In Cleveland Heights, Ohio, where winter temperatures reached a record low of –11°F the first week of January 2014, many bicyclists would have likely opted to drive. But for one librarian and avid ...

IT TOOK THATCHER Wine a year to amass 2,000 well-preserved white vellum and cream-colored leather-bound books for a “gentleman’s library” in the Northern California estate of a private equity manager.

A personal library has long been a fascinating status symbol. Most people have cars, many people have pools, some have private gyms, but few have a room dedicated solely, or primarily, to the ...