This list reflects the programming of WUNC Radio: All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation (Hour 2), Weekend Edition Saturday and Sunday, Fresh Air, Monitor Radio Early Edition, The People's Pharmacy and Soundings. NPR(TM) BOOK REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 9/14 - 9/20 1995 September 14, 1995: Bob Edwards spoke with the author: "In Pursuit of the White House" by William Mayer, published by Chatham House Publishers. September 14, 1995: Linda Wertheimer visited Otter Tail County with the photographer: "Abandonings: Photographs of Otter Tail County Minnesota" by Maxwell Mackensie, published by Elliot & Clark Publishing. September 14, 1995: Talk of the Nation (Hour 2): "All That Is Solid Melts Into Air" by Marshall Berman, published by Penguin: A meditation on modernity and the urban landscape. September 15, 1995: Alex Chadwick talked with the author: "Executive Blues" by G.J. Meyer, published by Franklin Square Press: A look at the trend toward downsizing in American business. September 15, 1995: Talk of the Nation (Hour 2): "Are We Alone?" by Paul Davies, published by Basic Books: Is there life on other planets? September 16, 1995: One Minute Info Break: "The Bridges of Madison County" by Robert Waller, published by Warner: It has finally dropped off the NY Times bestseller list after 162 weeks, meaning it did not top the 178 weeks "The Robe" (a novel about the crucifixion of Jesus) stayed on the list in the early 1950's. September 17, 1995: Melissa Block reported on the book: "R.L.'s Dream" by Walter Moseley, published by W.W. Norton: Although the author is known for his detective stories featuring Easy Rawlins, this book focuses on the "essence of the blues." September 17, 1995: Liane Hansen spoke with the poet: "The Old Bridge: The Third Balkan War and the Age of the Refugee" by Christopher Merrill, published by Milkweed Editions. September 18, 1995: Linda Wertheimer talked to the author: "My American Journey" by Colin Powell and Joseph Persico, published by Random House. September 18, 1995: Liane Hansen spoke with a friend of the land advocate, Helen Hearing who died the previous day. Her husband wrote: "Living the Good Life" by Scott Hearing, no longer in print. September 18, 1995: An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "Sweat" by Lucy Bledsoe, published by Seal Press: A collection of short stories about women who love sports and each other. September 19, 1995: Talk of the Nation (Hour 2): A talk about government subsidies to the arts featuring poet (and Pulitzer Prize winner) Philip Levine. September 19, 1995: Noah Adams talked with the writer: "Bob Dole" by Ben Cramer, published by Vintage: This profile of the presidential candidate comes from his previous 1992 book "What It Takes". Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: September 14, 1995: "Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament" by Kay Redfield Jamison, published by Free Press/Macmillan. "Sights Unseen" by Kaye Gibbons, published by Putnam: A novel about a daughter with a manic-depressive mother. Gibbons has also written "Ellen Foster" (Algonquin (hb), Vintage (pb)) and "Charms for the Easy Life" (Putnam (hb), Vintage (pb)). September 15, 1995: "All the Days and Nights" edited by William Maxwell, published by Knopf: A collection of short stories from the New Yorker. September 18, 1995: "My American Journey" by Colin Powell and Joseph Persico, published by Random House. Book featured on Soundings, September 17, 1995: "Common Places: Mythologies of Everyday Life in Russia" by Svetlana Boym, published by Harvard University Press. Reviews by WUNC children's book commentator Susie Wilde, September 6, 1995: CD-ROMS developed from children's books versus CD-ROMs which are original: "Ruff's Bone" (Living Books) and "Myst" (Broderbund). Book Reviews WUNC commentator Erica Eisdorfer, September 18, 1995: "The Alienist" by Caleb Carr, published by Random House (hb), Bantam (pb). "Panama" by Eric Zencey, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 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.