Books & Stationery

Newport Skyline Cutout and Greeting Card

Great Houses connect people to a nation's heritage and open windows to another age. This unique card captures the beauty and charm of Newport's most iconic skyline in six layers. Each silhouette is exquisitely drawn to capture essential features of the...

Hummingbird Trio Quilling Card

Send this beautifully quilled Hummingbird Trio greeting card to any nature lover in your life! Aztecs believed hummingbirds were messengers between them and the gods and now this handcrafted card will be the messenger between you and your loved one. The...

The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters: The Tragic and Glamorous Lives of Jackie and Lee

When sixty-four-year-old Jackie Kennedy Onassis died in her Fifth Avenue apartment, her younger sister Lee wept inconsolably. Then Jackie’s thirty-eight-page will was read. Lee discovered that substantial cash bequests were left to family members,...

Dreaming Of Newport Board Book

In this board book for young readers, ages 2-4, we'll learn to count down from 10 to 1, while discovering welcoming mansions, galloping horses, racing sailboats and more! There's so much to see—won't you join me in Newport, Rhode Island for the...

50 Ways to Help Save the Bees

Have you heard the buzz? Bees―the tiny insects that pollinate nearly all our fruits and vegetables―need our support. If you like to eat your fruits and vegetables (and even if you don’t!), you should value our planet’s bees. Yet, because of...

Invest In Death: A Newport Mystery

When Newport's most sought after investment adviser meets her death while cruising on a sail boat surrounded by several of her biggest clients, amateur sleuth Caroline Kent finds herself in the middle of another murder investigation. Newport police...

Keep My Secret: A Newport Mystery

Broadway actress Meredith Hackett appears unexpectedly at the Inn At Kenwood Court in Newport, Rhode Island. Owner Caroline Kent is delighted to see her old friend. But their happy reunion is short lived as four days after her arrival, Meredith is found...

Scrimshaw Bookmark, Sailing Ship

Scrimshaw, an extraordinary art form that emerged aboard 18th-century whaling vessels, offers a captivating link to the maritime heritage of the past. Now, you can bring home a piece of this seafaring tradition with our Newport scrimshaw bookmark,...

Scrimshaw Bookmark, Newport Bridge

Scrimshaw, a timeless art form that originated on 18th-century whaling vessels, celebrates the rich legacy of maritime craftsmanship. Now, you can bring a piece of this history into your daily life with our Newport scrimshaw bookmark, featuring the...

Astor: The Rise and Fall if an American Fortune by Anderson Cooper

The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting history of a legendary American family, the Astors, and how they built and lavished their fortune. The story of the Astors is a...

Songbirds Quilling Card

Quilling is the art of rolled, shaped, and glued paper that results in creating a unified, decorative design. The art of quilling has been around for centuries, with a remarkably varied historical background spanning across continents. Quilling has...

How to Read Houses - A Crash Course in Domestic Architecture

By Will JonesSmall enough to fit in a pocket yet serious enough to provide real answers, this charmingly illustrated book is the ultimate field guide to domestic architecture. This sixth entry in the hugely popular How to Read series is a one-stop guide...

Little Genius Architecture

Little Genius . . . where curious kids can learn and laugh while being captivated by the world around them. A first architecture book for little geniuses!Architects are artists and scientists as well.They design the spaces where we shop,...

What Would Mrs. Astor Do?

What Would Mrs. Astor Do?: The Essential Guide to the Manners and Mores of the Gilded Age A richly illustrated romp with America’s Gilded Age leisure class—and those angling to join it.Mark Twain called it the Gilded Age. Between 1870 and...

Lighthouse Quilling Card

Quilling is the art of rolled, shaped, and glued paper that results in creating a unified, decorative design. The art of quilling has been around for centuries, with a remarkably varied historical background spanning across continents. Quilling has...

To Marry an English Lord: Tales of Wealth and Marriage, Sex and Snobbery in the Gilded Age

“Marvelous and entertaining.” —Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey Discover the true stories behind the women who inspired Downton Abbey and NBC’s The Gilded Age, the heiresses—including a...

Ghostly Tales of Newport

Ghostly Tales of Newport by Jennifer Cameron Welcome to the spooky streets and shores of Newport! Stay alert! Ghosts lurk around every corner. Even the most unexpected places might be haunted by wandering phantoms. Did you know that a flaming phantom...

Pirates of Colonial Newport

The story of Newport, Rhode Island’s pirates began with war, ended with revolution and inspired swashbuckling legends for generations to come. From 1690 to the American Revolution, many of Newport’s fathers, husbands and sons sailed under the...