The ghostly figure at cryptocurrency’s origin, the destructive air war on Japan, Cynthia Ozick’s retrospective collection and ...

As a bookseller, Rebecca Romney usually makes a profit from satisfying other people’s curiosity. In “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf, ...

There are few writers who have as devoted a following as celebrated novelist Jane Austen. But is she really the “first” great English female author?

An American rare-book dealer, Rebecca Romney, has managed it, by searching where Austen’s secrets lie hidden in plain sight: ...

Rebecca Ballhaus is a reporter on The Wall Street Journal's investigations team, based in New York. Her work focuses on politics and government and includes investigations into conflicts of ...

Jane Austen’s Bookshelf’ presents women whose writing Austen admired — and how modern author Rebecca Romney found them.

For more information, read the 2012 Republican Presidential Primary entry. On June 2nd, 2011, Romney announced that he would seek the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. Romney was able to raise ...

Dr. Rebecca Pincus is Director of the Polar Institute at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC. Previously, she was on the faculty at the US Naval War College, in the Center for Naval Warfare Studies, ...

We all know our share of powerful women. From mothers and grandmothers to teachers and leaders, the women in our lives shape us in ways both big and small. Their strength and wisdom are inspiring, and ...

American rare books dealer Rebecca Romney offers a lively, personal account of collecting works by, and about, eight of Austen’s favourite women authors, all identifiable from mentions in her ...