SJ, a Swedish linguist, draws on recent research to argue that, rather than being something peculiar to Homo sapiens, language may have in fact originated among the Neanderthals.
This close analysis, gorgeously illustrated, amounts to a superb study of the Baroque phenomenon everywhere, as well as of vast and elegant Danish palaces.
A Finnish picaresque novel, about a man who abandons his conventional life when he pursues an injured hare into the forest. First published in 1975 and now a classic.
A PhD student thinks she's identified the first female British artist, then discovers an error in her research. An Icelandic novella about ambition and untruth.
The first two of Pearson's graphic novels reissued in one volume. For anyone who has missed her, Hilda is a valiant young Scandinavian girl with blue hair and a predilection for trolls. Nort... read more
A magnificent account of how the Vikings saw themselves, including also the Viking diaspora, from Finland to Uzbekistan, and also the role of slavery in Viking life and trade that was glosse... read more