Books by Alex Beam
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English
review 1: A short, mostly entertaining history of the "Great Books" as an educational and popular culture phenomenon in 20th Century America. The author's wry observations about business and academic hubris are interspersed with unconvincing criticisms of the value of studying the Western...
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English
review 1: So yeah, i didn't know anything really about Mormonism. The author gives a concise history of the early days of Joseph Smith and his religion and i must say (sorry) i laughed my ass off. And these revelations are still the basis for a big religion? Not a cult but a true full-grow...