NPR(TM) BOOK REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 12/7 - 12/13 1995 December 7, 1995: Bob Edwards spoke to the author: "James Thurber: His Life and Times" by Harrison Kinney, published by Henry Holt. December 7, 1995: Talk of the Nation: "Race, Gender, and Power in America" by Anita Hill and Emma Jordan, published by Oxford University Press. December 8, 1995: Alex Chadwick spoke to the author: "Holding On: Dreamers, Visionaries, Eccentrics and Other American Heroes" by David Isay and Harvey Wang, published by W.W. Norton. December 8, 1995: Robert Siegel spoke to the writer and her father: "Giants and Heroes: A daughter's memoir of Y.A. Tittle" by Dianne Tittle de Laet, published by Steerforth Press. December 9, 1995: Scott Simon talked with the neuropsychologist:: "Eccentrics: A Study of Sanity and Strangeness" by David Weeks, published by Villard. December 9, 1995: Scott Simon spoke to the project organizer: "Studmuffins of Science" (a calendar), organized by Karen Hopkin. December 9, 1995: Scott Simon talked to the author: "The Christmas Box" by Richard Evans: The book and its "prequel" have been purchased by Simon & Schuster for $4.2 million. December 11, 1995: Bob Edwards spoke with the author: "That Dark and Bloody River" by Allan Eckert, published by Bantam: A look at the historical struggle between white settlers and Indians for control of the Ohio River Valley. December 12, 1995: Linda Wertheimer talked with the author: "Roasting: A Simple Art" by Barbara Kafka, published by William Morrow. December 13, 1995: Talk of the Nation: "Don't Die Before You're Dead" by Yevgeny Yevtushenko, published by Random House. "The Memory Wars: Freud's Legacy in Dispute" by Frederick Crews, published by New York Review of Books. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: December 7, 1995: "Swimming Underground: My Years in the Warhol Factory" by Mary Woronov, published by Journey Editions. December 8, 1995: "The Cunning Man" by Robertson Davies, published by Viking. "Deadline" by James Reston, published by Random House: A memoir by the former executive editor of the New York Times. December 12, 1995: "Frank Sinatra: An American Legend" by Nancy Sinatra, published by General Publishing Group. December 13, 1995: "The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer" by Jimmy Carter, illustrated by Amy Carter, published by Times Books. Book mentioned on The People's Pharmacy, December 9, 1995: "The Coming Plague" by Laurie Garrett, 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.