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(TM) BOOK REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 9/22 - 10/5 1994 September 22, 1994: James Fallows reviewed the book: "Debt of Honor" by Tom Clancy, published by Putnam: A novel about U.S. friction with Japan. September 22, 1994: Bob Edwards talked to the author: "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" by John Berendt, published by Random House: A murder mystery set in Savannah, Georgia. September 23, 1994: Michael Goldfarb reported on this previously unknown novel: "Paris in the 20th Century" by Jules Verne, not yet available in the United States: Written in the 1860s, the book makes some uncanny predictions about our era. September 23, 1994: Linda Wertheimer talked with the couple: "All's Fair in Love & War" by Mary Matalin and James Carville, published by Random House/Simon & Schuster: The story of love and the 1992 Presidential election. September 24, 1994: Alex Chadwick spoke to the author: "Jimmy Carter as President: Leadership & Politics of Public Good" by Erwin Hargrove, published by Louisiana University Press. September 24, 1994: Alex Chadwick talked with the writer: "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez, published by Algonquin: A book based on the lives of three sisters who helped launch the Dominican revolution 30 years ago. September 24, 1994: Jacki Lyden spoke with the authors: "China Wakes" by Sheryl WuDunn and Nicholas Kristof, published by Random House (ISBN 0-8129-2252-2): The horror and hope of the current Chinese government. September 24, 1994: Jacki Lyden talked to the singer: "Faithfull" by Marianne Faithfull and David Dalton, published by Little, Brown (ISBN 0-316-27324-4): The singer's autobiography. September 25, 1994: Liane Hansen spoke with the novelist: "Playland" by John Gregory Dunne, published by Random House: A novel about Hollywood in the 1940s and America in the 1990s. September 25, 1994: Liane Hansen talked with the writer/poet/political activist: "Massacre of the Dreamers -- Essays on Xicanisma" by Ana Castillo, published by University of New Mexico Press. September 25, 1994: An obituary for writer Robert Bloch, best known for "Psycho (PB - Tor). September 26, 1994: Susan Stamberg talked to the author: "School Girls" by Peggy Orenstein, published by Doubleday: A study of why girls have poor self-esteem. September 27, 1994: Susan Stamberg spoke with the famous doctor: "A Better World for Our Children" by Dr. Benjamin Spock, published by National Press Books. September 28, 1994: Robert Siegel spoke with the two authors: "Comeback: The Fall and Rise of the American Automobile Industry" by Paul Ingrassia and Joseph White, published by Simon & Schuster. September 29, 1994: Bob Edwards talked to the political analyst: "Arrogant Capital: Washington, Wall Street and the Frustrations of American Politics" by Kevin Phillips, published by Little, Brown. September 30, 1994: A profile by Dean Olsher of poet William Stanley Merwin, winner of this year's Tanning Prize awarded by the Academy of American Poets. One of his books is "Mask of Janus," published by AMS Press. October 1, 1994: Scott Simon talked to one of the cast members of Les Miserables about "Foodbill," the official cookbook of Les Miz, no publishing info available. October 1, 1994: Scott Simon visits two of the men featured in the book: "Cocaine True Cocaine Blue" by Eugene Richards, published by Aperture: A photo book about drug addiction in Philadelphia and New York. October 1, 1994: Daniel Zwerdling spoke with the author: "Black Fire: The Making of an American Revolutionary" by Nelson Peery, published by The New Press/W.W. Norton (ISBN 1-56584-158-1). October 3, 1994: Bob Edwards talked to the author: "Magnificent Obsessions: Twenty Remarkable Collectors in Pursuit of Their Dreams" by Mitch Tuchman, published by Chronicle Books. October 3, 1994: Alan Cheuse Book Review: "Closing Time" by Joseph Heller, published by Simon & Schuster. October 4, 1994: Susan Stamberg reported on the writer: "Closing Time" by Joseph Heller, published by Simon & Schuster: The sequel to his first book Catch-22. October 4, 1994: Michael Goldfarb reported on the recently released book: "Princess in Love" by Major James Hewitt, not yet available in the United States: The book is based on allegations of his affair with Princess Diana. October 4, 1994: An obituary for novelist Fred Manfred. All his books are currently out of print. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: September 22, 1994: "China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power" by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, published by Times Books. "Mandate of Heaven: A New Generation of Entrepreneurs, Dissidents, Bohemians and Technocrats Lays Claim to China's Future" by Orville Schell, published by Simon & Schuster. September 26, 1994: "Autobiography of a Face" by Lucy Grealy, published by Houghton-Mifflin: The author experienced disfiguring cancer treatments as a child and talks about her living with a distorted self-image. "Faithfull: An Autobiography" by Marianne Faithfull, published by Little, Brown. September 27, 1994: "Tinker in Television: From General Sarnoff to General Electric" by Grant Tinker, published by Simon & Schuster. "Laughing in the Dark: From Colored Girl to Woman of Color -- A Journey from Prison to Power" by Patrice Gaines, published by Crown Publishers. September 28, 1994: "Women in Exile" by Mahnaz Afkhami, published by University Press of Virginia: The stories of 12 women from around the world living exile, like the author (an Iranian). REVIEW by Maureen Corrigan: "Portnoy's Complaint" (25th anniversary edition) by Philip Roth, published by Vintage Press. September 29, 1994: "The Soul of Politics" by Jim Wallis, published by The New Press/Orbis Books: The author's views on how American politics can only be transformed via social justice and personal responsibility. "Jewish Renewal: A Path to Healing and Transformation" by Michael Lerner, published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. October 3, 1994: "Grand Avenue" by Greg Sarris, published by Hyperion: A collection of short stories about whites and Native Americans tied by a common ancestor. "Mabel McKay: Weaving the Dream" by Greg Sarris, published by University of California Press: A biography of his aunt, a world-renowned basket weaver. October 4, 1994: "Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley" by Peter Guralnick, published by Little, Brown. October 5, 1994: "The Hot Zone" by Richard Reston, published by Random House: The story of an extremely contagious virus that almost caused a plague in Virginia in 1989. "The Book of Intimate Grammar" by David Grossman, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux: Coming of age story set in Israel in the later 1960s. Book mentioned on The People's Pharmacy, September 24, 1994: "Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls" by Mary Piper, published by Grosset/Putnam. Books mentioned on Soundings, September 25, 1994: "Shooting at Loons," "Bootlegger's Daughter," and "Southern Discomfort" by Margaret Maron, published by Mysterious Press. Book mentioned on Soundings, October 2, 1994: "The Hinterlands: A Mountain Tale in Three Parts" by Robert Morgan, published by Workman. 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