San Antonio College Library

A kira Kumo, miraculous survivor of Hiroshima, reinvented himself as someone twenty years younger. Now an eccentric couturier and collector of all literature having to do with clouds and meteorology, he hires Virginie, a young librarian, to catalog his library. While she works, he tells her stories of those who have devoted their lives to clouds: the Quaker Luke Howard, contemporary of Napoleon and Goethe, who first classified clouds; the painter...

"This is the essential reference work for everyone interested in collecting photographs, from the novice to the experienced collector." "People have been collecting photographs since photography began, but its growth in popularity in the last decade has been phenomenal. Interest in collecting has spawned an industry of galleries, dealers, auctions, fairs, and online sites all over the world. Yet photographs are complex objects involving a minefield...

BARN FIND! There are no two more exciting words for car collectors the world over! And there's an incredible hunt going on for valuable cars that were at one time forgotten, abandoned, or cast aside, but which are now regarded as valuable and historical treasures. Author Wallace Wyss, a Motor Trend veteran, recounts stories that are almost beyond belief. Here are a few examples: a pre-war Mercedes 540K that was simply abandoned by a German baroness...