Palm Beach Book Store to host packed lineup of book signings for December

Note: The signing with author Stephanie Stokes has been rescheduled for February, to a date to be determined, a Palm Beach Book Store representative said.

It's a packed December for the Palm Beach Book Store, with a lineup of local and national authors set to meet with and sign books for readers, just in time for the holidays.

The store's calendar includes well-known names such as Laurence Leamer, whose work includes books on Palm Beach and society life, and Bret Baier, the Fox News anchor who recently dipped his toe into the world of graphic novels.

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The Palm Beach Book Store is at 215 Royal Poinciana Way, Palm Beach. The store this year marks its 35th anniversary on the island.

"The World at Your Table," by Stephanie Stokes, 5 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday

Interior designer Stokes returns with her second book, this one about how to present an appealing tablescape. The book, released in March, incorporates Stokes' suggestions for creative tabletop experiences that use items she collected during travels to Colombia, Hungary, Japan and the United Kingdom. Stokes is a former photojournalist and columnist for Architectural Digest.

"Hitchcock's Blondes: The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director's Dark Obsession," by Laurence Leamer, 4 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday

Leamer — a best-selling biographer who has chronicled the lives of some of the biggest names in politics and pop culture, including "Mar-a-Lago: Inside the Gates of Power" — returns with this latest work of nonfiction, just released Oct. 10. In "Hitchcock's Blondes," Leamer examines the work of eight of the actresses who headlined the legendary director's films, including June Howard-Tripp, Ingrid Bergman, Grace Kelly and Janet Leigh.

"On the Water: A Century of Iconic Maritime Photography from the Rosenfeld Collection," by Nick Voulgaris III, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday

Author, entrepreneur, farmer and lover of sailing Voulgaris will present his latest book, "On the Water," a collection of photographs from the Rosenfeld Collection, which was built on the work of the Morris Rosenfeld & Sons photography business. While the collection, which now resides at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut, includes more than a million maritime photographs, "On the Water" culls the collection into a more manageable quantity of reproduced prints.

"The History Club: Duel Across Time," by Bret Baier, 3 to 4 p.m. Wednesday

Palm Beach resident and longtime Fox News anchor of the hit "Special Report with Bret Baier" will present his debut graphic novel for children, about a group of kids who use their knowledge of history to defeat an evil scheme.

The book, released Nov. 14, features illustrations by Marvin Sianipar.

"My Mother Shoots Elephants," by Chris Kellogg, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Dec. 14

Kellogg, an adventurer whose work has taken him from Palm Beach to Alaska and Africa, shares his mother Fernanda Wanamaker Munn Kellogg's life stories in "My Mother Shoots Elephants."

The elder Kellogg was a partner in a 30,000-acre farm in British West Africa with Ker and Downey John Sutton, and the younger Kellogg chronicles her adventures, encounters and push for conservation.

"A House That Made History: The Illinois Governor's Mansion, Legacy of an Architectural Treasure," by MK Pritzker and Michael S. Smith, 5 to 6:30 p.m., Dec. 16

Pritzker, the first lady of Illinois, provides an inside look at the state's historic governor's mansion. Built in 1855, the mansion has seen many famed residents and visitors including Abraham Lincoln. The mansion includes local touches, like a hallway that is covered in a paper with a pattern reminiscent of a cornfield, and the folk-art mural in the Governor's Dining Room.

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