MORE in Anthropology (green room), Biography (gold room - lots of 19th century authors, but also Kerouac and the Leakeys and more), Native American Studies (blue room), and Poetry (on your right as you come through the front door).

And yes, we have several books by Peter Matthiesen, both fiction and nonfiction.

Also, for the incipient philosophical jokester in your life, chicken-and-egg matrushkas (safe for thinkers age 6mo+)

Things to do with your family this holiday season... Build Rome in a day! (3000 piece jigsaw puzzle featuring the Roman Forum)

Folks with families, we love it when you come to visit, but we don't love it when we discover that tags have been ripped or cloth torn during play. _We must ask you to pay for any toys damaged during your visit._

It's not just that we shouldn't have to throw things away.* It's that everyone should help everyone remember to show good manners.

*We take a lot of pride in selling only well-tested, non-toxic toys. Torn tags or mended pieces can void the product warranty, which puts us in an awkward position, because we can't sell what we can't prove is safe. Help us be good to your kids: help us keep the toys clean with proof of manufacturing quality intact.

Why you need at least two Magnetic Personalities.

"They're finger puppets and they're magnets. ...I could play with these for years."
"Um, yes, you could."
"Imagine the arguments you could make them have. Like, Tesla against Washington."
"...or Frida Kahlo?"
"Or Galileo and Blackbeard."
"Why would you pitch Galileo against Blackbeard?"
"Because Galileo needs pillaging sometimes."

Unemployed Philosopher's Guild Magnetic Personalities.
Like an anachronistic debate club, on your fingers or on your fridge.

This just in:

This week, most of the arriving books went to a scattered variety of sections, but we have NEW TOYS, including some favorites - Qwirkle, the Raven and Fox finger puppets, and retro UNO - and some things you might not have seen yet, like Chaos, Ben Franklin Action Figures, and Shakespearean Insult Gum.

We're also trying out some math workbooks. We have addition, subtraction, and multiplication books that aren't just lists of problems to learn by rote - you solve the problems to find your way through a maze or to create a picture. They come very highly recommended by two of our favorite teachers. Would you like to see what the company offers in the way of division, algebra, logic, analogy, spelling, and more? Just ask - we'll show you the catalog.

We just went on a huge buying binge. Come see all our wonderful new toys!