Alexander Shor remembers not having a lot of stuff when he was growing up in Latvia. His world was monochromatic. Most of his books were in black and white. Having books with color photos was a great luxury. His favorite book was a cook book collection of eastern European, Russian and Latvian recipes. He loved the recipes for shish kebobs, borsht, and Chicken Kiev, but it was the stylized color photos that he loved more than anything. He...