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 8/17 - 8/23 1995 August 17, 1995: Noah Adams spoke with the music writer: "Drowning in the Sea of Love" by Al Young, published by Ecco Press: A collection of pieces (reflections and meditations) on music. August 18, 1995: Deborah Amos reported on how militias view this satirical book: "Report from Iron Mountain" by Leonard Lewin, published by Buccaneer Press. August 18, 1995: Alan Cheuse talked with fondness about how some children's classics are being reissued. August 19, 1995: Scott Simon spoke with the publisher about the new illustrated edition: "Animal Farm" by George Orwell, published by Secker & Warburg (UK). August 19, 1995: Scott Simon spoke with the editors: "Cohassett Beach Chronicles" edited by Clancy Clark de Nevers and Lucy Hart, published by Oregon University Press: A collection of columns from the Cohassett Beach newspaper in Washington written during World War II when the community was essentially occupied by the U.S. military. August 19, 1995: Daniel Zwerdling spoke with the author: "The Beauty of the Beastly" by Natalie Angier, published by Houghton-Mifflin. August 20, 1995: Liane Hansen chatted with the author of the series: "The Baby-Sitters Club" by Ann M. Martin, published by Scholastic. August 20, 1995: Liane Hansen talked to the writer about Mike Tyson's return to boxing: "The Culture of Bruising: Essays on Prizefighting, Literature and Modern American Culture" by Gerald Early, published by Ecco Press. August 20, 1995: Liane Hansen spoke with the paleontologist: "Raptor Red" by Robert Bakker, published by Bantam Books: A novel about a young Utahraptor in the Cretaceous period. August 22, 1995: Robert Siegel talked to the author: "The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language" by David Crystal, published by Cambridge University Press. Books profiled on Monitor Radio(R): August 22, 1995: Mid-Day Edition: "Call the Briefing" by Marlin Fitzwater, to be published by Times Books. August 23, 1995: Early Edition: "Comrade Criminal: Russia's New Mafia" by Stephen Handelman, published by Yale University Press. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: August 17, 1995: "Burning Passions: An Introduction to the Study of Silent Cinema" by Paolo Cherchi Usai, published by Indiana University Press/British Film Institute. August 18, 1995: "Rule of the Bone" by Russell Banks, published by HarperCollins: A novel about a young boy who steals from his parents, is kicked out, and sets out on a low-life adventure. August 22, 1995: "A Chosen Death: The Dying Confront Assisted Suicide" by Lonny Shavelson, published by Simon and Schuster. "How to Tell When You're Tired" by Reg Theriault, published by Norton: A book about work by a former longshoreman. August 23, 1995: "The Case of the Frozen Addicts: How the Solution of an Extraordinary Medical Mystery Spawned a Revolution in the Understanding and Treatment of Parkinson's Disease" by William Langston, published by Pantheon. "Barren in the Promised Land: Childless Americans and the Pursuit of Happiness" by Elaine T. May, published by Basic Books. Book mentioned on Soundings, August 20, 1995: "The Language They Speak Is Things to Eat" edited by Michael McFee, published by UNC Press: A collection of poetry by contemporary North Carolinians. Books reviewed by WUNC Children's Book commentator Susie Wilde, August 18, 1995: "Good Families Don't" by Robert Munch, published by Delacorte. "Dr. Dog" by Babette Cole, published by Putnam. "The Story of the Little Mole Who Went in Search of Whodunit" by Werner Holzwarth, published by Stuart, Tabori and Chang. Book review listings 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.