Great Books Whether you're looking for a Geneva Lake shore path guide, nonfiction books about the Lake Geneva area, novels by local authors, or design and lifestyle tips, we carry a variety of books that you'll love to read or give as a gift! Browse our selection online or visit the store to see more. Watch our Events page, as we host book signings throughout the year! A Grand Tale: The History of Grand Geneva Resort & Spa by Nei-Turner Media Group Item #: 97328 $24.00 Details: Most know Grand Geneva Resort for its world class accommodations, fabulous dining, luxurious spa, meticulously maintained golf courses, and so much more. But do you know about the resort’s interesting backstory? The recently published hardcover book chronicles the resort’s rich past with historic and new photography illustrating its humble beginnings as picturesque farmland, its years as the famed Playboy Club-Hotel, the resort’s period of decline, its eccentric recording studio days, and its transformation by the Marcus Corporation to the AAA Four Diamond Grand Geneva Resort & Spa. Qty: Gift Wrap Item: Note Card Text: Camps Of Geneva Lake by Carolyn Hope Smeltzer & Jill Westberg Item #: 97422 $21.99 Details: Get an inside look at 18 historic camps on Geneva Lake that provided education, activities, spirituality and community in a healthy environment away from the city. Qty: Gift Wrap Item: Note Card Text: Distinctive Homes of Naples, FL by Glenn Hettinger Item #: 89125 $68.00 Details: This 224-page title is lavishly illustrated with over 700 full-color photographs of distinctive home exteriors and interiors. It features Fifty distinctive homes all located in Naples, FL, and celebrates a special gulf shore community and the creativity of the architects, designers, homeowners, builders and craftsmen who appreciate and pursue excellent design. The homes range from quaint to bold, cozy to grand, historic to futuristic, and urban to country. Qty: Gift Wrap Item: Note Card Text: Distinctive Homes of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL by Glenn Hettinger Item #: 63778 $44.00 Details: This book celebrates a special community and the creativity of the architects and home owners who appreciate excellent design. It features sixty-six distinctive homes located throughout Ponte Verdra Beach, FL. Inside it features distinctive homes in a wide diversity of styles: Mediterranean, Shingle Style, Key West, French Country, Low Country, Plantation, Contemporary and even a distinguished Florida Cracker. Whether searching for remodeling, designing, or purchasing ideas, or to simply appreciate the beauty of fine residential photography, this book is sure to be a treasure for any connoisseur of fine home design. Qty: Gift Wrap Item: Note Card Text: Kathi's Cookie Chronicles by Kathi Frelk Item #: 83360 $24.99 Details: The book features stories of her cookies, faith and family, including Mary Perkins Bradbury, a 70-year-old mother of 11 who was tried, convicted and sentenced to hang as a witch in Salem, MA in 1692! Kathi also shares over 40 favorite recipes and photos of her decorated cookies that are sure to inspire you. Qty: Gift Wrap Item: Note Card Text: Mail Jumper! The Story of the First Mail Girl by Elaine Kanelos Item #: 78939 $11.99 Details: Familiar, funny, and full of heart, this personal narrative provides a one-of-a-kind glimpse into the world of the mail jumpers from the girl who did it first. It draws back the curtain on the US mail boat, Lake Geneva’s history, and life in its inner circle, as Kanelos remembers becoming the first girl to break a sixty-year tradition by jumping the US mail. Qty: Gift Wrap Item: Note Card Text: Mailboat: The Silver Helm by Danielle Lincoln Hanna Item #: 129670 $16.95 Details: Bailey Johnson's sixteenth summer isn't going well. Three murders in one week is overkill - especially when she is the one who keeps finding the bodies. She just wants to be a normal teen with a fun summer job: mail jumping on the Lake Geneva Mailboat. But Detective Monica Steele and Officer Ryan Brandt are catching glimpses of a far bigger plot than anyone realized. A shadow is growing over the idyllic summer town, and the killings are far from over. Now Bailey stands on the verge of losing the one person she thought she could always lean on. Qty: Gift Wrap Item: Note Card Text: Mailboat: The End of the Pier by Danielle Lincoln Hanna Item #: 103281 $16.95 Details: Bailey Johnson landed the coolest summer job ever: mail jumper on the historic Lake Geneva Mailboat. Falling into the lake is pretty much a hazard of the job. Finding a dead body underwater is pretty much not. One mistimed jump restarts a manhunt, unsolved since before she was born, and reopens old wounds that were only half healed. As if that weren’t bad enough, she’s stuck in the most epically abysmal foster home ever, since she first entered “the system” eleven years ago. Abuse at home, bullets flying in the street … and she thought prom was bad. All she wants is a family of her own. Is that so much to ask for? A forever family–provided she survives the summer. Qty: Gift Wrap Item: Note Card Text: Make It Beautiful by Monica Pedersen Item #: 56149 $35.00 Details: Lavishly illustrated and full of practical home-entertaining know-how, this book will appeal to everyone from first-time hosts to seasoned party-throwers. Author, designer, and HGTV host Monica Pederson will inspire and teach readers how to entertain at home with her exclusive insider tips. Her book shows readers how to create beautiful, innovative parties for a range of occasions and budgets. Qty: Gift Wrap Item: Note Card Text: Man Inn Trouble by Clyde Deighton Item #: 120602 $16.00 Details: NOW AVAILABLE! 'Man Inn Trouble'... a sequel of the novel 'Murder at the French Country Inn' by author Clyde Deighton. Qty: Gift Wrap Item: Note Card Text: Murder at the French Country Inn by Clyde Deighton Item #: 43313 $16.00 Details: "Murder at the French Country Inn" is a tale of modern crime in a town filled with echoes of the Roaring Twenties. The fictional plot that mirrors local gangster history at the Inn. Qty: Gift Wrap Item: Note Card Text: The Community of Marta by Stan Fairchild Item #: 134604 $15.95 Details: The COMMUNITY OF MARTA is beautifully told and addresses social and political issues through a rag-tag group of people from various backgrounds, brought together by their love of surfing and bonded by their non-judgemental acceptance of each other. Like the surf, this story rises slowly to a glorious peak, until it spills over, celebrating the best in humanity. Qty: Gift Wrap Item: Note Card Text: Walk, Talk & Gawk - The Original Map & Guide of the Geneva Lake Shore Path by Pat Groh and Chris Hauter Item #: 2144 $10.49 Details: Plan a full day hike or short stroll along Lake Geneva's shore path. The original map and guide features seven separate walks, with distances ranging from 2-3.5 miles. Includes descriptions of shore path condition and difficulty, public access and parking information, and sites of interest. Qty: Gift Wrap Item: Note Card Text: