Do you enjoy learning from The Fountainhead? Now you can glean even more. In The Tao of Roark, Peter Saint-Andre explores key personal growth themes from Ayn Rand’s novel — themes immediately relevant to living the good life — with unusual insight and wisdom. This book honors, above all, the sacred fire of individuality. There's just one catch: The book uses unusual means to achieve its unusual effects. 
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Carrie Ann B
As an individual's meditations on various ideas and themes that emerged from his reading of The Fountainhead, St. Andre's brief monograph is inspirational. Whether one is interested in meaning, value, purpose, reason, or emotion, there is something in here for nearly anyone to...
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John C
Thanks for letting us know about this interesting book which is posted free online. I read it this morning, since it isn't very long. I agree that learning from "The Fountainhead" can be enhanced by reading "Tao of Roark" and in fact "Tao of Roark" is reminding me that I haven't...
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