Daedalus Books, History Product Reviews and Prices

Suzanne Collins - Catching Fire

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Long ago ...

46 reviews

"The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collin's Work"
Reviewed by ag75 on Apr 8, 2013
One of the best books I have ever read and reread. I hope everyone who loves Sci-Fi/Romance can get their hands on it.�

John Irving and Diane Podnar - A Prayer for Owen Meany: Curriculum Unit

In the summer of 1953, two 11-year-old boys--best friends--are playing in a Little League baseball game in New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ...

48 reviews

"Quite a Character -- Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving"
Reviewed by elynch on Feb 27, 2006
This novel is a unique joy.

Charles Todd - A Duty to the Dead

Bess Crawford, a nurse in World War I, promises Lieutenant Arthur Graham that she will carry his dying request to his brother, a request that is ...

1 review

"Todd's _A Duty to the Dead_ is interesting, but has some serious flaws"
Reviewed by telynor on Aug 15, 2009
While there are some exciting moments, there's just not enough here to raise this novel above the ordinary.

$5

from 1 store

James McBride - Song Yet Sung

After Liz, a runaway slave in America before emancipation, is struck on the head she begins to have visions of the future of African-Americans, ...

1 review

"James McBride's SONG YET SUNG: Tearing Down Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Reviewed by Grouch on Aug 19, 2009
This is the dark underbelly of the sentimental Uncle Tom's Cabin--a starkly modern novel that dares the readers to confront their feelings about race and conscience.

$6 - $10

from 2 stores

Boris Akunin and Andrew Bromfield - The Turkish Gambit: A Novel

Translated from the Russian, this third historical mystery starring diplomat/sleuth Erast Fandorin, is set in 1877, when Czarist Russia and the ...

1 review

"Espionage/war/mystery Novel from the Perspective of a Shallow Young Russian Woman: "The Turkish Gambit""
Reviewed by Stephen_Murray on Jul 10, 2011
Billed as a "mystery novel," Boris Akunin's "Turkish Gambit" is more a damsel-in-distress (and over-her-head) novel, a spy novel, a war novel, though there are murders, too, and romances.

$4 - $24

from 4 stores

Charles Nordhoff and James N. Hall - Mutiny on the Bounty

Fletcher Christian, master's mate on HMS Bounty prepares to seize control of a ship torn apart by the sadism of her captain.

1 review

"Set on the Seven Seas"
Reviewed by Carrathon on May 16, 2008
Readers will find Mutiny on the Bounty to be a voyage that touches on many a distant destination, and nearly every emotion.