 “Most of the occasions for the troubles of the world are grammatical.” |
 The Language-Lover’s Lexipedia “Astonishingly, addictively entertaining.”—Benjamin Dreyer, the New York Times best-selling author of Dreyer’s English From the team that brought you League of the Lexicon, The Language-Lover’s Lexipedia leads you on a delightful rollick through language unlike any you’ve ever experienced. It’s stuffed with lists, surprising facts, and illuminating stories, making it the ultimate gift for any language lover. |
 League of the LexiconRecommended “for wordsmiths and language lovers,” League of the Lexicon is “the perfect gift for that erudite friend or trivia junkie in your life,” according to The Wall Street Journal. “[It] features 2,000 questions—crafted by linguists and lexicographers—that probe every corner of language: from etymology and archaic words to usage and wordy trivia. ...It has been awarded a spot on Mensa Minds Recommended Play List for 2023, making it a solid choice for book lovers who relish a challenge.” |
 Untranslatable Words CardsThis set of cards defines some of our favorite words from the world’s languages, and matches them with compelling images to bring some of our most important feelings into focus. These inspiring cards make a thoughtful gift for language lovers, word nerds, and all curious individuals, encouraging us to reflect on the splendor of vocabulary and the emotions. |
“WHERE IS THE LIBRARY?” Language PencilsThis set of blue pencils with black lead is imprinted with the all-important query “WHERE IS THE LIBRARY?” in five different languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, and German. The text is engraved into, not printed on, the pencil. Made in the USA. |
 STET! A Game for Language Lovers, Grammar Geeks, and BibliophilesWhats’ wrong with this sentence? If that misplaced apostrophe leapt right off the page, this game—based on the New York Times bestseller—is for you. |
 Collective Noun Tea TowelsA chime of wrens, a charm of goldfinches, a prickle of hedgehogs, a romp of otters, a drift of sheep, and more on hand-screened tea towels, each featuring fifteen wonderfully evocative collective nouns. |
 Literary ListblitzThis literary take on a traditional trivia game awards points to the player who identifies the most books and authors using the fewest clues. A player wins by listing as many answers as possible or by correctly identifying the feature that unifies a list. |
 Literary TriviaTest your knowledge of all things literary and learn fun facts about authors, characters, plot points, adaptations, and more. Literary Trivia’s box contains 140 trivia questions about classic and contemporary literature from around the world. |
 The Moth: A Game of StorytellingThe 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 card game encourages lively conversations. |
Heirloom-quality Bone China Mugs
Made in Scotland, in a factory on Loch Lomond, by a family business. The company tells us, “Each mug is printed and decorated in the UK by our cheery, hardworking, skilled, and experienced staff.”
Latin Verbs Mug
A perfect everyday mug for the Latin learner, this bone china mug is colorful, informative, and an excellent study aid. The mug lists the different conjugations of two essential Latin Verbs, esse (to be) and amare (to love), in six verb tenses: present, imperfect, future, future perfect, perfect, and pluperfect.
NATO Alphabet Mug
These mugs are decorated with the NATO phonetic alphabet. According to the website of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the alphabet “...is useful to prevent spelling mistakes or miscommunication, especially when people from different countries with different accents and pronunciations work together.
Time Spent Reading Is Never Wasted Mug
This mug is decorated with Quentin Blake’s illustration of a dragon reading to four children, with the reminder: “Time spent reading is never wasted.” Devotees of the Roald Dahl books will recognize the inimitable style of drawing by Blake (Sir Quentin); from his pen, Matilda, the BFG, James (of Giant Peach fame), and hundreds of other beloved characters come to life.
 Libraries Save Democracy PinShow your support for public libraries and the essential role they play in a democracy by wearing this enamel pin on a collar, lapel, backpack, or tote. |
 Read Banned Books Enamel PinThe best way to protest the banning of books is to read them. Spread the word by wearing this “Read Banned Books” pin on a lapel, backpack, or bookbag. |
 Classic Paperback Covers: 1,000-Piece PuzzleThis puzzle features Richard Baker’s paintings of classic paperback book covers from the 1960s and ’70s, across the literary canon. Each “book portrait” shows not only the original front cover in detail, but also signs of its passage through time. |
 Classic Cookbook Covers: 1,000-Piece Puzzle There are a few well-known cookbooks included in this puzzle, but the charm lies in its unexpected range and eccentricity. Titles include The Edna Lewis Cook Book, River Road Recipes, La Cuisine Creole, Consider the Oyster, and many more. |
 The Lost Spells: 1,000-Piece PuzzleBased on their book The Lost Spells, this puzzle pairs phrases from the original spells created by Robert Macfarlane with beautiful illustrations by Jackie Morris. The writer and artist’s first collaboration, The Lost Words, was a dazzlingly original celebration of language and nature. |
 Walt Whitman Earrings“Resist much, obey little.” Walt Whitman’s rallying cry for individual and collective liberty, from the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass, is stamped on these sterling silver domed-disc earrings for pierced ears. They are handmade in the US by artist Amy Volchok. |
 Writer’s PencilsQuotations offering advice and insights to inspire writers are imprinted on twenty black No. 2 pencils, four each of five quotations. The pencils are packaged in a stylish, black cardboard canister, labeled with Sarah Orne Jewett’s words, “Find your own quiet center of life and write from that to the world.” |
 Deluxe Travel Scrabble™This beautiful travel edition of Scrabble™ is compact, elegant, and ready for play wherever you go. The set is housed in a handsome folding wood case that opens to reveal a raised-grid game board designed to keep the wood tiles perfectly in place during play. Slide open the game board panels to access two storage compartments holding all the premium components—including wood tile racks, plus a pad and pencil for keeping score. |
 Perfection NYRB Baseball CapPerfection: A virtue to strive for? An ideal to attain? A word that reminds you of something special? Or the title of the much-acclaimed NYRB book by Vincenzo Latronico—a scathing novel about contemporary existence, in which two people gradually wake up to find themselves in various traps, wondering how it all came to be. Proclaim your love of the book, the goal, or any other meaning with our handsome black baseball cap embroidered with the stirring word in pale pink. |
 Booklover’s Cocktail Napkins The idea for our paper cocktail napkins came from one of our customers who couldn’t find any appropriate napkins for her book club—thank you! We designed them with book clubs in mind, but they’re also the perfect gift for any bibliophile, teacher, or librarian. |
 Bodleian Libraries This beautifully made silk chiffon scarf features an artful montage of Victorian and Edwardian books with enchanting period titles, collated by the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford. The spines, covers, and typefaces of these vintage books are delightful period pieces. |
 Alphabet Go Fish Playing Cards Why should numbers always take center stage in Go Fish? Letters are now the stars of Alphabet Go Fish. Based on the classic game, this is a fun way for children to learn and practice the alphabet. The deck of fifty-two game cards is thoughtfully conceived and designed: parents appreciate that lower case letters are included (holding the interest of older beginning readers). |
 BabyLit Collection Introduce young ones (ages birth and up) to a world of literature with these cheerful, colorful, and humorous board books, bundled together in an “I Love Books” canvas tote. The ten books include four classics from the wildly popular BabyLit series, two volumes from BabyLit Shakespeare, and four from BabyLit Little Poets. Lively illustrations beautifully illustrate the text. |
The Company They Kept
Many of the illustrious contributors to The New York Review of Books have had deep and abiding relationships—both personal and intellectual—with other poets, writers, artists, composers, and scientists of equal stature. The Company They Kept is a collection of twenty-seven accounts of these varied friendships—most of them undeniably fraught with “idiosyncratic complexities.”
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