Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age

The legendary pillagers led charmingly ordinary home lives.

The Dead of Winter: Beware the Krampus and Other Wicked Christmas Creatures

A rollicking look at things that go bump in the Yuletide night.

Four Points of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction

Did you ever wonder why north is up and south is down?

New Sincerity: American Fiction in the Neoliberal Age

Can authors freely bestow truth when everything is for sale?