This list reflects the programming of WUNC Radio: All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Weekend Edition Saturday and Sunday, Fresh Air, Monitor Radio Early and Daily Edition, The People's Pharmacy and Soundings. NPR(TM) BOOK REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 12/22/1994 - 1/4/1995 December 24, 1994: Scott Simon talked with the author: "Dictatorship of Virtue" by Richard Bernstein, published by Knopf: The book takes aim at the multi-cultural movement. December 24, 1994: Howard Berkes updated last year's story -- the book is selling well and a TV show and movie are in the works: "The Homeless Hibernating Bear" by a group of children at a homeless shelter in Salt Lake City, published by Goldleaf Press (1-800-748-4900): The children hope the book will bring a message to America about the homeless. December 24, 1994: Daniel Zwerdling spoke to the author: "Sacramental Magic in a Small Town Cafe" by Peter Reinhart, published by Addison-Wesley. December 25, 1994: Liane Hansen talked to two authors about the historical Jesus: "The Five Gospels -- What Did Jesus Really Say?" by Robert Funk, published by MacMillan and "A Marginal Jew -- Rethinking the Historical Jesus" and "Mentor, Message, and Miracles" by Father John P. Meier, published by Doubleday. December 25, 1994: Daniel Zwerdling spoke with the editor: "Conversations with God" edited by James Washington, published by HarperCollins: A collection of American prayers from the 1700s to the present. December 26, 1994: An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "Green River Rising" by Tim Willocks, published by Morrow. December 26, 1994: Daniel Pinkwater read from his story: "Doodle, Flute" by Daniel Pinkwater, published by Macmillan: A kid's story about two boys. December 27, 1994: Bob Edwards talked with the author: "Speak Now Against the Day" by John Egerton, published by Knopf: The American South before racial desegregation. December 28, 1994: An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "East, West" by Salman Rushdie, published by Knopf. December 29, 1994: Andy Bowers spoke with the author: "French or Foe" by Polly Platt, publisher unknown: Tips for American tourists on how to behave in France. December 30, 1994: Noah Adams talked with the author: "In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle" by Madeleine Blais, published by Atlantic Monthly Publishers: The trials and tribulations of girls on a high school basketball team. December 31, 1994: Scott Simon talked with Performance Today's Martin Goldsmith about the two new biographies: "Leonard Bernstein" by Humphrey Burton, published by Doubleday. "Leonard Bernstein: A Life" by Meryle Secrest, published by Knopf. December 31, 1994: Scott Simon spoke with the writing team: "Pot of Gold" by Judith Michael, published by Pocket Books: The newest romance from the husband and wife writing team. Susan Stamberg read a story they wrote for NPR. January 1, 1995: Daniel Zwerdling talked with the author: "Shelter" by Jayne Anne Phillips, published by Houghton Mifflin: A novel about summer camp in West Virginia. January 2, 1995: Linda Wertheimer spoke to the author: "Ah Treachery" by Ross Thomas, published by Warner: A political thriller set in Washington. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: December 22, 1994: "The Sins of the Wolf" by Anne Perry, published by Fawcett Columbine. December 23, 1994: "Barrel Fever" by David Sedaris, published by Little, Brown: Sedaris read his story "Santaland Diaries." December 26, 1994: "A History of God" by Karen Armstrong, published by Knopf. "The Search for God at Harvard" by Ari Goldman, published by Random House. "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying" by Sogyal Rinpoche, published by HarperCollins. December 27, 1994: "Springs of Water in a Dryland: Spiritual Survival for Catholic Women Today" by Mary Jo Weaver, published by Beacon Press. "Jewish Renewal: A Path to Healing and Transformation" by Michael Lerner, published by Putnam. December 28, 1994: "The Fundamentalism Project" by Martin Marty, published by University of Chicago Press. "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey into the Evangelical Subculture in America" by Randall Balmer, published by Oxford University Press. In 1995, his book "History of Religion in America" will be published by Oxford. "Coyote's Canyon", "Earthly Messengers", and "Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place" by Terry Tempest Williams, all published by Random House. December 29, 1994: "Upon This Rock: The Miracles of a Black Church" by Samuel G. Freedman, published by HarperCollins. January 2, 1995: "Family" by Ian Frazier, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. REVIEW by Maureen Corrigan: "Boredom: The Literary History of a State of Mind" by Patricia Meyer Sacks, published by University of Chicago Press. January 3, 1995: "Mr. Chas and Lisa Sue Meet the Pandas" by Fran Lebowitz, published by Random House. She also wrote "Metropolitan Life" in 1978, published by Dutton. "Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life" (Pantheon) and "Operating Instructions" (Random House) by Anne Lamott. 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) 1995 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.