Alex Beam
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"In American Crucifixion, Alex Beam tells how [Joseph] Smith went from charismatic leader to public enemy: How his most seismic revelation?the doctrine of polygamy?created a rift among his people; how that schism turned to violence; and how, ultimately, Smith could not escape the consequences of his ambition and pride. Mormonism is America?s largest and most enduring native religion, and the ?martyrdom? of Joseph Smith is one of its transformational...
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"In 1945, Edith Farnsworth asked the German architect Mies van der Rohe, already renowned for his avant-garde buildings, to design a weekend home for her outside of Chicago. Edith was a woman ahead of her time--unmarried, she was a distinguished medical researcher, whose discoveries put her in contention for the Nobel Prize, as well as an accomplished violinist, translator, and poet. The two quickly began an intimate relationship, spending weekends...
