Palm Beach

Guest Reviewer: Meryl Gordon, Author of Mrs. Astor Regrets Just the name--Palm Beach--conjures up an American fantasy of wealth, privilege and exclusivity. Laurence Leamer, in his well-written and entertaining new book, Madness Under the Royal Palms, offers up an inside look at this playground of the rich, and its under-class of social-climbing wannabes...

"Leamer, who's lived in Palm Beach since '94, knows his stuff. . . . Madness offers buckets of heart-warming Schadenfreude for all." --The Washington Post "Now, as unflinching as Dante, the irrepressible Laurence Leamer ...

Palm Beach Houses offers a strikingly illustrated, extensively researched history of Palm Beach architecture. It reveals the stories behind the families who built these palatial homes with exquisite detailing, lavish interiors, and semi-tropical gardens...

Immerse yourself in the exotic Palm Beach scene through the eyes of Tony Tauck, hero of Erik Brown’s newest novel, Palm Beach Detective. This can’t put down, summer read, follows Tony while he’s solving a deadly insurance scam that is killing off wealthy Palm Beach philanthropists...

This digital version of "Palm Beach Scandals - An Intimate Guide" was introduced to inquiring minds via the Joan Rivers Show shortly after publication, Nov. 16, 1993.It was Banned at the Breakers, Forbidden at the Flagler and Nixed at the Norton (gift shops)...

The real story behind a very private American fashion icon—Lilly PulitzerToday, Lilly Pulitzer's iconic brand of clean-cut, vibrantly printed clothes called "Lillys" can be spotted everywhere. What began decades ago as a snob uniform in Palm Beach became a general fashion craze and, later, an American classic...

The adventures during a couple’s year of renting a cottage in Palm Beach are recounted in this memoir that reveals the unexpected side of living in an exclusive island town. The day they arrive, they are greeted by the police and at the end of their stay they are treated by paramedics—even in the time between, surprises abound around all corners...

Speculating on death in Palm Beach. An insurance salesman buys a policy on your life which he later sells and you split the profit. Seemed like a no brainer until Frank learns that other buyers are dying...

During the prohibition era, the Royal Poinciana Hotel in Palm Beach featured a secret hallway that led to a clandestine speakeasy called 'Hypocrite's Row.' About the same time, the infamous Ashley gang, a ragtag band of violent criminals, had South Florida gripped in fear...

The ultimate winter playground on a sun-drenched tropical island accessible only by the Florida East Coast Railway or ocean-going yacht, Palm Beach was created as an exclusive haven for the pursuit of pleasure...