee of the Licensing Executives Society, and the Academic Advisory Board of the Copyright Alliance. ADAM MOSSOFF is an expert in patent law and property theory. He has published numerous law review articles and book reviews on topics in legal philosophy, patent law, and property law, including in law reviews at the University of Arizona and UC-Hastings, and in the interdisciplinary law journal, the University of Chicago Law School Roundtable. He was a visiting lecturer and John M. Olin Fellow in Law at Northwestern University School of Law, where he taught a seminar on property theory. Immediately prior to coming to MSU College of Law, he clerked for the Hon. Jacques L. Wiener, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Professor Mossoff graduated from the University of Chicago Law School with honors in 2001. He has a M.A. in philosophy from Columbia University, where he specialized in legal and political philosophy, and a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Michigan, where he graduated magna cum laude and with high honors in philosophy. Hi is now an Associate Professor of Law at George Mason University School of LawSpecialties: Philosophy of Law, Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property Rights, Patent RightsJ. PATRICK MULLINS is a doctoral candidate in the history department of the University of Kentucky. He is in the last stages of writing his doctoral dissertation with the help of a generous grant from the Ayn Rand Institute.Travis NorsenSpecialties: Physics, science, history and philosophy of science, science education.Mr. Norsen is a physics and philosophy double-major at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, CA. He is currently attending his final year of a PhD program in physics at the University of Washington in Seattle. Mr. Norsen is also a former adjunct instructor of physics at DigiPen Institute of Technology in Redmond, WA.JOHN E. OPFER, who still tops the list of Amazon Reviewers on the CyberNet Scoreboard, is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Ohio State University where he specializes in cognitive and developmental psychology. Nowadays he's too busy reviewing his research findings to review books. His work at OSU's Concepts and Learning Lab explores how young children form and change their concepts, such as concepts of living things and number. His website is at <Department of Psychology - John Opfer> where you will find links to several of his fascinating papers.Michael PaxtonMFA, 1984, New York UniversityMr. Paxton directed the world premiere of Ayn Rand’s Ideal (1989) and adapted and directed a dramatic presentation of Anthem (1991). His documentary, Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life, won an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Satellite Award for Best Feature Documentary. He teaches production design and film history at the Art Institute in Hollywood.Lee PiersonPhD, 1982, Psychology, Cornell UniversityDr. Pierson, director of the Thinking Skills Institute at Fairleigh Dickinson University, teaches students and business professionals how to keep any thought process moving toward its goal by activating the right knowledge as needed. He has a long-standing interest in and recently participated in life-extension research.AMY PEIKOFFJ.D., 1998, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law;Ph.D., Philosophy, 2003, University of Southern CaliforniaDr. Amy Peikoff is an Anthem fellow at the University of Texas at Austin, where she is teaching undergraduate courses in ethics and epistemology. Her writings on legal and philosophical issues have appeared in academic journals and leading newspapers. She has taught for the Objectivist Academic Center and lectured for Objectivist organizations and at conferences. Visiting Fellow at Chapman University’s Law School.Leonard PeikoffPh .D., Philosophy, 1964 New York UniversityFrom 1957 until 1973, Peikoff taught philosophy at Hunter College, Long Island University, New York University, the University of Denver and the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.After that, he worked full-time on The Ominous Parallels (published 1982) and gave lectures across the country. He gave courses on Ayn Rand's philosophy regularly in New York City, which were taped and played to groups in some 100 cities in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. In addition, he spoke frequently before investment and financial conferences on the philosophic basis of capitalism.Dr. Peikoff, who is a naturalized American citizen, was born in Winnipeg, Canada, in 1933. His father was a surgeon and his mother, before marriage, was a band leader in Western Canada. He has been a contributor to Barron's and an associate editor, with Ayn Rand, of The Objectivist (1968-71) and The Ayn Rand Letter (1971-76).He is author of Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (Dutton, 1991), the definitive statement of Objectivism.Steve PlafkerJ.D., 1973 USCPh.D., Math, 1966 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISBS, MATH, MIT, 1961Dr. Plafker is a retired Los Angeles County deputy district attorney. His teaching experience includes teaching law to law students and to undergraduates. Before becoming a lawyer, he taught mathematics at Tulane University. He is a founder and member of the Board of Directors of The Association For Objective Law (TAFOL).Richard RalstonSpecialties: Ayn Rand’s life, Objectivism (General), Projects of the Ayn Rand Institute, Volunteerism, Foreign Policy, Journalism and MediaAfter serving seven years in the U.S. Army, Mr. Ralston completed an M.A. in International Relations at the University of Southern California in 1977. He then began a career in newspaper publishing and direct marketing. He has been the circulation director and publisher of The Christian Science Monitor, a radio producer, a national television news business manager, and a book publisher. As an independent direct marketing consultant, his clients included IBM, British Airways, CNN, and the Los Angeles Times. His book Communism: Its Rise and Fall in the 20th Century was published in 1991. Mr. Ralston is now Managing Director for the Ayn Rand Institute.JOHN RIDPATHPh.D., Economics, 1974, University of VirginiaDr. Ridpath (York University, retired) writes and speaks in defense of capitalism, and on the impact throughout Western history—including the American Founding era—of the ideas of the major philosophers. A recipient of numerous teaching awards, and nominee for Canadian Professor of the Year, he continues to lecture throughout Europe and North America.Jonathan Paul Rosman, MDSpecialties: Medicine, psychiatry.Dr. Rosman is a board certified psychiatrist, with additional qualifications in the subspecialties of addiction psychiatry and forensic psychiatry. Prior to entering full-time private practice in California in 1989 he was an assistant professor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. For several years, Dr. Rosman has been a psychiatric consultant to the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California, and is the psychiatric consultant to the Sleep Disorders Center at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, California. He is also medical director for the Eating Disorder Center of California, a private, intensive outpatient clinic in Brentwood, California, devoted to the treatment of patients with anorexia and bulimia.Dr. Rosman is a published writer and lecturer on various aspects of psychiatry. Dr. Rosman's theoretical orientation is broad-based, drawing on and integrating aspects of cognitive-behavioral, short-term psychodynamic and biologic theories with Objectivist epistemological principles. He practices as both a psychotherapist and a psychopharmacologist.GREG SALMIERIB.A., Philosophy, 2001, The College of New JerseyPhD, Philosophy, 2008, University of PittsburghDr. Salmieri is a philosophy fellow at the Anthem Foundation and co-secretary of the Ayn Rand Society (a professional group affiliated with the American Philosophical Association). He teaches at Rutgers University. He has published and lectured on Aristotle and Ayn Rand and is co-editor of forthcoming books on both thinkers.Richard M. SalsmanSpecialties: Banking, free market economics, economic forecasting, capitalism, investmentsRichard M. Salsman is president and chief market strategist of InterMarket Forecasting, which provides quantitative research and forecasts of stocks, bonds, and currencies to guide the asset allocation decisions of institutional investment managers, mutual funds, and pension plans. He is the author of numerous books and articles on economics, banking, and forecasting from a free-market perspective, including Breaking the Banks: Central Banking Problems and Free Banking Solutions (American Institute for Economic Research, 1990) and Gold and Liberty (American Institute for Economic Research, 1995). Mr. Salsman’s work has appeared in The Intellectual Activist, the New York Times, Investor’s Business Daily, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Barron’s. From 1993 to 1999, he was a senior vice president and senior economist at H. C. Wainwright & Co. Economics. Prior to that he was a banker at Citibank and the Bank of New York. Mr. Salsman is an adjunct fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research and the founder of The Association of Objectivist Businessmen.Lee Sandstead received his B.A. Philosophy/B.S. Mass Communication from Middle Tennessee State University in December 1996, when he was awarded the prestigious award for “Outstanding Magazine Journalism Graduate.” He has studied art history at the University of Memphis’ graduate program, and most recently, the art history doctoral program at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York City. He is a popular writer/photographer/lecturer of art-historical subjects. He has delivered almost 50 keynote lecture-addresses to such prestigious institutions as: Yale, Duke, University of Michigan, Penn State, NYU and the Academy of Realist Art in Toronto. Articles of his have been published in numerous journals, and his photography has been seen in publications such as: The New York Times, Fortune, and Ms. Magazine. He currently teaches art history at Montclair State University and is author of the forthcoming book on American master-sculptor Evelyn Beatrice Longman (1874-1954DINA SCHEIN FEDERMAN (deceased) is completing her article on "Integrity in The Fountainhead_" for ROBERT MAYHEW's upcoming collection of essays. She will also be delivering two lectures at the European Objectivist conference in London this month. Her writing projects include severalarticles on Virtue Ethics, a movement in academic ethics.DANIEL SCHWARTZBA, Liberal Arts, 2006, St. John’s CollegeMr. Schwartz is a doctoral candidate in philosophy at UC San Diego, where he is working on a dissertation titled “Baconian Foundationalism and the Problem of Certainty.” He specializes in early modern philosophy and the history of the philosophy of science.PETER SCHWARTZM.A., Journalism, 1972, Syracuse UniversityPeter Schwartz is the founding editor and publisher of The Intellectual Activist. He is the editor and contributing author of Ayn Rand’s Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution, and is chairman of the board of directors of the Ayn Rand Institute.Thomas ShoebothamMM, Orchestral Conducting, 1996, University of New MexicoMM, Cello Performance, 1992, Eastman School of MusicMr. Shoebotham is music director of the Palo Alto Philharmonic. Previous conducting engagements have included Berkeley Opera, Opera San José, Peninsula Symphony Orchestra and many other groups. He has lectured on music, taught in school music programs and performed numerous recitals as a cellist and pianist over the last twenty years.Stephen SiekPhD, Musicology, 1991, University of CincinnatiDr. Siek, professor emeritus at Wittenberg University, has recently publishedEngland’s Piano Sage: The Life and Teachings of Tobias Matthay. For many years he has lectured and written about the early work of Frank Lloyd Wright, including a scholarly study of Wright’s 1909 home for Burton Westcott in Springfield, Ohio.BRIAN P. SIMPSONPhD, Economics, 2000, George Mason UniversityDr. Simpson is a professor at National University in San Diego. He is author of the book Markets Don’t Fail! and he has a number of papers published in academic journals. He is currently working on another book titled “Money, Banking, and the Business Cycle,” which he hopes to publish soon.Steve SimpsonJD, 1994, New York Law SchoolMr. Simpson is director of legal studies at the Ayn Rand Institute. A former constitutional lawyer for the Institute for Justice, he writes and speaks on a wide variety of legal and constitutional issues, including free speech and campaign finance law, cronyism and government corruption, and the rule of law.Aaron SmithPhD, Philosophy, 2010, Johns Hopkins UniversityDr. Smith is an instructor at the Ayn Rand Institute where he teaches in the Objectivist Academic Center and the Summer Internship program. He lectures for ARI and develops educational content for the Institute’s e-learning programs.Tara SmithPhD, Philosophy, 1989, Johns Hopkins UniversityDr. Smith, professor of philosophy at the University of Texas, holds the BB&T Chair for the Study of Objectivism and the Anthem Foundation Fellowship. She has published books on values, virtues, and individual rights. Her latest, “Judicial Review in an Objective Legal System,” is forthcoming in fall 2015 (Cambridge University Press).MARY ANN SURESM.A., Art History, 1966, Hunter College, New YorkMary Ann Sures taught art history at Washington Square College of N.Y.U. and at Hunter College. She applied Objectivist esthetics to painting and sculpture in a ten-lecture course, “Esthetics of the Visual Arts,” which was written in consultation with Ayn Rand. Her philosophical approach to art history is presented in “Metaphysics in Marble” (The Objectivist, February/March, 1969). She is co-author with her (late) husband Charles of Facets of Ayn Rand (published by the Ayn Rand Institute), memoirs of their longtime friendship with Ayn Rand and her husband Frank O’Connor.C. BRADLEY THOMPSONPh.D., History, 1993, Brown UniversityC. Bradley Thompson is the BB&T Research Professor at Clemson University and the Executive Director of the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism. He has also been a visiting fellow at Princeton and Harvard universities and at the University of London.Professor Thompson is the author of Neoconservatism: An Obituary for an Idea and the prize-winning book John Adams and the Spirit of Liberty. He has also edited The Revolutionary Writings of John Adams, Antislavery Political Writings, 1833-1860: A Reader, co-edited Freedom and School Choice in American Education, and was an associate editor of the four-volume Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment. His current book project is on the ideological origins of American constitutionalism.Dr. Thompson is also an occasional writer for The Times Literary Supplement of London. He has lectured around the country on education reform and the American Revolution, and his op-ed essays have appeared in scores of newspapers around the country and abroad. Dr. Thompson's lectures on the political thought of John Adams have twice appeared on C-SPAN television.LISA VANDAMMEB.A., Philosophy, 1994, University of Texas at AustinLisa VanDamme is the owner and director of VanDamme Academy, a private elementary and junior high school in Laguna Hills, California. She specializes in the application of Objectivism to educational theory. Her previous lectures on homeschooling, hierarchy and the teaching of values will be included in a forthcoming education anthology featuring Leonard Peikoff’s “Philosophy of Education.”Don WatkinsBA, Business Administration, 2005, Strayer UniversityMr. Watkins is a fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute. He is the author of “RooseveltCare: How Social Security Is Sabotaging the Land of Self-Reliance” and coauthor, along with Yaron Brook, of the national best-seller “Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand’s Ideas Can End Big Government.”KEITH WEINERPh.D., Economics, 2012, New Austrian School of Economics (non-accredited)Dr. Weiner is the founder and CEO of Monetary Metals, a company on a mission to pay interest on gold, and the president of the Gold Standard Institute USA.He makes the economic arguments, as well as the moral, for a free market in money and credit. There has never been an unadulterated gold standard in history, as all governments (including the U.S.) have regulated and interfered with banking, even when other enterprises were unshackled. Today our monetary system is failing, and Keith describes the mechanics in detail, why making the passionate case for gold as the money of free markets.He is also the founder of DiamondWare, a software company sold to Nortel in 2008.Glenn WoiceshynSpecialties: Education, ethics, environmentalism, science, politics.Mr. Woiceshyn is currently developing curriculum and teaching materials for grades 4 to 6 based on his understanding of Objectivism and his experience in "homeschooling" his son and other children. As a freelance writer, Mr. Woiceshyn's op-eds have appeared in numerous newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, Houston Chronicle, Philadelphia Inquirer, Baltimore Sun and Miami Herald.JAANA WOICESHYNM.B.A., 1983, Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration; Ph.D., Organization and Strategy, 1988, University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School)Dr. Woiceshyn is an associate professor at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary. She has taught business ethics and strategic management to undergraduate, MBA and executive MBA students and to various business audiences since 1987.BARRY WOODPh.D., History of Art and Architecture, 2002, Harvard UniversityDr. Wood is curator of the Islamic Gallery Project at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. He has lectured and published on subjects ranging from Persian poetry to Web design.Darryl WrightSpecialties: Ethics, political philosophy, ObjectivismDarryl Wright is associate professor of philosophy at Harvey Mudd College, a member of the Claremont Colleges consortium. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Michigan in 1991, and his A.B. in philosophy from Princeton University in 1985. Dr. Wright has published scholarly articles and/or lectured on the history of ethics, early twentieth-century philosophy, value theory, coercion, and other topics in philosophy.

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This list is generated from 121 "excellent of" e book lists from a spread of excellent resources. An set of rules is used to create a grasp list based on how many lists a particular ebook appears on. Some lists rely more than others. I commonly agree with "fine of all time" lists voted by authors and experts over user-generated lists. On the lists that are in reality ranked, the e-book this is 1st counts a lot more than the book that is a hundredth.If you've got any feedback, suggestions, or corrections please sense loose to electronic mail me.The ListsIf you are interested by the information about how the scores are generated and which lists are the most important(in my eyes) please check out the listing information page.Top a hundred Works in World LiteratureThe editors of the Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, polled a panel of a hundred authors from fifty four international locations on what they taken into consideration the “first-class and maximum important works in international literature.” Among the authors polled were Milan Kundera, Doris Lessing, Seamus Heaney, Salman Rushdie, Wole Soyinka, John Irving, Nadine Gordimer, and Carlos Fuentes. The list of a hundred works seems alphabetically by using writer. Although the books had been now not ranked, the editors found out that Don Quixote received 50% more votes than some other ebook.Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute1001 Books You Must Read Before You DieA ebook edited via Peter Boxall, and written by over one hundred hundred global critics.The BookGreat Books of the Western WorldGreat Books of the Western World is a sequence of books firstly posted inside the United States in 1952 with the aid of Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. To give the western canon in a unmarried package of fifty four quantity...Great Books FoundationBiblioteca38 Argentinean Authors had been polled via the Argentinean authorities for his or her preferred books. This is a tally of all books with greater than 1 vote.ArgentinaEl Pais Favorite Books of one hundred Spanish AuthorsEl Pais ran A Poll of one hundred Spanish Authors and Their Favorite Books. This is summary of all the booksEl PaisFor The Love of BooksRonald Schwartz polled a hundred and fifteen predominant writers about their favourite books, and posted every of their ballots inside the e-book “For the Love of Books”.For The Love of BooksPour une Bibliothèque Idéale"In the early Fifties Raymond Queneau asked several dozen French authors and critics to listing the hundred books they could select if they needed to limit themselves to that wide variety. He reproduced all their responses inside the book Pour une Bibliothèque Idéale (Gallimard, 1956), at the side of the general top a hundred listing reproduced above."Raymond QueneauThe 25 Favorite Books of one hundred Francophone WritersTélérama, a weekly French magazine, asked 100s of french authors to list their top 10 favorite books of all time.TeleramaThe Ideal Librarya hundred prominent cultural figures, often writers, had been polled for their choice of an "perfect library". The following listing is a tally of every ebook that acquired at least 2 votes.BookThe Top 10: The Greatest Books of All TimeThe Top 10 book selected via one hundred twenty five top writers from the ebook "The Top 10" edited by J. Peder Zane.The Top 10 (Book)The Celebrity Reading ListThe Gardiner Public Library, from 1988 to 2007, polled numerous famous figures from all around the international (writers, artists, filmmakers, politicians, actors, and so on.) to ask for their book pointers. This listing is based on the books that obtained at the least mentions.Gardiner Public Libraryone hundred Life-Changing BooksNational Book Award-triumphing authors were given together to pick out what changed into, of their critiques, 100 existence-converting books.National Book AwardFinest Works of FictionIn Novels and Novelists, A Guide to the World of Fiction (1980) Seymour-Smith and the alternative individuals selected approximately fifty five works of fiction as receiving complete marks on the 4 criteria used for assessment: Readability, Characterization, Plot, and Literary Merit. These represent, for the members, the best works of fiction that have been written.Martin Seymour-Smith and EditorsKoen Book Distributors Top 100 Books of the Past CenturyIntended as a partner to the infamous Modern Library ranking of the pinnacle 100 books of the beyond century, this list represents a different viewpoint--that of the booksellers themselves. Compiled from the responses of over 150 Koen Book Distributors customers, the following titles represent the very exceptional in contemporary literature.The world-wide literary novel from early 20th Century onwardsThe one hundred Best Non-Fiction Books of the CenturyThe one hundred first-class non-fiction books of all time judged via a panel of historians, authors, publishers, and professionals for the National Review Magazine.National ReviewThe New Lifetime Reading PlanClifton Paul "Kip" Fadiman (May 15, 1904 – June 20, 1999) changed into an American highbrow, creator, editor, radio and tv persona. The New Lifetime Reading Plan offers readers with short, informative and wonderful introductions to more than one hundred thirty classics of global literature. From Homer to Hawthorne, Plato to Pascal, and Shakespeare to Solzhenitsyn, the splendid writers of Western civilization may be discovered in its pages. In addition, this new version gives a much broader representation of girls authors, together with Charlotte Bront%, Emily Dickinson and Edith Wharton, as well as non-Western writers along with Confucius, Sun-Tzu, Chinua Achebe, Mishima Yukio and many others. This fourth edition also features a less complicated layout that arranges the works chronologically in 5 sections (The Ancient World; 300-1600; 1600-1800; and The twentieth Century), making them less difficult to look up than ever earlier than. It deserves a place in the libraries of all fanatics of literature.The 100 Greatest British NovelsBBC Culture polled e book critics outside the UK, to provide an intruder’s angle at the excellent in British literature.BBCThe 50 Best Books of the CenturyISI defined "exceptional" as "volumes of brilliant reflection and creativity in a traditional shape, which heartens us with the knowledge that high-quality writing and clear-mindedness are perennially feasible." All the books are non-fiction. The first 5 are ranked, the relaxation are alphabetical.Intercollegiate Studies InstituteGreat Books"Great Books is an hour-long documentary and biography application that aired on The Learning Channel. The series turned into a task co-created through Walter Cronkite and former infant actor Jonathan Ward underneath a deal they'd with their corporation Cronkite-Ward, the The Discovery Channel, and The Learning Channel. Premiering on September eight, 1993, to coincide with International Literacy Day, the collection took in-depth appears into a number of literature's greatest fictional and nonfictional books and the authors who created them. The series is more often than not narrated through Donald Sutherland." - WikipediaThe Learning ChannelRecommended Books"Discover which books made a distinction inside the early lives of the most eminent achievers of our instances."Academy of AchievementThe Greatest twentieth Century NovelsWaterstone’s 1999 poll of the greatest twentieth century novels, in step with British writers. This seemed to be the result of litter inside the manner questions have been placed to and replied by means of the forty seven authors, critics and media personalities who voted in the poll.Waterstone"Best Foreign Work of Fiction"The French literary magazine Transfuge requested a collection of francophone writers to choose their fine overseas work of fiction. These are the results.Transfuge"Our Readable Century", The Best Books of the 20 th CenturyLiterary guide January Magazine polled writers for his or her favourite works of 2oth century fiction. These have been the maximum cited books.January MagazineThe 16 Greatest Books of All TimeTwo e book editors for the present their listing of the 16 greatest books of all time, with a listing of runner-usa properly.NYU LocalThe Bigger Read ListThe English PEN team of workers compiled a listing of the quality works not written within the English language. This listing combines their listing with the guidelines made through Fred Armentrout, President of Hong Kong (English-Speaking) PEN.English PENVärldsbiblioteket (The World Library)Världsbiblioteket (The World Library) turned into a Swedish list of the 100 great books within the global, made in 1991 by using the Swedish literary mag Tidningen Boken. The list become compiled thru votes from members of the Svenska Akademien, Swedish Crime Writers' Academy, librarian, authors and others. Approximately 30 of the books were Swedish.Tidningen BokenZEIT-Bibliothek der one hundred BücherDie Zeit25 acclaimed international writers pick 25 of the first-rate books from the final 25 yearsThe 25 books had been chosen via 25 respected names in international writing, a lot of whom have contributed over the years to Wasafiri magazine, which include Indra Sinha, Blake Morrison and Fred D’Aguiar. Note: I do not suppose the citizens understood "the remaining 25 years" bit. There are many books which can be an awful lot much older.Wasafiri MagazineA Premature Attempt on the twenty first Century CanonA panel of critics tells us what belongs on a listing of the 100 most critical books of the 2000s … up to now.VultureThe 21st Century's 12 Greatest Novels12. Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex (2002)What are the finest novels of the opening years of this tumultuous century? In search of a collective critical assessment, BBC Culture contributor Jane Ciabattari polled several dozen ebook critics, which include The New York Times Book Review’s Parul Sehgal, Time mag's e-book editor Lev Grossman, Newsday e book editor Tom Beer, Bookslut founder Jessa Crispin, C Max Magee, founder of The Millions, Booklist's Donna Seaman, Kirkus Reviews' Laurie Muchnick and many greater. We requested each to call the fine novels published in English considering 1 January 2000. The critics named 156 novels in all, and primarily based at the votes these are the pinnacle 12. *Note Although it says 12, they list extra one hundred Best NovelsModern Libraryone hundred Books to Read in a LifetimeAmazon UK editors choose a hundred books that they deem "important".Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel, Computers, Books, DVDs & more (UK)one hundred Books to Read in a LifetimeA bucket listing of books to create a properly-read lifestyles, from Amazon Book Editors.Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel, Computers, Books, DVDs & more (USA)one hundred ten Best Books: The Perfect LibraryFrom classics and sci-fi to poetry, biographies and books that changed the world… we present the closing reading list.The TelegraphBest German Novels of the Twentieth CenturyThe Best German Novels of the Twentieth Century is a list of books compiled in 1999 by means of Literaturhaus München and Bertelsmann, wherein 99 outstanding German authors, literary critics, and students of German ranked the most enormous German-language novels of the twentieth century. The institution added collectively 33 specialists from every of the three categories. Each turned into allowed to name 3 books as having been the maximum crucial of the century.WikipediaThe Great American ReadPBS and the producers labored with the general public opinion polling provider “YouGov” to conduct a demographically and statistically representative survey asking Americans to name their most-loved novel. Approximately 7,200 people participated. The consequences were tallied and organized based totally on our selection criteria and overseen with the aid of an advisory panel of 13 literary industry experts. The criteria for inclusion at the top one hundred list had been as follows: Each writer become constrained to at least one identify at the listing (to preserve the listing numerous). Books posted in series or proposing ongoing characters counted as one eligible access at the list (e.G. The Harry Potter series or Lord of the Rings)to increase variety. Books could be from anywhere in the world as long as they had been posted in English. Only fiction can be covered in the poll. Each advisory panel member became accredited to select one book for dialogue and viable inclusion on the pinnacle one hundred list from the longer list of survey results.PBSThe New VanguardOur critics selected 15 remarkable books by ladies which might be shaping the way we read and write fiction within the twenty first century.New York TimesThird World Novels… The Top 10There are many talented Third World writers who can help you transcend limitations of language and culture but you would possibly discover it difficult to understand where to start. As a guide, the NI has selected its ten great novels - the ones which can be each exciting to study and give a shiny impact of lifestyles in developing nations. They aren't listed in any widespread order.New Internationalist48 Good BooksRecommended literature by way of the Undergraduate Academies and Libraries of the University of Buffalo.University of BuffaloSelect 100"This list became compiled through tabulating nominations with the aid of UWM school, group of workers and college students for the Select 100. It consists of modifications that have resulted from nominations obtained because the authentic listing changed into launched. We requested you to endorse books which you have found to be so beneficial and critical that no one should take into account himself/herself an knowledgeable or enlightened individual while not having study them. This is your cumulative response."University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeThe a hundred Favorite Novels of LibrariansBased on a survey of Librarians carried out through Brodart Co., September, 1998 - March, 1999. Brodart is an worldwide company that services libraries round the world.http://Bookman.ComThe 100 Greatest Books Ever WrittenEaston Press's selection of the best books of the Western Canon.Easton PressThe Millions: The Best Fiction of the MillenniumA poll of The Millions participants and forty eight of their favourite writers, editors, and critics, asking a unmarried question: “What are the first-rate books of fiction of the millennium(2000), up to now?” The effects were robust, various, and surprising.The MillionsThe Modern Library one hundred Best NonfictionThe Modern LibraryTop a hundred World Literature TitlesThe top one hundred titles for the world literature study room, ranked in order of reputation, selected by means of literature instructors from throughout the united states.Perfection Learning100 Best BooksMichael Sexson, English instructor at Montana State University, in 2000 had his elegance of 45 students compose a list of the 100 greatest works of literature ever written, in their collective opinions.Montana State University100 Best Novels in English Since 1900Jeffrey St. Clair and Alexander Cockburn's favorite novels when you consider that 1900.CounterpunchRadcliffe's 100 Best NovelsRadcliffe Publishing CourseBest Books Ever"Whatever it is referred to as we like a list of what we think are the quality books of all time so we've got compiled a wholly arbitrary and personal selection of 100 titles under if you want to disagree with."Free delivery worldwide on over 20 million booksMan Booker PrizeThe Man Booker Prize for Fiction, also known in short as the Booker Prize, is a literary prize awarded each 12 months for the pleasant unique complete-length novel, written within the English language, by means of a citizen of either the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland, or Zimbabwe.[1] The winner of the Booker Prize is normally confident of international renown and fulfillment and, for that reason, the prize is of extremely good importance for the e book change.[2] It is likewise a mark of difference for authors to be nominated for the Booker longlist or decided on for inclusion inside the shortlist.Man Booker PrizeNational Book Award - FictionThe National Book Awards are a few of the most eminent literary prizes within the United States. Started in 1950, the awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the earlier yr, in addition to lifetime achievement awards inclusive of the "Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters" and the "Literarian Award". The purpose of the awards is "to rejoice the great of American literature, to increase its target market, and to enhance the cultural value of suitable writing in America.National Book FoundationNational Book Award - NonfictionThe National Book Awards are among the most eminent literary prizes inside the United States. Started in 1950, the awards are supplied yearly to American authors for literature posted in the previous year, as well as lifetime achievement awards consisting of the "Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters" and the "Literarian Award". The purpose of the awards is "to rejoice the first-rate of American literature, to make bigger its audience, and to decorate the cultural cost of right writing in America.National Book FoundationNational Book Critics Circle Award - FictionThe National Book Critics Circle Award is an annual award given with the aid of the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to sell the finest books and opinions published in English.National Book Critics CircleNational Book Critics Circle Award - NonfictionThe National Book Critics Circle Award is an annual award given by means of the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to promote the greatest books and reviews posted in English.National Book Critics CirclePEN/Faulkner Award for FictionThe PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is provided annually via the PEN/Faulkner Foundation to the writer of the first-class American work of fiction that 12 months. The winner receives US $15,000 and every of four runners-up gets US $5000. The basis brings the winner and runners-up to Washington, D.C. To examine from their works on the Great Hall of the Folger Shakespeare Library. The PEN/Faulkner Foundation is an outgrowth of William Faulkner's generosity in donating his 1949 Nobel Prize winnings, "to establish a fund to guide and encourage new fiction writers." Mary Lee Settle was also one of the founders after controversy on the 1979 National Book Award.[1] It is affiliated with the writers' corporation International PEN. The award become first given in 1980.PEN/FaulknerPulitzer Prize for Biography or AutobiographyThe Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished biography or autobiography by using an American creator.Pulitzer PrizePulitzer Prize for FictionAll the books which have received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction from 1918 to the prevailing.Pulitzer PrizePulitzer Prize for HistoryThe Pulitzer Prize for History has been presented because 1917 for a prominent book upon the history of the United States. Many records books have additionally been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. Two human beings have won the Pulitzer Prize for History twice; Margaret Leech, for Reveille in Washington, 1860-1865 in 1941 and In the Days of McKinley in 1960, and Bernard Bailyn, for The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution (1968) and Voyagers to the West: A Passage in the Peopling of America at the Eve of the Revolution (1987).Pulitzer PrizePulitzer Prize for Non-FictionThe Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction has been awarded considering 1962 for a prominent e book of non-fiction by using an American writer that is not eligible for attention in every other class.Pulitzer Prizea hundred Essential BooksThe Brazilian cultural mag Bravo! Selects 100 vital books.Bravo! Magazine50 Greatest Books of All TimeA listing of the 50 finest books of all time as decided by way of a panel of secret judges for Globe and Mail. The books aren't ranked.Globe and MailBooks That Changed the World: The 50 Most Influential Books in Human HistoryA 208 page e book written in 2009 by way of Journalist and Author Andrew Taylor. Books from every field of human creativity and intellectual enterprise - from poetry to politics, from fiction to philosophy, from theology to anthropology, and from economics to physics – had been decided on to create a rounded and gratifying image of the way 50 towering achievements of the human mind have built our societies, shaped our values, greater our understanding of the nature of the world, enabled technological advancements, and contemplated our issues and dilemmas, strengths and failings. In a sequence of engaging and lively essays, Andrew Taylor sets each work and its creator firmly in historic context, summarizes the content of the work in question, and explores its wider impact and legacy. A charming and richly informative read.BookGreat BooksA quick list of critical works of the Western Canon, as decided on pupil Anthony O'Hear.Anthony O'HearHow to Read and WhyInformation is ad infinitum available to us; in which shall wisdom be determined?" is the critical query with which renowned literary critic Harold Bloom begins this impassioned e-book on the pleasures and benefits of studying properly. For more than 40 years, Bloom has transformed university college students into lifelong readers together with his unmatched love for literature. Now, at a time while quicker and less complicated electronic media threatens to eclipse the practice of analyzing, Bloom draws on his revel in as critic, instructor, and prolific reader to plumb the amazing books for his or her sustaining wisdom. - AmazonHow to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Reading ListEnglish professor Thomas C. Foster, at the cease of his ebook, consists of a encouraged "reading list".Thomas C. FosterIn Which These Are the a hundred Greatest NovelsHome - This Recording Editor Alex Carnevale selects his choices for the "100 Greatest Novels of All Time".Home - This RecordingMasterpieces of World LiteratureScholar Frank N. Magill’s well-known literary research reference book. A selection of over two hundred of the best works of literature of all timeFrank N. MagillThe 100 Greatest NovelsCritic Ted Gioia's selection of the one hundred greatest novels ever written.Great Books GuideThe 100 Greatest Novels of All Time: The ListThe list of important fiction from the beyond three hundred years from Robert McCrum of The Observer.The ObserverThe Best ClassicsThe Times choice of the one hundred high-quality conventional works of literature.The TimesThe College Board: one zero one Great Books Recommended for College-Bound ReadersThe one hundred and one exceptional books recommended by "The College Board", an American no longer-for-profit enterprise that became shaped in December 1899 as the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) to expand access to better training.http://Http://www.Uhlibrary.Internet/pdf/college_board_recommended_books.PdfThe Great Books Reader"In this volume you will be guided by esteemed professors and writers who have decided on excerpts from the maximum essential books in Western Civilization. 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Somerset Maugham’s Ten Greatest Novels of All TimeMaugham's research of the lives and masterpieces of ten remarkable novelists are extremely good examples of literary grievance at its greatest. Afforded right here are some of the formulae of greatness within the style, in addition to the failings and heresies which enfeeble it. Written by way of a grasp of fiction, "Ten Novels and Their Authors" is a unique and invaluable manual.Great Novelists and Their Novels50 Books That Changed the World"For centuries, books have been written in an try and proportion understanding, inspiration, and discoveries. Sometimes those books make such an impact that they exchange the way the sector thinks about matters. 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What we got here up with are the books that moved us, that modified the way we think about the arena, and that we can luckily examine time and again again. 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MyersDonald Barthelme’s Reading Listeighty one books encouraged with the aid of Author Donald Barthelme to his college students on the University of Houston.Believer MagEntertainment Weekly's Top one hundred NovelsEntertainment Weekly’s Top 100 Novels (2013), as decided on by way of the EW personnel in its July 5th 2013 issueEntertainment WeeklyExtreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All TimeThe one hundred greatest adventure books selected through National Geographic.National Geographic Adventure MagazineFrom Zero to Well-Read in a hundred Books100 books that, in the opinion of Book Riot editor-in-leader Jeff O'Neal, one must read before deeming themselves "nicely-study".Jeff O'Neal atGreatest Prose Works of the 20th CenturyAuthor Vladimir Nabokov's choice of the Top 4 finest prose works of the 20 th century.Vladimir NabokovLe Monde's 100 Books of the CenturyThe 100 Books of the Century (French: Les cent livres du siècle) is a listing of the one hundred high-quality books of the 20 th century, in keeping with a poll conducted in the spring of 1999 via the French store Fnac and the Paris newspaper Le Monde. Starting from a preliminary listing of 200 titles created by means of bookshops and newshounds, 17,000 French voted by means of responding to the query, "Which books have stayed for your reminiscence?" (« Quels livres sont restés dans votre mémoire ? »). The list of acclaimed titles mixes excellent novels with poetry and theatre, in addition to the comic strip. The first fifty works on the list were the difficulty of an essay through Frédéric Beigbeder, The Last Inventory Before Liquidation, wherein he appreciably drew attention to its French-targeted individual.Le MondeModern classics: eleven novels that belong inside the study roomWhen we think about English lit training, we usually consider Hawthorne, Melville, Austen, Tolstoy, Dickens. But the instances, they are a-changin’ and so too are the books we read, both in and out of the lecture room. Since the millennium, a number of precise—nay, fantastic—books had been posted by way of masterful authors, all of whom are deserving of a spot on a high college or college curriculum. And as evidenced through these eleven novels, whoever said there had been no new ideas didn’t know what they were speakme approximately.Paste Magazine's Best Books of the Decade(2000-2009)The top 20 great books of the 2000s by using Paste Magazine. It includes both fiction and nonfiction.Paste MagazineRobert McCrum's pinnacle 10 books of the 20th centuryRobert McCrum is The Observer's literary editor and the author of, amongst other books, My Year Off. This is a listing of this top 10 books of the twentieth century.The GuardianThe one hundred Best Books of the Decade(2000)The Time's listing of the one hundred Best Books of the 2000s. 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