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    There's nothing like browsing through a great library or book store. Aquidneck Island has many, go treat yourself  & tell them you heard about them from OnAquidneck.com

Public Libraries:

Middletown Public Library, 700 West Main Rd - Middletown, 401-846-1573
Newport Historical Society, 82 Touro St - Newport, 401-846-0813
Newport Public Library, Aquidneck Park, 300 Spring St - Newport, 401-847-8720
Portsmouth Free Public Library, 2658 E Main Rd - Portsmouth, 401-683-9457

Other Collections:

Redwood Library & Athenaeum, 50 Bellevue Ave, Newport, 401-847-0292

New Books:

Armchair Sailor Bookstore, 543 Thames St - Newport, 401-847-4252
Book Em, 433 Thames St - Newport, 401-849-5589
Excelsior Religious Gifts, 99 E Main Rd - Middletown, 401-848-5010
Irish Dandelion, The (Dealing in Irish Books), 108 Spring St - Newport, 401-846-2050
Island Books, 575 E Main Rd (Wyatt Sq)- Middletown, 401-849-2665
Oriental Arts, 103 Swinburne Row - Newport, 401-846-0655
Spring Pottery & Wellspring Books, 182 Bellevue Ave - Newport, 401-846-8485
Walden Books, Bellevue Ave - Newport, 401-846-5067
Walden Books, Newport Mall - Newport, 401-846-7160
Wellspring, 182 Bellevue Ave - Newport, 401-846-8485

Used Books:

Anchor & Dolphin Books, 30 Franklin St - Newport, 401-846-6890
Bookmark, The, 152 Broadway - Newport, 401-847-4544
Corner Book Shop, 46 Marlborough St - Newport, 401-846-8406
D Kelley Fine Used Books, 330 Broadway - Newport, 401-846-4140
Newport Book Store, The, 116 Bellevue Ave - Newport, 401-847-3400

Browse and order Online:

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General Area Guides:

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A Guide to Rhode Island's Natural Places
This is the Sea Grant book - not filled by Amazon.com

 

Where to Stay:

Internet Open Book Version-
Bernice Chesler's B&B in New England

Biking, Walking, Boating and more!:
 

With and for Children:
 
History:

 


   
 

"This is the fascinating story of the American heiress, Consuelo Vanderbilt, who married the ninth Duke of Marlborough for anything but love in 1895. A very human story told with candor and objectivity. It will keep your interest from the first page to the last. Everybody who was anybody can be seen in these pages. From artists and writers to statesmen of the world - view her world from the splendors of the courts of St. Petersburg and Vienna to the cold and desolate winter in France of 1940's. Here is a very candid and revealing personal story coupled with a unique insider's view of aristocracy's golden age."


"Vanderbilt: the very name signifies wealth. The family patriarch, "the Commodore," built up a fortune that made him the world's richest man by 1877. Yet, less than fifty years after the Commodore's death, one of his direct descendants died penniless, and no Vanderbilt was counted among the world's richest people. Fortune's Children tells the dramatic story of all the amazingly colorful spenders who dissipated such a vast inheritance. 32 pages of photographs."


Newport Notables:

Haunted Newport
by Eleyne Austen Sharp
Newport, Rhode Island is more than just a pretty place. Beyond its awesome beaches, mansions and colonial homes, this historic City-by-the-Sea is a regular paranormal playground.

Haunted Newport
   
Cooking - Misc.:

 

   


Fine cooking has been an integral part of the culture of Newport for centuries. Therefore, it seems quite appropriate that The Preservation Society of Newport County should publish this cookbook. With this collection of recipes, The Preservation Society has simply extended its mission to preserve not only extraordinary historic American architecture and interiors, but the fabric of everyday life in modern-day Newport as well. The proceeds from the sales of Newport Cooks & Collects will go towards furthering the general purpose of the Society which has left an indelible imprint on Newport.


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Gardening/Lawns:
 

 

 

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