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Atlas Shrugged: Plot Overview. In an environment of worsening economic conditions, Dagny Taggart, vice president in charge of operations, works to repair Taggart Transcontinental’s crumbling Rio Norte Line to service Colorado, the last booming industrial area in the country.
Her efforts are hampered by the fact that many of the country’s most talented entrepreneurs are retiring and disappearing. The railroad’s crisis worsens when the Mexican government nationalizes Taggart’s San Sebastian Line. The line had been built to service Francisco d’Anconia’s copper mills, but the mills turn out to be worthless. Francisco had been a successful industrialist, and Dagny’s lover, but has become a worthless playboy. To solve the railroad’s financial problems, Dagny’s brother Jim uses political influence to pass legislation that destroys Taggart’s only competition in Colorado. The State Science Institute issues a denunciation of Rearden metal, and Taggart’s stock crashes. Photometria translation. Purnell » Blog Archive » Bloggers’ Favorite Books of 2005. For the third year running, I asked some of my favorite bloggers to weigh in on their favorite books of 2005.
As in previous surveys, respondents weren’t limited to titles published this year, but simply any book they discovered during the last 12 months that made a lasting impression on them. (I’m happy to say, by the way, that while year-end book round-ups are commonplace this time of year, mine remains the only one consisting solely of bloggers’ picks.) This year’s roster of bloggers is perhaps the best yet — and it includes, for the first time ever, an honorary non-blogger contributor: Malcolm Gladwell.
Herewith, the Bloggers’ Favorite Books of 2005 survey: Blogger: TMFTML Blog: The Minor Fall, The Major Lift TMFTML writes: Julian Barnes’ Arthur & George was the best book I read this year. Blogger: Laila Lalami Blog: MoorishGirl Laila writes: (Ed: Laila’s own book, “Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits,” was published this year and was met with much acclaim.) Mark writes: Glenn writes: Ebook 911. Literate Programming. The Fabric of the Cosmos. The art of Unix programming. AIX, AS/400, DB/2, OS/2, System/360, MVS, VM/CMS, and IBM PC are trademarks of IBM.
Alpha, DEC, VAX, HP-UX, PDP, TOPS-10, TOPS-20, VMS, and VT-100 are trademarks of Compaq. Amiga and AmigaOS are trademarks of Amiga, Inc. Apple, Macintosh, MacOS, Newton, OpenDoc, and OpenStep are trademarks of Apple Computers, Inc. ClearCase is a trademark of Rational Software, Inc. Ethernet is a trademark of 3COM, Inc. The photograph of Ken and Dennis in Chapter 2 appears courtesy of Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies. The epigraph on the Portability chapter is from the Bell System Technical Journal, v57 #6 part 2 (July-Aug. 1978) pp. 2021-2048 and is reproduced with the permission of Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies.