NPR(TM) BOOK REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 12/14 - 12/20 1995 December 14, 1995: Bob Edwards spoke to the author: "Politically Correct Holiday Stories" by James Finn Garner, published by Macmillan. December 14, 1995: Talk of the Nation: "The Axemaker's Gift: A Double-Edged History of Human Culture" by Robert Ornstein, published by Putnam. "Leading Minds: An Anatomy of Leadership" by Howard Gardner, published by Basic Books. December 14, 1995: An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "The Final Judgement" by Richard North Patterson, published by Knopf. December 14, 1995: Linda Wertheimer talked to the author: "Math Curse" by Jon Scieszka, published by Viking. December 15, 1995: Alan Cheuse Holiday Book Gift Suggestions: - Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe. Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf. part of Knopf's Everyman's Library - The Soul is Here for Its Own Joy: Sacred Poems from Many Cultures, edited by Robert Bly. Publisher: The Ecco Press. - The Collected Stories of Evan S. Connell, Publisher: Counterpoint. - The Gospels in Our Image: An Anthology of 20th Century Poetry Based on Biblical Texts, edited by David Curzon. Publisher: Harcourt Brace and Company. - Open Water by Maria Flook. Publisher: Pantheon Books. - Independence Day, by Richard Ford. Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf. - The Sportswriter, by Richard Ford. Publisher: Vintage Books/Random House. - Holy Soul Jelly Roll: Poems and Songs 1949-1993, by Allen Ginsberg. Rhino Records. - A Jack Kerouac ROMnibus, Publisher: Penguin USA - Rabbit Angstrom: Four Novels, by John Updike. Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf. part of Knopf's Everyman's Library December 16, 1995: Scott Simon talked with the writer: "Frank Sinatra: An American Legend" by Nancy Sinatra, published by General Publishing Group. December 16, 1995: Ketzel Levine gave her suggestions for holiday gifts for gardeners. Unfortunately, no list of the books is available. December 16, 1995: Scott Simon talked to the producer of the movie based on the book: "Cry, the Beloved Country" by Alan Paton, published by Scribner: This book is considered by many to be the best novel about apartheid South Africa. December 17, 1995: Liane Hansen spoke with the author: "We Flew Over the Bridge" by Faith Ringgold, published by Bullfinch: A memoir by the African-American artist and children's book author. December 17, 1995: Tom Vitale profiled the author: "The Island of the Day Before" by Umberto Eco, published by HBJ. December 18, 1995: Bob Edwards talked to the author: "Jerusalem, an Archeological Biography" by Hershel Shanks, published by Random House. December 18, 1995: Robert Siegel spoke with the translator: "The Schocken Bible: Volume I: Five Books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy" translated by Everett Fox, published by Schocken: A new translation which aims to capture the word play, rhythm, and texture of the original. December 18, 1995: Jim Metzner and his daughter reviewed a series of CD-ROMs. Unfortunately, there is no listing available. December 20, 1995: Talk of the Nation: "Past Imperfect: History According to the Movies" by Mark Carnes, published by Henry Holt. December 20, 1995: An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "St. Famous" by Jonathan Dee, published by Doubleday. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: Maureen Corrigan's recommended holiday books: - The Modern Library Editions of "A Christmas Carol" & the novels of Jane Austen. - The Everyman Editions of John Updike's Rabbit Angstrom novels & the works of Chinua Acheba, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Toni Morrison. - "Nobody's Child" by Janet Dawson (Fawcett) - "Poison" by Kathryn Harrison (Random House) - "The Intersection of Law and Desire" by J.M. Redmann (Norton) -"The Liar's Club" by Mary Karr (Viking) "Manhatten, When I was Young" by Mary Cantwell (Houghton Mifflin) -"Terrible Honesty" by Ann Douglas (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) -"The Twilight of Common Dreams" by Todd Gitlin (Henry Holt) -"The Prince of West End Avenue" by Alan Isler (Bridge Works) -"Men in Black" by Scott Spencer (Knopf) -"The Information" by Martin Amis (Crown) -"Independence Day" by Richard Ford (Knopf) -"Tree of Heaven" by R.C. Binstock (Soho) December 14, 1995: "Good Vibrations" by Evelyn Glennie, published by Hutchison Publishers. "The Polar Express", "Jumanji", and "Bad Day at Riverbend" by Chris van Allsburg, published by Houghton Mifflin. December 15, 1995: "When We Were Colored" and "The Last Train North" by Clifton Taubert, published by Penguin. December 18, 1995: "The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer" by Jimmy Carter, illustrated by Amy Carter, published by Times Books. "The Truest Pleasure" by Robert Morgan, published by Algonquin Books. Commentator Geoff Nunberg recommended three books for people who love language: "The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language" by David Crystal. "The Language Instinct" by Steven Pinker, published by HarperPerennial. "Made in America" by Bill Bryson, published by William Morrow. December 19, 1995: "Walking on Air" (Houghton Mifflin) and "Force of Gravity" (Penguin) by R.S. Jones: The former book is about a man who is dying of AIDS. December 20, 1995: "A Long Line of Dead Men" by Lawrence Block, scheduled to be published in February: This continues Block's series featuring private eye Matt Scudder. Book mentioned on Soundings, December 17, 1995: "Home for the Day" by Anderson Ferrell, published by Knopf. 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). 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