“Beware, for I am fearless and therefore powerful.” 
Literary Witches:
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Hieronymus Bosch Tarot Cards Sometimes humorous, sometimes haunting, but always captivating, the Hieronymus Bosch Tarot sets a new benchmark for modern tarot card decks. Renowned occultist and bestselling author Travis McHenry has painstakingly isolated scenes and characters from Bosch’s works to capture the philosophy of traditional tarot cards. The result is a deck that is beautiful, inspirational, and unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. |
The William Blake Tarot Deck The William Blake Tarot of the Creative Imagination is a collaged, full-color deck illustrated with the visionary art of William Blake—mystical painter, poet, mythologizer, and proto-psychologist. Although Blake lived 250 years ago, his spiritual art and ideas remain relevant. This seventy-nine-card deck presents Blake’s central thesis that human creative imagination is the divine aspect of mankind. |
On Cats With an introduction by Margaret Atwood and photographs by Elliot Ross In these pages, writers reflect on the curious feline qualities that inspire such devotion in their owners, even when it seems one-sided. Cats’ affections are hard-won and often fickle. Freud considered his cat an embodiment of true egoism; Hilaire Belloc found peace in his feline companion’s complacency; and Hemingway—a famous cat-lover—wrote of drinking with his eleven cats and the pleasant distraction they gave him. |
Women Who Changed the World MugThese heirloom-quality bone china mugs are decorated with engaging illustrations depicting more than forty remarkable women. From secret agents, scientists, and suffragists to politicians, presidents, and paleontologists—and of course writers—this amazingly detailed design celebrates women who have had a significant impact on the world, from Ancient Egypt to the present day. Cleopatra, Amelia Earhart, Rosa Parks, Frida Kahlo, Miriam Makeba, Mae C. Jemison, and Malala Yousafzai are some of the women from around the globe featured in this design. Each time you pick up one of these mugs, you’ll find more to look at in the wonderfully detailed illustrations, from each figure’s clothing to symbolic items they hold. |
Walt Whitman Earrings These handmade sterling silver domed disc earrings, for pierced ears, are stamped with Walt Whitman’s rallying cry for individual and collective liberty: “Resist much, obey little.” The poem in which the line appears, “Caution,” was first published as one of the “Messenger Leaves” in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass. The poem was later retitled “To the States.” |
Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights: 1,000-Piece Puzzle The surreal imagery in Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights continues to fascinate viewers 500 years after its creation. A maze of creatures, nude figures, and giant fruit and flora, the triptych depicts the Garden of Eden, Earth, and Hell. The left panel portrays God with Adam and Eve in paradise; the right panel, the torment of damnation. |
Women in Art Postcard SetThis set of postcards features portraits of fifty pioneering female artists by Rachel Ignotofsky, the New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of Women in Art. The 100 postcards celebrate women artists throughout history with vibrant and colorful portraits. |
Women in Art: 500-Piece Puzzle The puzzle features a diverse array of fifteen accomplished female artists, from well-known figures such as Frida Kahlo and Georgia O’Keefe, to lesser-known trailblazers including nineteenth-century African American sculptor Mary Edmonia Lewis and Hopi-Tewa ceramic artist Nampeyo. |
Women in Science: 500-Piece Puzzle This jigsaw puzzle features colorful portraits of fifteen trailblazing women from the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. The puzzle celebrates well-known pioneers like Ada Lovelace and Marie Curie, as well as less well-known but equally inspiring heroines of the sciences. |
“I Have Loved None But You” This exquisite gold bracelet features the indelible words of Captain Wentworth in a letter to Anne Elliot, a favorite among Janeites for its intense passion and beautiful prose. Austen’s words are hand-cast on this 14-karat gold vermeil bangle (2.5" diameter, 1/8" width). There are three small 14-karat gold wire loops on the bracelet. 
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Virginia Woolf’s Notebooks The patterns on these hardcover notebooks are reproductions of the covers of two of the seven notebooks in which Virginia Woolf drafted the 1931 novel The Waves, considered among her best and most experimental works. Today, the notebooks are a part of the New York Public Library’s Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. 
Transcendence for Beginners NYRB Baseball CapThis cap is the perfect accessory for those who want to acquire wisdom, engage in new practices, and welcome learning into their lives. It features the clever title of the NYRB book Transcendence for Beginners by Clare Carlisle, about philosophy and life writing, exploring how each practice might complement the other and so contribute to a greater understanding of human existence. The book title is stitched in a calm cornflower blue font on this simple black cap. |
“If You Have a Garden and a Library” Tea Towel “If you have a garden and a library you have everything you need.” The stylish tea towel, part of a line launched at the RHS Chelsea (The Royal Horticulture Society Chelsea Flower Show) in 2024, measures 18.5" x 28.35" and is made of 100% natural organic cotton. There is a loop on the top left corner for hanging. |
The Tempest Bee Tea Towel This charming tea towel features an extract from one of Ariel’s songs in William Shakespeare’s The Tempest: |
The World of Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales: 1,000-Piece PuzzleImmerse yourself in the beloved tales of Hans Christian Andersen, from The Little Mermaid to The Ugly Duckling and The Snow Queen, with this intricately detailed 1,000-piece puzzle. Andersen’s stories are still told around the world and have been translated into more than 100 languages. While many of the stories are introduced to children, their stirring imagery and complex themes make them equally fascinating for adults. His fairy tales, like The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Princess and the Pea, Thumbelina, and The Steadfast Tin Soldier, resonate with generation after generation of readers—and puzzlers, too. This puzzle brings together some of our favorite Andersen fairy tales in beautiful detail. |
William Blake’s Shakespeare Playing Cards “Shakespeare, in riper years, gave me his hand...”—William Blake Take your imagination on a visit to the British Museum while enjoying a game of cards from the comfort of your home. This elegant set of playing cards features some of William Blake’s most beautiful illustrations of Shakespeare’s subjects. Blake, a visionary painter and poet of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century England, was inspired by characters from some of Shakespeare’s most famous works. Blake’s breathtaking watercolors have become synonymous with the Shakespeare plays they depict, and the series is still famous today for the imaginative renderings of the spiritual life of these beloved characters. |
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. On the back of the puzzle box are the animals, birds, and plants from the puzzle image, with a key to the English and Latin names of each. |
The Awdrey-Gore Legacy: Enjoy this cleverly mysterious puzzle depicting characters from Edward Gorey’s book The Awdrey-Gore Legacy (1972). This image provides a hint about the murder of Miss D. Awdrey-Gore, a ninety-seven-year-old writer of detective stories. |
Greek Gods and Goddesses MugThese heirloom-quality bone china mugs are decorated with twelve Greek gods and goddesses, along with their Roman names in italics and their areas of dominion. The Olympians are drawn in witty detail and are all depicted with their symbolic signifiers, including an owl, cornucopia, trident, harp, quiver, and more. Stars and planets are scattered in the background. The images are wonderful departure points for revisiting the myths, or introducing Hephaestus, Demeter, Dionysus, Aphrodite, Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Ares, Hera, Poseidon, Hermes, and Zeus to a young Hellenist. |
The Real Women of Greek Myths: 1,000-Piece Puzzle In this beautifully detailed jigsaw puzzle, rediscover the lives and stories of the women of Greek myths, from Medusa and Medea to Helen, Eurydice, Aphrodite, Phaedra, Artemis, and others. These classic figures, mortals and goddesses alike, are portrayed with expanded facts and interpretations by author, broadcaster, and classicist Natalie Haynes. As you build the puzzle, look for Pandora and her jar, Medusa with snakes for hair, and other characters with their signifiers and relevant details. |
The Natural World Greeting Card Collection This collection of eight greeting cards features archival illustrations of colorful fauna, from butterflies to bullfrogs. These vintage images are printed in England on an uncoated, light cream 300 gsm Italian paper, which is recyclable, biodegradable, and FSC certified. Each greeting card is approximately 5" x 7", blank inside, and paired with a 100% recycled, 110 gsm kraft envelope. |
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Surviving NYRB Baseball Cap
Whether you identify with the sentiment of the word or are a fan of the NYRB collection of Henry Green stories, Surviving, this hat is a tongue-in-cheek nod to a state of mind, a fundamental action, and the work of masterful English author Henry Green. From NYRB Classics, Surviving presents a miscellany of Henry Green’s writing and is as reflective of his extraordinary and unclassifiable genius for the word as any of his great novels, from Living to Loving to Nothing.
Frida Kahlo Silk Chiffon Scarf
The vibrant watermelon pattern on this eye-catching scarf is taken from Viva La Vida, Watermelons, the last painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907–1954). The painting, completed just eight days before Kahlo’s death, is a still life of watermelons, some whole, some cut in pieces, at once both elegiac and celebratory. In Kahlo’s short life, she created some of the most iconic works of the twentieth century.
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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