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Brontë Characters Mug

These heirloom quality bone china mugs are decorated with humorous illustrations depicting characters from Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë’s literary classics. Also depicted are the four Brontë siblings (the authors and their brother, Bramwell), as well as Thornton (their birthplace) and Haworth (The Brontë Parsonage Museum).

Canterbury Tales Mug

These heirloom quality bone china mugs are decorated with characters from some of The Canterbury Tales' best-loved stories. The central characters are drawn in witty detail on the mug and are each depicted with significant details, from a chanticleer and fox to a tub and hay wagon.

Charles Dickens Characters Mug

These heirloom quality bone china mugs are decorated with witty illustrations of more than 50 central characters from 16 of Dickens’s major works, each with significant details: a cricket bat, a suckling pig, top hats and mob caps, a parrot, and much, much more.

David Levine Author Mug

Caricatures by world-renowned artist David Levine enriched and enlivened the pages of The New York Review of Books for almost five decades. Thirty-three of Levine’s most arresting and iconic caricatures of authors decorate this heirloom quality bone china mug, including the artist’s self-portrait.

Decoder Jigsaw Puzzle with Eyeglasses Masks

This is a delightful 100-piece puzzle for ages 4+ that comes with a fun payoff: once it is completed, the puzzle workers don the special animal masks to discover hidden objects printed on the puzzle that are invisible to the naked eye.

Edward Gorey Dancing Cats: 300-Piece Puzzle

Originally appearing in Edward Gorey's book "Dancing Cats and Neglected Murderesses", these felines—knitting, skating, balancing, and juggling—are classic examples of the artist's quirky narratives keep his devotees in gleeful anticipation of decorous mayhem.

Greek Gods and Goddesses Mug

These heirloom quality bone china mugs are decorated with 12 Greek gods and goddesses, along with their Roman names and areas of dominion. The Olympians are drawn in witty detail and are each depicted with their symbolic signifiers, including an owl, cornucopia, trident, harp, quiver, and more.

Jane Austen Characters Mug

Heirloom quality bone china mugs decorated with wonderfully detailed humorous illustrations depicting more than 40 of the central characters from six of Austen’s major works.

Jane Austen Socks

It’s cold and drafty in those English country houses; those shivering Bennet sisters would have appreciated these cozy socks.

Little Women Socks

The shivering March sisters would have appreciated these cozy socks during those frigid New England winters. The design includes the book title and boughs and berries motif, in evergreen (with teal, coral, and gold). Each purchase helps to fund literacy programs and book donations to communities in need.

NATO Alphabet Mug

Decorated with the NATO phonetic alphabet, this mug—besides being a handsome addition to any table or desk—provides an essential tutorial for anyone who has ever struggled to be understood when spelling out a name and address over the phone. It’s fun and useful for both beginning readers and those who remember when this system was adopted (1956).

Peter Rabbit at Home: 60-Piece Puzzle

Toddlers and older children will be enchanted by Beatrix Potter's cozy illustration of Peter Rabbit at home under the big fir tree with his mama and siblings Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail. Sixty pieces are perfect for the 4+ year-old set—not too simple, yet not too complex.

Prohibition and Repeal Amendments Pint Glasses

Raise a toast to the historical path to legal drinking in the U.S. One glass is printed with the 18th Amendment, which prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors; the other with the 21st Amendment, which repealed Prohibition.

Prohibition and Repeal Amendments Rocks Glasses

Raise a toast to the historical path to legal drinking in the U.S. One glass is printed with the 18th Amendment, which prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors; the other with the 21st Amendment, which repealed Prohibition.

Shakespeare Characters Mug

These heirloom quality bone china mugs are decorated more than 40 of the central characters from 14 of Shakespeare’s major plays. Each time you pick one up, you’ll find more to look at in the wonderfully detailed illustrations: masks and cauldrons, snakes, fairies, phantoms, and much more.

STET! A game for language lovers, grammar geeks, and bibliophiles

Whats’ wrong with this sentence? If that misplaced apostrophe leapt right off the page, this is the game for you. Based on the New York Times bestseller, 100 sentences await you, the copyeditor, to correct—or to STET (a copyeditor’s term that means “let it stand”).

The Moth: Presents a Game of Storytelling

PBS’s The Moth is all about true stories told live, and this game is designed to prompt a volley of sharing and listening between players. Created by the program’s storytelling experts, this interactive card game encourages lively conversations, sparks creativity, and improves public speaking abilities.

The Real Women of Greek Myths: 1,000-Piece Puzzle

The Shakespeare Collection Socks Gift Boxes

Each Shakespeare Collection gift box—designed and produced under license from The Shakespeare’s Globe Trust—includes three luxurious pairs of socks suitable for both men and women, in sizes to fit both. “Playful yet classy socks. A fun spin on a classic.”—The Scotsman

The Shakespeare Sock Collection

“Undoubtedly the most cheering underthings in the land.”—The Guardian Designed and produced under license from The Shakespeare’s Globe Trust, these luxurious socks suitable for both men and women, in sizes to fit both. Choose among Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Caesar.

The World of Charles Dickens: 1,000-Piece Puzzle

Immerse yourself in 19th-century London as the beautiful, intricate illustrations of famous fictional characters, writers, and historical figures reveal themselves. The image reimagines both Dickens' life and scenes from his novels in glorious detail.

The World of James Joyce: 1,000-Piece Puzzle

While working the puzzle, travel back to 16 June 1904 and join Stephen Dedalus and Buck Mulligan on their odyssey through 'dear dirty Dublin'; with a poster and key to depicted scenes.

The World of Jane Austen: 1,000-Piece Puzzle

You’ll find 60 characters and great houses from the novels of Jane Austen, set against the landscapes in which they are featured. Also included is a fold-out poster of the image on the puzzle, along with a key to people, both real and fictional, featured on the puzzle.

The World of Shakespeare: 1,000-Piece Puzzle

Shakespeare’s 17th-century world is illustrated in absorbing detail in this puzzle depicting the London of his day as 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' is being rehearsed at the Globe. Many intricate features make this a puzzle to work again and again, each time with discoveries anew.

Time Spent Reading Is Never Wasted Mug

This heirloom quality bone china mug is decorated with Quentin Blake’s irresistible illustration of a storytelling dragon reading to four captivated children, with the reminder: “Time spent reading is never wasted.” Made in Scotland.

Women Who Changed the World Mug

These heirloom quality bone china mugs are decorated with engaging illustrations depicting more than 40 remarkable women, from secret agents, scientists and suffragists, to politicians, presidents and paleontologists..