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Here is a whole issue, on the word gift. Have a flip through, or read the lot as a PDF. This is exactly what lands in the mailbox.
A print-by-mail subscription
one word a month, and the whole world behind it
Each month, one everyday word turns out to have a secret, and the whole story arrives at your door, beautifully printed. The gift for anyone who loves words, and a treat to keep for yourself.
Every issue takes one ordinary word and finds the secret in it. Gift, it turns out, is the German word for poison. Twelve little jolts of delight across the year.
The big reader. The crossword-doer. The one who always asks where a word comes from. If that is someone on your list, you have just found their gift.
Not one more thing to unwrap and forget. A beautiful little issue lands in the mail each month, a treat to look forward to and then keep on the shelf.
Here is a whole issue, on the word gift. Have a flip through, or read the lot as a PDF. This is exactly what lands in the mailbox.
Three months as a taste, or a full year as a gift they will not see coming. Either way the issues come one a month, beginning at the beginning.
$39
Not sure yet? The easy way to try, or a small gift. Three surprises in the mail.
Buy three months$130
The best value, and the gift that keeps on arriving. Twelve issues across the year.
Subscribe for a yearFor yourself or as a gift: at checkout you add the delivery address, plus a short note if it is a present. On a phone, pay in one tap with Apple Pay or Google Pay.
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Not sure yet? Three months is the easy way to try. The year comes at a deep discount, so it stays final once it ships, though you can cancel renewal any time.
Give the year and they get twelve small surprises, one a month, each one a word they thought they knew. We can start it on any date you like and tuck a note in the first issue.
Ask about giftingIf they like a good story, a crossword, or a bit of trivia, yes. There is no jargon and nothing to study. Each issue is a small, surprising read, not a textbook.
Yes. Tell us the date and we will have the first issue land right around then, with a note that says it is from you.
A printed issue in the mailbox, once a month, anywhere in the United States. No app, no login, no screen. Just a beautiful little thing to read and then keep on the shelf.
Even the experts get caught out. (Gift is the German word for poison; species and spice are the same word.) The pleasure is in the stories, not in being quizzed.
No. You check out, we post it to them. They never need an account or a password.
Only the yearly plan renews, so the gift carries on, and you can cancel any time to stop it. The three-month plan simply ends on its own.
Twelve small surprises in the mail, for someone who loves words.
Give the year