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6 produkter
Broken Glass
Mies van der Rohe, Edith Farnsworth, and the Fight Over a Modernist Masterpiece
Av Alex Beam
E-bok, 2020
205 kr
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The true story of the intimate relationship that gave birth to the Farnsworth House, a masterpiece of twentieth-century architecture—and disintegrated into a bitter feud over love, money, gender, and the very nature of art. In 1945, Edith Farnsworth asked the German architect Mies van der Rohe, …
Broken Glass
Mies van der Rohe, Edith Farnsworth, and the Fight Over a Modernist Masterpiece
Av Alex Beam
Häftad, 2021
325 kr
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The true story of the intimate relationship that gave birth to the Farnsworth House, a masterpiece of twentieth-century architecture—and disintegrated into a bitter feud over love, money, gender, and the very nature of art. “An intimate portrait . . . alive with architectural intrigue.”— Architect …
Feud
Vladimir Nabokov, Edmund Wilson, and the End of a Beautiful Friendship
Av Alex Beam
E-bok, 2016
205 kr
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The Feud is the deliciously ironic (and sad) tale of how two literary giants destroyed their friendship in a fit of mutual pique and egomania. In 1940, Edmund Wilson was the undisputed big dog of American letters. Vladimir Nabokov was a near-penniless Russian exile seeking asylum in the States. …
Gracefully Insane
The Rise and Fall of America's Premier Mental Hospital
Av Alex Beam
Häftad, 2003
214 kr
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Its landscaped ground, chosen by Frederick Law Olmsted and dotted with Tudor mansions, could belong to a New England prep school. There are no fences, no guards, no locked gates. But McLean Hospital is a mental institution-one of the most famous, most elite, and once most luxurious in America. …
American Crucifixion: The Murder of Joseph Smith and the Fate of the Mormon Church
Av Alex Beam
Häftad, 2015
346 kr
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