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 10/27 - 11/2 1994 October 27, 1994: Alex Chadwick profiled the scientist: "Naturalist" by E.O. Wilson, published by Island Press: The biologist's autobiography. October 27, 1994: Noah Adams spoke with the novelist: "Flight of the Intruder" and "The Intruder" by Stephen Coonts, published by Pocket Books. October 28, 1994: Margot Adler reported on the controversy generated by the book: "The Bell Curve" by Charles Murray and Richard Hernstein, published by Free Press: A look at the possibility that intelligence is hereditary. October 28, 1994: Commentator Barack Obama gave his refutation of the above book during All Things Considered. October 28, 1994: Commentator Katha Pollitt reflected on the book's results: "Sex in America: A Definitive Survey" by John Gagnon, published by Little, Brown. October 29, 1994: Scott Simon spoke with the compiler: "The Norton Book of Ghost Stories" edited by Brad Leithauser, published by W.W. Norton. October 30, 1994: Rebekah Presson profiled the writer: "House of Splendid Isolation" by Edna O'Brien, published by Farrar, Straus, & Giroux: A novel about a woman whose life is disrupted when an IRA terrorist seeks refuge in her house; her novels have been banned in her homeland. October 30, 1994: Liane Hansen spoke with the author: "Autobiography of a Face" by Lucy Grealy, published by Houghton-Mifflin: The author has gone through many operations to reconstruct her face after it was disfigured by cancer. October 30, 1994: Essayist Tim Brookes talked about his new book: "Catching My Breath: An Asthmatic Explores His Illness" by Tim Brookes, published by Random House. October 30, 1994: A profile of the of the magician involving a talk with the author: "The Life and Many Deaths of Harry Houdini" by Ruth Brandon, published by Random House. November 1, 1994: Susan Stamberg reported on the unlikely collaboration: "Mr. Chas and Lisa Sue Meet the Pandas" by Fran Liebowitz and Michael Graves, published by Knopf: A children's book by the essayist and an architect. November 1, 1994: Bob Edwards talked to the commentator about his new book: "Titans" by Tim Green, published by Turner Publishing: A novel about a quarterback with gambling problems. November 1, 1994: Robert Siegel talked to the Stan Musial about his new collection of fifty favorite harmonica tunes, but unfortunately, no published or title is available. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: October 27, 1994: "The Last Known Residence of Mickey Acuna" by Dagoberto Gilb, published by Grove Press: A novel about life in a poor southwest Chicano community. He also wrote a collection of short stories called "The Magic of Blood." October 28, 1994: "In Search of Dracula" by Raymond McNally, published by Houghton-Mifflin. "Doctor Haggard's Disease" by Patrick McGrath, published by Simon & Schuster: A fictional horror novel by the author of horror short stories and novels. "Spider" by Patrick McGrath, published by Poseidon: The author read from the novel. October 31, 1994: "Serving in Silence" by Margarethe Cammermeyer, published by Viking: The author's story of her life as a lesbian in the military. November 1, 1994: "Family" by Ian Frazier, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux: The author examined his family's history back to the 1600's. Other books by him mentioned were "Dating Your Mom," "Nobody Better, Better than Nobody," and "Great Plains" all published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. November 2, 1994: "A Long Line of Dead Men" by Lawrence Block, published by William Morrow: A mystery novel -- the author read from it. Books mentioned on Soundings, October 30, 1994: "These Same Long Bones" by Gwendolyn Parker, published by Houghton Mifflin. "Decorations in a Ruined Cemetary" by John Gregory Brown, published by Houghton Mifflin. Book reviews are available on the internet via anonymous ftp (sunsite.unc.edu /pub/academic/literature/book-reviews) and by gopher to sunsite.unc.edu under the NEWS! option. 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.