Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America, by Pekka Hämäläinen. Liveright. 576 pages. $40. In the 1630s, the powerful Pequot Confederacy of southern New England found itself beset by ...

J.P. Ahonen and K.P. Alare. Abrams/ComicArts, $22.95 (192p) ISBN 978-1-4197-1359-0 Stuttering Finnish guitarist Axel is the front man for Perkeros, a hard rock band whose evolution is kept in ...