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“Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it do singe yourself.”
―Henry VIII, I.i
The Embarkation of Henry VIII at Dover: 1,000-Piece Puzzle
With roiling seas, snapping sails, and cannons at the ready, this nautical scene will draw you back in time 500 years to coastal England. Henry VIII leads this fleet of ships from Dover’s port from aboard the Henry Grace à Dieu, the world’s largest warship at the time, which instead departs for a peace summit with Francis I of France. The two men hoped to be remembered as true Renaissance kings, strong enough to rule through diplomacy. Though the meeting—later known as the Field of the Cloth of Gold—had little long-term success, its lavish displays were immortalized in a pair of paintings for Whitehall Palace and re-created by many artists throughout the centuries.
This puzzle is printed on high-quality 250 GSM matte art paper for superior color, crisp details, and no glare. It is produced using ribbon-cut thick recycled paper board for a snug fit and minimal dust.
Sailing Ship Kite
Set sail and soar on the wind with this classic sailing ship kite that also doubles as home decor. Each handmade kite flies gracefully in the wind and is made from tear resistant nylon and durable bamboo by Balinese artisans. When the kite is not being used, it makes a beautiful decorative object to display on a mantelpiece, in a child's bedroom, or anywhere in need of some nautical charm.
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The World of the Odyssey and Other Greek Myths: 1,000-Piece Puzzle
This 1,000-piece puzzle shows the saga of Odysseus’s famed journey in one epic scene. Discover the heroes, gods, and monsters—from the the king of Ithaca and the Acheans to Athena, Poseidon, and Hermes, to Scylla and Charybdis, the Minotaur, and much more—while you piece together this beautiful image and help Odysseus return to Telemachus and Penelope.
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French Gift Basket
Bring France home to your favorite Francophile. We’ve filled a panier du marché, the traditional straw market basket used for centuries throughout France, with five iconic and useful gifts with French DNA: a puzzle of a vintage Paris map; a notebook, said to be the one used by Julia Child to notate her recipes, from heritage brand Clairefontaine; a traditional net market bag; cocktail napkins with maps featuring Parisian monuments; and a guide to the quiet corners of Paris.
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Learn About France Placemat Sets
These French placemats and desk mats, printed with colorful educational designs with shining golden accents, are washable and reusable. They offer an opportunity to learn French vocabulary and geography while eating, drawing, or writing. Kids will have fun and learn organically. Each set includes four educational and eye-catching placemats that children will want to use again and again. Choose between two sets of four: Bonjour, France! and Apprendre le Français.
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Shakespeare’s Britain: 1,000-Piece Puzzle
The beautiful image on this 1,000-piece puzzle is a pictorial map of Britain as it was in 1583, with the geographical settings of Shakespeare’s history plays labeled. The map is decorated with symbols and icons of towns and abbeys, castles, battlefields, forests, and heaths, and includes a panoramic inset of London showing the Globe Theatre, and another inset of Stratford-upon-Avon. Also on the map is a list of Shakespeare’s plays with British settings.
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Story Map of Ireland: 500-Piece Puzzle
This delightfully detailed pictorial map of Ireland was part of a series of “story maps” produced by Colortext Publications in the 1930s and 1940s. The Story Map of Ireland (1935) features historical facts about Éire’s major battles, discoveries, and cultural events; basic geographic details, including elevations, bodies of water, bays, counties, and towns; and intricate borders and title decorations adapted from The Book of Kells and Book of Mac Durnan illuminated manuscripts.
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Paddington Bear and Tea Set
This deluxe Paddington Tea Set is decorated with illustrations from the original Paddington books and includes a tea pot with a lid, serving tray, two cups, two saucers, two plates, two spoons, and two napkins, which all fit nicely in a sturdy suitcase printed with travel stamps of Paddington’s adventures. The set also includes a classic seated Paddington soft toy inspired by Peggy Fortnum’s original Paddington illustrations.
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“In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines... the smallest one was Madeline.”
This deluxe Madeline Tea Set is decorated with scenes from the beloved book by Ludwig Bemelmans and includes a tray; a teapot; four cups, saucers, plates, spoons, and napkins; and a tablecloth, all packaged in a sweet little suitcase for tidy storage.
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Have you ever struggled to balance a tote bag filled with groceries on bicycle handlebars? Need a bit of help transporting your next good read home from the library? The Notabag is a brilliant combination of a bag and a backpack that can fit in your pocket. Perfect for the on-the-go bookworm, it transforms with a single pull on the straps, so you can put it on your back and free your hands.
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Create-Your-Own Pirate Blow Boats
Sail the seven seas in your own pirate blow boats. This simple and eco-friendly kit includes two pirate blow boats to assemble, along with straws to race. Then battle for treasure by playing “noughts and crossbones,” a fun, pirate-themed tic-tac-toe game that is included.
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“And All the World Was Mine” Gold Bracelet
“I found you and I loved you, And all the world was mine.”
—Paul Laurence Dunbar, “A Golden Day”
This line from a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar has been hand-cast on a 14K gold vermeil bangle (2.5" diameter, 0.125" width). There are three small 14K-gold wire loops on the bracelet.
Air Mail Letter Writing Set
Capture the nostalgia of messages sent via Air Mail with this letter writing set. Each set includes ten sheets of high-quality stationery with a classic “Air Mail” logo and a blue and red border, along with eight corresponding envelopes. We’ve paired these with a strip of ten matching “Air Mail, Par Avion” stickers, to complete the vintage style.
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Giant Plane Kite
This giant, yellow airplane kite with a bright red nose is light and simple to handle, takes off easily, and makes an original and joyful gift for all ages. Recommended for ages five years and up.
The kite has six pieces that are easily assembled by an adult; simply attach a line to the handle and it’s ready to fly.
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Roll-Up Travel Chess and Checkers Set
Whether you’re beside a campfire, on the road, or just enjoying a quiet night in, you can roll out the fun with this travel-friendly game set. The canvas playing board rolls up for easy toting. This high-quality gift, made by the heritage brand Pendleton, is made to last.
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Planetarium Projector
This home planetarium is actually two projectors in one. The first is a rotating star map dome that projects astronomically accurate maps of the stars; star maps for both the northern and southern hemispheres are included. The second projects space-related images, including all eight planets, eight human-made space objects such as rockets and satellites, and eight extragalactic phenomena such as nebulae and galaxies.
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Globetrotting
In Globetrotting, Duncan Minshull, the UK’s “laureate of walking,” brings together the work of more than fifty walker-writers who have traveled the world’s seven continents by foot. From the 1500s to the present day comes a memorable band of explorers and adventurers, scientists and missionaries, pleasure-seekers, and literary drifters recalling their experiences and asking themselves a compelling question—why travel this way in the first place?
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Sauntering
Sauntering features sixty walker-writers—classic and current—who roam Europe by foot. Twenty-two countries are traversed. We join Henriette d’Angeville, the second woman to climb Mont Blanc; Nellie Bly roaming the trenches of the First World War; Werner Herzog on a personal pilgrimage through Germany; Rebecca Solnit reimagining change on the streets of Prague; and Robert Macfarlane dropping deep into underground Paris.
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Provence Platters
Bring wine country to your table with a stunning Provence Platter. Each platter had a first life as a French or American oak wine barrel, once used to age fine wines. When the barrel’s use in the cellar ends, American artisans carefully reverse the traditional cooper’s craft, dismantling steam-bent oak staves and curved barrel heads by hand, and create the beautiful pieces known as Provence Platters.
Hot Air Balloons Wrapping Paper
In the 1780s, in Paris, the Montgolfier brothers and Jacques-Alexandre-César Charles engaged in a spectacular race to levitate into the sky using balloons. Their “artificial clouds,” as one writer described the flying globes, would enthrall the French capital and set off a craze for all things balloon.
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Vintage Italian Travel Poster Wrapping Paper
Printed with a design that incorporates vintage travel posters advertising famous Italian towns and cities, this all-occasion gift wrap is acid-free and therefore also suitable for bookbinding, scrapbooking, and other creative projects.
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Instead of a Card: Ten Poems about Walking
“Ten Poems about Walking” is a title in the “Instead of a Card” series, based on the idea that sending a greeting card is a lovely gesture, and sending a booklet of poetry an even more meaningful one. There seems to be a natural connection between walking and poetry. For William Wordsworth, the regular rhythm of walking was a stimulus to writing, and he said that “nine-tenths of my verses have been poured out in the open air.”
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Instead of a Card: Ten Poems about Journeys
This mini-anthology is a celebration of the rich variety of ways in which we get ourselves from A to B. A long-distance walk, a bike ride, a boat trip—all are brought to life here in language that captures the thrill of being en route. We meet cyclists pedaling with panniers around eastern France. Then there’s a rowdy train journey from Barrow to Sheffield; the raucous passengers relish the train’s “relentless pressing on.”
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Nantucket Bicycle Basket
This classic woven bicycle basket from Nantucket Bike Basket Company is the perfect accessory for your bicycle, garden, or home. Designed in collaboration with local artisans, the basket is made from the highest quality natural rattan fibers and offers both sturdy durability and vintage New England charm.
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National Parks Vintage Posters: 1,000-Piece Puzzle
Celebrate the wonders of the US national parks without leaving your home, from Acadia to the Everglades, from the Carlsbad Caverns to Joshua Tree, and more.
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“Keep Pedalling” Mug
This heirloom quality bone china mug is decorated with an illustration from Quentin Blake’s much-loved picture book Mrs. Armitage on Wheels and the text: “The trick is to keep pedalling.” Perfect for a six-year-old or a ninety-six-year old, and everyone in-between, under all circumstances.
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Mini Tea Library
Palais des Thés invites you to learn the art of tea tasting and discover some of its most iconic teas with the Mini Tea Library. The French tea house, founded in 1986 by François-Xavier Delmas, pioneered sourcing teas directly from tea growers, cultivating personal relationships with tea-gardens and farms across the world for more than thirty years.
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You’ll Enjoy it When You Get There
NYRB Baseball Cap
“You’ll Enjoy It When You Get There” is a clever phrase that embraces everything from a self-improvement mindset to a destination after long car ride. It is also the title of the NYRB Classics collection of stories from one of the best English writers of the postwar period, Elizabeth Taylor. Taylor’s stories, many of which originally appeared in The New Yorker, are her central achievement. Here are self-improving spinsters and gossiping girls, war orphans and wallflowers, honeymooners and barmaids, mistresses and murderers. In a gorgeous sky blue with a lime green border, this hat dons the book title and phrase that serves as a fashionable reminder of the good to come.
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