This booklist reflects the programming of WUNC Radio: All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Weekend Edition Saturday and Sunday, Fresh Air, The People's Pharmacy and Soundings. NPR BOOK REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 7/6 - 7/13 1994 July 7, 1994: Susan Stamberg attended the book promotion: "Last Tango in Brooklyn" by Kirk Douglas, published by Warner Books: A novel by the 78-year old actor, producer and author. July 8, 1994: An excerpt from the book on tape featuring the author's son, John McLean: "Young Men and Fire" by Norman McLean, published by University of Chicago: A book about firefighters who died bravely earlier in this century. July 9, 1994: Scott Simon talked to the son of the famous musician: "Spike Jones - Off the Record - The Man Who Murdered Music" by Jordan Young, published by Past Times Publishing Co. July 9, 1994: Scott Simon spoke with the biographer: "A Woman of Valor: Clara Barton and the Civil War" by Stephen Oates, published by Free Press. July 9, 1994: Scott Simon talked with the NPR sports commentator: "A Kind of Grace" edited by Ron Rapoport, published by Zenobia Press: A collection of articles and essays by women sports writers. July 10, 1994: Karen Michel spoke with three contributors: "The Brooklyn Reader" edited by Alice Powers, published by Crown Books: A collection of writings about Brooklyn. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: July 7, 1994: "Earthly Goods" by Christopher Joyce, published by Little, Brown and Company: Searching for medicine in the rain forests. "Gal" by Josephine Humphreys and Ruthie Bolton, published by Harcourt, Brace and Co.: Humphreys has edited Bolton's story of life in SC with an abusive grandfather. Also mentioned, "Dreams of Sleep" by Josephine Humphreys, published by Penguin. July 8, 1994: "In Patagonia" and "Utz" by Bruce Chatwin, published by Penguin: The first is about traveling in South America, the latter a novel about the art world. "Shooting the Boh: A Woman's Voyage Down the Wildest River in Borneo" by Tracy Johnston, published by Vintage. "A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg," "Nibbled to Death by Ducks," "Road Fever: A High-Speed Travelogue" (all published by Random House) and "Jaguars Ripped My Flesh" (Bantam), all written by travel writer Tim Cahill. A visit with travel writer and novelist Paul Theroux: "The Great Railway Bazaar" (Simon & Schuster), "The Old Patagonian Express" (Houghton Mifflin), "The Kingdom By The Sea" (Simon & Schuster), "The Mosquito Coast" (Avon), and "Millroy the Magician" (Random House). July 11, 1994: "Headache Relief" by Dr. Fred Sheftell, published by Simon & Schuster: The author is national president for the American Council on Headache Education. July 12, 1994: "Where the Girls Are" by Susan Douglas, published by Random House: A look at the stereotypes of feminism produced by pop culture and how that has created ambivalence among American women as to what feminism is. July 13, 1994: "Lords of the Realm" by John Helyar, published by Villard: The corporate world of baseball. Helyar co-authored "Barbarians at the Gate" with Brian Burrough, published by HarperCollins. REVIEW by Maureen Corrigan: "No Gifts from Chance" by Shari Benstock, published by Scribners: A biography of Edith Wharton. Books discussed on the People's Pharmacy, July 10, 1994: "Don't Panic: Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks" (HarperCollins) and "Breaking the Panic Cycle" (Anxiety Disorders Association of America) by R. Reid Wilson. This text is Copyright (c) 1994 by WUNC Radio (WUNCRADIO@UNC.EDU) and Erika Grams (compiler). All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted by the copyright holder to distribute this file electronically or otherwise in full as long as attribution is made.