Anyone familiar with Gaelic?

I'm trying to find out how to pronounce the title "Dall," which was given to blind bards.

Is it like "doll" or should it rhyme with mall, or am I missing it entirely?

Favorite cold weather books for the dog days of summer?

The dog days of summer typically make me reread books with cold weather Nordic settings. My favorite is _Smilla's Sense of Snow_, and LJ user NEGothick just reminded me of another one, _The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo_.

Do other folks have favorite books with Nordic or North Country settings?