Books

The Newport Experience

The Preservation Society of Newport County gives more than 1 million tours to visitors from over 100 countries annually, making it one of the most-visited museums in New England. The Society has welcomed 40 million visitors since its founding in 1945...

The Gilded Life of Richard Morris Hunt: Architecture and Art for an American Civilization

The illustrated story of the life and times of architect Richard Morris Hunt, his forty-year career, and his impact on American culture after the Civil War. Celebrated internationally in the nineteenth century as America’s premier architect,...

America's Eden: Newport Landscapes through the Ages

In 1789, Jedidiah Morse described Newport and its environs as the “Eden of America” in the First Geography of the United States. America’s Eden: Newport Landscapes through the Ages builds on this legendary image of a...

Julian Abele: Architect and the Beaux Arts

Julian Abele, Architect and the Beaux Arts uncovers the life of one of the first beaux arts trained African American architects. Overcoming racial segregation at the beginning of the twentieth century, Abele received his...

Cooking My Way by Jacques Pepin

Master chef Jacques Pépin shares his expert insights on cooking economically at home—how to save money, time, and effort—in Jacques Pépin Cooking My Way, with over 150 recipes. All great chefs know not to...

Charlotte Moss: Garden Inspirations

Celebrated interior designer and renowned tastemaker Charlotte Moss turns her eye to the garden as a resource for interiors, entertaining, and good living. Charlotte Moss’s greatest muse is the garden, and this book shows the myriad ways the garden...

French Blooms by Sandra Sigman

This first book by Sandra Sigman, award-winning floral designer and owner of Les Fleurs, presents arranging flowers in the French style—bouquets that are chic and romantic.As Sandra Sigman learned while living in Paris in her twenties, the French...

Newport the Artful City

Written by John R. Tschirch Newport: The Artful City is a richly illustrated portrait of Newport, Rhode Island as a work of urban art, from colonial times to the present, both documented and celebrated in the maps, paintings, photographs, poetry and...

Great American Recipe Cookbook

This Great American Recipe Cookbook from the home cooks and judges on the  PBS show The Great American Recipe showcases the best in American regional cooking.In the first season of The Great American Recipe, 10 home chefs representing...

A Newport Summer by Nick Mele & Ruthie Sommers

An intimate love letter to summertime in Newport from photographer Nick Mele and interior designer Ruthie Sommers Newport, Rhode Island, is one of the last bastions of American high society. The grand Gilded Age houses that top its oceanside cliffs and...

Emily Posts Ediquette

This centennial edition of Emily Post’s classic guide to etiquette has been completely rewritten with up-to-date and comprehensive advice on the need-to-know manners, customs, and best practices of today.For the past one hundred years, Emily Post...

The Decorated Home: Living with Style and Spirit

Everyone wants a house that is filled with grace and charm. Classic yet cheerful, Meg Braff's style has a formality that is never studied, an elegance that is approachable and pretty. In seven chapters that cover the basics of her look, Braff shares...

Home In Bloom: Lessons for Creating Floral Beauty in Every Room

A vivid, inspiring look at the role of flowers and plants in interior design through the stunning, wild work of Ariella Chezar.Home in Bloom celebrates the seamless integration of architecture, light, and natural landscapes into Ariella Chezar's...

Grace Kelly: The Illustrated World of a Fashion Icon

Grace Kelly: The Illustrated World of a Fashion Icon is a stunning illustrated biography of style and screen legend Grace Kelly, from internationally renowned fashion illustrator Megan Hess.  Oscar-winning actress, muse to one of the greatest...

Edith Wharton at Home: Life at The Mount

By: Richard Guy Wilson The Mount, Edith Wharton’s country place in the Berkshires, is truly an autobiographical house. There Wharton wrote some of her best-known and successful novels, including Ethan Frome and House of Mirth. The house itself,...

An American in Provence

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLet Jamie Beck transport you to the South of France with An American in Provence: part art book, part travelogue, part memoir, and part cookbook, and perfect for art lovers, Francophiles, and armchair travelers alike.An...

Cocktails with a Curator

Cocktails with a Curator joins the engaging histories of works of art with creatively inspired cocktails—a crash course in art history and a delightful introduction to the treasures of the esteemed New York collection.Based on the critically...

More Beautiful: All-American Decoration

The author of Beautiful is back with a new book of his interiors, filled with blue-and-white vignettes, wicker, saturated color, and pretty patterns.Interior designer Mark D. Sikes burst onto the publishing scene with his New York...

Beautiful: All-American Decorating and Timeless Style

This New York Times bestselling book from interior designer Mark D. Sikes is a celebration of American style today, showcasing chic and accessible ideas for every home. Modern and unfussy, Mark D. Sikes’s interiors are classic takes on...

Forever Beautiful: All-American Style All Year Long

Bestselling author Sikes, now the “standard bearer of great American design” (Architectural Digest), returns with a new book of fresh yet classic American decorating.AD100 and Elle Decor A-List designer and tastemaker Sikes believes...