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 […]
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 […]
June 15th, 2005 by alephnaught
Amsterdam and Florence
This trip was a last minute holiday set up to follow leadership training I received at Duin & Kruidberg in Santpoort south of Amsterdam (yes, this is my fifth business trip to Amsterdam this year – you can look at other pages in the travelogue to see where I’ve been). ABN AMRO employees call Duin […]
June 12th, 2005 by alephnaught
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June 12th, 2005 by alephnaught
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Inside the Kingdom
Title: Inside the Kingdom Author: Carmen bin Ladin Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Warner Books (June 13, 2005) ISBN: 0446694886 This is finally out in paperback, so I brought it along for my latest flight to Amsterdam. The book is pretty good and a fast read. She’s obviously lived inside Saudi Arabia as a wife of […]
June 10th, 2005 by alephnaught
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The Dutch-Muslim Culture War
Another article talking about the problems with tolerance in the Netherlands
June 10th, 2005 by alephnaught
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Freakonomics
Title: Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything Author: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: William Morrow (May 1, 2005) ISBN: 006073132X This book is a fun read. It purports to be about nothing and everything, and its probably pretty close. While some of the statements are probably […]
June 4th, 2005 by alephnaught
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The Executive Guide to Information Security
Title: The Executive Guide to Information Security: Threats, Challenges, and Solutions Author: Mark Egan with Tim Mather Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional (November 30, 2004) ISBN: 0321304519 I think this is a great introduction to information security for a busy executive. There’s a lot of good information and places to start in improving a […]
May 29th, 2005 by alephnaught
Amsterdam and ‘s-Hertogenbosch
On this trip, I left for Amsterdam on May 24 for work and returned June 2. I had the weekend of May 28 and 29 off; this time my friends suggested ‘s-Hertogenbosch (or just Den Bosch, pronounced “den bos”), so I took the train there on Saturday; the only train is an intercity but it […]
May 28th, 2005 by alephnaught
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Being Logical
Title: Being Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking Author: D. Q. McInerny Paperback: 160 pages Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks (May 10, 2005) ISBN: 0812971159 I’m again in Amsterdam. This time I wanted to bring a couple of small books in case I took a train someplace. Well, I did (you can find my travelogue […]
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June 20th, 2005 by alephnaught
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