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More oxford books @ www.OxfordeBook.comFore more urdu books visit www.4Urdu.comBIG SISTER IS WATCHING YOU 181the first course to twenty-eight New Yorkers in a rented hotel room.Confounding the opinions of almost all who had weighed in on thetopic, he discovered a ready market of people willing to spend time andmoney on philosophy lectures given by an unaccredited, newly establishedinstitution. Undoubtedly Rand was the primary draw. In thebeginning she attended the question-and-answer session at the end ofeach lecture. The Brandens soon discovered additional demand. Barbarabegan offering a similar course in Philadelphia, with Rand an occasionalvisitor, and developed her own curriculum on “Principles of EfficientThinking.”It was Barbara who suggested the tape transcription idea that led tothe rapid expansion of Nathaniel Branden Lectures, soon incorporatedas the Nathaniel Branden Institute (NBI). The idea seemed preposterousat first: Branden would record his New York lectures and send themto approved representatives across the country. These representativeswould then charge an admission fee for the twenty-week series. Enrolledstudents would gather around a tape recorder to listen to Branden andtake notes. Again, the unlikely idea had wings. Soon Barbara had quither publishing job and was working full time for NBI.These new ventures strained the already stressful relationships inRand’s inner circle. Despite their new business partnership Nathan andBarbara’s marriage was deteriorating fast. Weepy and lethargic, Randcalled an effective stop to her sexual relationship with Nathan. She hadno appetite for love but hoped their affair might resume in the distantfuture. The return to platonic relations was a relief to Nathan, whoseardor for Rand had dimmed considerably. No longer her lover, he nowbecame her psychologist. Swamped by melancholy, Rand turned toNathan as her lifeline. Following her own philosophy she strained torationally understand the source of her negativity. John Galt wouldn’thave felt this way, she was sure. More often Rand focused on the deficienciesof the culture around her, working with Nathan to find explanationsfor the state of the world. She was in a state of crisis, her home a“hospital atmosphere,” as Nathan remembered it. 25Unable to help Rand shake off her darkness, Nathan compensated bybecoming her bulldog. He began answering Rand’s correspondence frompersons who offended or attacked her, making himself a buffer betweenher and the world. He wrote angry letters to magazines and newspapers