“Separating fact and fiction in Inca history is impossible, because virtually all the sources available are Spanish accounts of stories that had already been vetted by the Inca emperors to highlight their own heroic roles. Imagine a history of modern… — Mark Adams Copy Share Image
“I remembered an unpleasant weekend spent struggling to comprehend the philosopher Immanuel Kant's explanation of the difference between calling something beautiful and calling it sublime. Nowadays, we throw around the word "sublime" to describe gooey desserts or overpriced handbags. In… — Mark Adams Copy Share Image
“If you've ever thought, 'The new Times Square is delightful but would be even better if it were more claustrophobic and nearly impossible to… — Mark Adams Copy Share Image
“So the Inca Trail isn’t just a pretty shortcut that Pachacutec took on his way to his summer home?” “Mark, you can’t finish the… — Mark Adams Copy Share Image
“When we arrived at my home north of the city, my five-year-old son Magnus, brimming with the confidence he'd gained in two full weeks… — Mark Adams Copy Share Image
“On a globe it looks like a swollen California. Within that space, though, are twenty-thousand-foot peaks, the world’s deepest canyon (twice as deep as… — Mark Adams Copy Share Image
“Separating fact and fiction in Inca history is impossible, because virtually all the sources available are Spanish accounts of stories that had already been… — Mark Adams Copy Share Image
“I remembered an unpleasant weekend spent struggling to comprehend the philosopher Immanuel Kant's explanation of the difference between calling something beautiful and calling it… — Mark Adams Copy Share Image
“I felt bad for lying to John, who was about as honest as Abe Lincoln on sodium Pentothal.” — Mark Adams Copy Share Image
“The ability to arrive uninvited in an alien land and convince one’s hosts that almost everything they believe is wrong requires a rather forceful… — Mark Adams Copy Share Image
