Dutch Judge Protects Privacy of File Swappers
Article from Reuters
July 12th, 2005 by alephnaught
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Suspect in Killing of Dutch Filmmaker Confesses to Murder
Suspect in Killing of Dutch Filmmaker Confesses
to Murder – New York Times
July 12th, 2005 by alephnaught
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Van Gogh Suspect Refuses Defense
The suspect in the Theo van Gogh murder is
refusing to defend himself in court.
July 5th, 2005 by alephnaught
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To Cross to the Other Side, Just Cross the Dutch Frontier
An article in the July 6th NY Times on people
crossing from Germany to The Netherlands to get cremated
June 30th, 2005 by alephnaught
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Article on hacking iTunes 4.9
Make magazine just published an article on its
blog on hacking iTunes 4.9
June 23rd, 2005 by alephnaught
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The Jews of Florence
Title: The Jews of Florence From the Origins of the Community up to the Present
Author: Roberto G. Salvadori
Paperback: 95 pages
Publisher: Editrice La Giuntina, Florence, Italy, 2001
ISBN: 88-8057-124-9
A good short book describing the history of the Jews in Florence. There were lots of ups and downs for the Jews in Florence – often, they were [...]
June 22nd, 2005 by alephnaught
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Cross reference to a book I just read
Read a good book by a Dutch author!
June 22nd, 2005 by alephnaught
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We Did Nothing
Title: We Did Nothing: Why the Truth Doesn’t Always Come Out When the UN Goes In
Author: Linda Polman
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Viking Adult (Penguin Books), 29 May 2003
ISBN: 067091424X
Found this book at the English Book Exchange in Florence on vacation – I had finished the two I’d brought, was reading a couple of the short books [...]
June 20th, 2005 by alephnaught
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God and Money
Title: God and Money: Florence and the Medici in the Renaissance
Author: Richard Fremantle (Leo S. Oleschki Editore)
Paperback: 66 pages
Publisher: Casa Editrice Leo S.Olschki (December, 1992)
ASIN: 8822239393
We bought God and Money in the upstairs bookstore at the Palazzo Pitti in Florence.
This book discusses the struggle between money and the Church during the Renaissance. Before the [...]
June 18th, 2005 by alephnaught
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Ada Blackjack
Title: Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Artic
Author: Jennifer Niven
Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Hyperion (November 3, 2004)
ISBN: 078688746X
Ada Blackjack was an Eskimo who joined the ill-fated attempt to colonize Wrangell Island.
This book starts with a description of Ada and the Chautauqua tours, where famous people and musicians would tour the backwoods United States [...]
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July 13th, 2005 by alephnaught
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