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8. Why We Eat What We Eat: How Columbus Changed the Way the World Eats
9. In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made
10. Revolution In The Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties ... 8. Gather, Darkness! by Fritz Leiber
9. A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe
10. In the Wake of the Plague by Norman Cantor ... where after some one time-travles to the middle ages there is a sudden outbreak similar to the black death (also read In the Wake of the Plague and The Demon in the Freezer)
Anyways, tomorrow I plan to start Unnatural Selection by Aaron Elkins. ... Both Undset and Hamsun were Nobel Prize winners in Literature. For a taste of the contemporary, you can't go wrong with In the Wake by Per Petterson.
I am especially interested in hearing what others have read, less obvious than Ibsen. The interesting thing about Norway is that it has a ... 55. In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made by Norman F. Cantor
Pages: 232
Rating: 2/5
I started this book thinking it was going to be about the Black Death, and how it changed the world. Instead, I was excessively lectured on medieval politics and social structure ... I'm about to start In the Wake of the Plague by Norman Cantor. It looks interesting and I'm eager to start it...but...I get the Browns/Vikings football game on my local channels, and how can I miss Favre's debut? I keep telling myself the book will still be there after the game is finished...but ... Thanks for the birthday wishes!
BOOK 89 In the Wake of the Plague by Norman F. Cantor
I've been reading a lot of medieval historical fiction, especially about the plague years, and In the Wake of the Plague provides some good historical information about the effects of the plague (which ... ... made a post which seems to have disappeared. Luckily I had copied portions to reviews, so here is my recreation:
About In the Wake, it has kind of a chaotic beginning in that the main character, Arvid, is pounding on the door of a bookstore that is not open and in which it later turns out ... About In the Wake, it has kind of a chaotic beginning in that the main character, Arvid, is pounding on the door of a bookstore that is not open and in which it later turns out that he has not worked in three years. He has busted ribs and a black eye and really doesn't remember how it happened. Th ... ... by Myla Golding
Solar Storms by Linda Hogan
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
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In the Wake of the Plague by Norma F. Cantor
Currently reading The Gunslinger by Stephen King. I read it about 25 years ago and didn't much like it but I'm trying ... #6 - I agree re In the Wake of the Plague. I eschewed mentioning this as it was probably the worst non-fiction book about Medieval histiory I have ever read - do see my review on this site. ... Great Mortality. But despite Norman Cantor being (having been?) big in medieval studies*, I can't seem to second In the Wake of the Plague too heartily. (Maybe it was just the recording I listened to, but I just found it... a bit narrowly focused on things that I wouldn't have ... In the Wake of the Plague by Norman F. Cantor, and The Black Death by Robert S. Gottfried. In the Wake of the Plague is sitting on one of my TBR shelves--it may sit a bit longer. Thanks for the notes. February
Terry Jones' Barbarians
In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made
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fleela in Dewey Decimal Challenge : fleela's 1000s Challenge (Feb 17, 2009, 10:49am) 614 Incidence & prevention of disease - In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made How was In the Wake of the Plague, Dayna? It definitely looks like one I would enjoy. ... 
In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made by Norman Cantor >152, fleela, Ooh, In the Wake of the Plague sounds right up my alley! I love books about plagues, diseases, and medical history.
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I just finished Why They Kill: The Discoveries of a Maverick Criminologist by Richard Rhodes, which was very interesting, and finally finished Human: The S ... Last night I started In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made by Norman Cantor. Did you know anthrax may have played a part in the spread of the bubonic plague? Finally finished with Terry Jones' Barbarians! I might just read some fiction next. I lied, In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made is up next. ...
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809 History, description & criticism Rings, Swo ... For me most probably Norman Cantor's In the Wake of the Plague - appallingly written and superficial. See my (and other') reviews on this site.
#9 - it's been a long while since I read this Alison Weir book, but having read most of her others, I don't agree that as an author she fits ... I was about to suggest In the Wake of the Plague as an interesting title but the three reviews on LT have all panned it. Maybe the above suggestions are better and you should go for the linguistics angle... I just got a like-new copy of In the Wake of the Plague by Norman F. Cantor from PBS. The picture on the dust jacket is wonderfully horrific. Just pulled In the Wake of the Plague out of my mailbox. Doesn't the Black Death sound like a fun topic? I just got a like-new copy of In the Wake of the Plague by Norman F. Cantor from PBS. The picture on the dust jacket is wonderfully horrific. ...
1. Paul Fussell, Class (finished 7 January)
2. Judith Stone, Light Elements (finished 17 January)
3. Norman Cantor, In The Wake of the Plague (finished 10 February)
4. Terry Gross, All I Did Was Ask
5. Kenneth Miller, Finding Darwin's God
6. Kim Stanley Robinson, Forty Signs of Ra ... ... that I not mention her name or school in connection with this post so it doesn't come up in anybody's search.)
2007: In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made, Norman F. Cantor
2006: Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Laila Lalami
2005: The Curious Inciden ... ... o'Flaherty
3. House of War by James Carroll
4. Death on the Installment Plan by Louis Fedinand Celine
5. In the wake of the Plague: the black death and the world it made by Norman Cantor ... demon-hunting soccer mom by Julie Kenner
Carpe Demon : the secret life of a demon-hunting soccer mom by Julie Kenner
In the Wake of the Plague by Norman F Cantor (I started this one a while ago, finished it this week)
Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow by Faiza Guene
Mrs. Kimble by Jennifer Haigh
... ... for, since without the plague, Western Civilization would have evolved differently. The only one that comes to my mind is In the Wake of the Plague by the aforementioned Norman Cantor but I'm sure there are better books out there.
Along the same lines, The Decameron by Boccaccio ... Finished In the Wake of the Plague, now I can concentrate on War of the Worlds and the Trial of Socrates.
I'm a little more than half way through finished with War of the Worlds, and I'm really enjoying I really enjoyed it. The chapters move(d) along quickly, and Wells is ... ... Politician
42 Crafty Cat Crimes: 100 Tiny Cat Tale Mysterie
43 the Force of Reason
44 the Rage and the Pride
45 In the Wake of the Plague
46 the Invisible Man
47 a Journal of the Plague Year
48 the Lost World
49 the Murder of Tutankhamen
50 the Science of Philip ... ... : the Story of Wine by Hugh Johnson
Pink: The Pink Triangle by Richard Plant
White: Caucasia by Danzy Senna
Black: In the Wake of the Plague : The Black Death and the World It Made by Norman Cantor
Brown: On Bullshit by Harry Frankfurt
Grey: Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Clear: ... In the Wake of the Plague: the Black Death and the World it made is one of my fav's on the subject. I really like the way Cantor inserted his own tone and jokes into the book rather then keeping it a more monotone history piece.
As a side note there is a pretty good children's book coming out ...
Is In the Wake of the Plague: the Black Death and the World it Made by Norman Cantor ? If so, I didn't think a lot of it. I read it a while ago, and seem to remember it was an interesting idea, but the book was chopped up in a sense. Each chapter presents a different idea or aspect of ... ... the medieval era (apologies), but have any of you read it? And, back in the proper period, does anyone have an opinion on In the Wake of the Plague: the Black Death and the World it Made? Can you recommend best books about the plague? I have a few, and know of more I don't own and would like to, but can always use a more personal (and perhaps broader) view.
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