http://arcade.stanford.edu/category/tags/mark-twain The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en-ac http://arcade.stanford.edu/end-of-travel <p>Many travelers still seek solitude among the tourists, the luxury to communicate personally with the ruins. They long to leave their minds on idle, while they enter the vista before them, undisturbed by the other souls striving for the same illusion. I often feel this contradiction of being alone with others when I travel. </p> <p><a href="http://arcade.stanford.edu/end-of-travel">read more</a></p> http://arcade.stanford.edu/end-of-travel#comments Economic crisis Europe Greece Mark Twain politics of austerity Robert Byron tourism http://arcade.stanford.edu/crss/node/1450 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:42:26 -0700 Gregory Jusdanis 1450 at http://arcade.stanford.edu http://arcade.stanford.edu/adult-me-books <p>How can you use the market place to predict future classics?  How could you even bet on the literary future?  EBay has found a way -- a really interesting one.  The futures markets tell us that Darren Shan (author of the young adult series <i>Cirque du Freak</i>) is more than twice as valuable as of today than <i>New Yorker</i> darling David Mitchell.  But Ken Follett is a cut above that.</p> <p>How do I know?</p> <p><a href="http://arcade.stanford.edu/adult-me-books">read more</a></p> http://arcade.stanford.edu/adult-me-books#comments Alexander Pope Casella Critique of Judgement Dante Darren Shan David Mitchell Decision Theory eBay Flaubert Gift ideas Kant Kenneth Follett Mark Twain Martin Amis Maurice Blanchot Narcissism Proust Tom Sawyer Veneral Terms http://arcade.stanford.edu/crss/node/1033 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:08:35 -0800 William Flesch 1033 at http://arcade.stanford.edu