"Jane Austen's Bookshelf" spotlights eight women writers, largely lost to history, who influenced the English novelist.

Radio Treason, Rebecca West’s famed 1947 book on Lord Haw-Haw, makes for fascinating reading. But today’s edition cries out for footnotes ...

Rare book collecting, a hobby historically maintained by eccentric billionaires and wealthy universities, is now taking on ...

Townsend during the trial, so remarkable. ‘Fuli,’ by William H. Townsend. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University Historians don’t know exactly why Townsend decided to ...