NPR(TM) BOOK REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 11/30 - 12/6 1995 November 30, 1995: Talk of the Nation: "David Brinkley: A Memoir" by David Brinkley, published by Knopf. "Charles Kuralt's America" by Charles Kuralt, published by Putnam. "Savages" and "Running the Amazon" by Joe Kane, both published by Knopf. December 1, 1995: Linda Wertheimer spoke with the author: "oouseHousfgkhgfshgHouseHouse of Make Believe: Children's Play and the Development of Imagination" by Dr. Jerome Singer, published by Harvard University Press. December 1, 1995: An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "The Mirror of Monsters and Prodigies" by Pamela Ditchoff, published by Coffee House Press. December 2, 1995: Scott Simon spoke to the writer: "An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness" by Kay Redfield Jamison, published by Knopf. December 2, 1995: Daniel Zwerdling talked with the actor: "After All" by Mary Tyler Moore, published by Putnam. December 3, 1995: Liane Hansen talked to the biographer: "Jaco: The Extraordinary and Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorius, the World's Greatest Bass Player" by Bill Milkowski, published by Miller Freeman Books. December 4, 1995: Talk of the Nation: "Irish America and the Ulster Conflict 1968-1995" by Andrew Wilson, published by The Catholic University of America Press. December 5, 1995: Talk of the Nation: "Leading Minds" by Howard Gardner, published by Leading Minds. December 5, 1995: Robert Siegel talked with the author: "Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and their Journey" by Isabel Fonseca, published by Knopf. December 5, 1995: An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "Numbers in the Dark" by Italo Calvino, translated by Tim Parks, published by Pantheon. December 6, 1995: Bob Edwards spoke with the journalist: "After King Fahd: Succession in Saudi Arabia" by Simon Henderson, published by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. December 6, 1995: Bob Edwards talked to the author: "The House that Roone Built" by Mark Gunther, published by Little, Brown. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: December 1, 1995: "Atlantis" (HarperPerennial) and "My Alexandria" (University of Illinois Press) by Mark Doty: Both are collections of poetry. "Vital Signs" (no publisher available), "Earth Life and Conditions" (Be Bop Books), "Ceremonies" (Plume), and "Brother to Brother: New Writings by Black Gay Men" (Alyson) by Essex Hemphill. "Answer Song" by David Trinidad, published by High Risk Books. December 4, 1995: "Mind Hunters: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit" by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker, published by Lisa Drew. "The Dork of Cork" by Chet Raymo, published by Warner Books: The basis of the film "Frankie Starlight"; Terry Gross spoke to actor Corran Walker about the film. December 6, 1995: "Beyond Black & White" by Manning Marable, published by Verso. 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.