This list reflects the programming of WUNC Radio: All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, Weekend Edition Saturday and Sunday, Fresh Air, Monitor Radio Early Edition, The People's Pharmacy and Soundings. Thank you for your patience with this list. It has been delayed by vacation and the "Blizzard of '96." For the new year, the list will be changing from Thursday-Wednesday coverage, to a more normal Monday-Sunday schedule. Now look forward to the list coming out early each week. NPR(TM) BOOK REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 12/21/1995 - 1/7/1996 December 21, 1995: Talk of the Nation: "Continental Drift" by Russell Banks, published by HarperPerennial. December 22, 1995: Talk of the Nation: "Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers" by Robert Sapolsky, published by W.H. Freeman. "Nature Got There First" by Phil Gates, published by Kingfisher. "By Nature's Design" by Pat Murphy, published by Chronicle Books. December 23, 1995: Daniel Zwerdling talked to the novelist: "Mr. Ives' Christmas" by Oscar Hijuelos, published by HarperCollins. He also wrote "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love" (HarperPerennial). December 25, 1995: Bob Edwards spoke with the music teacher: "Lift Every Voice: Expecting the Most and Getting the Best from All of God's Children" by Walter Turnbull, published by Hyperion. December 29, 1995: Talk of the Nation: "Impact Jupiter: The Crash of Shoemaker-Levy" (Plenum Press) and "Skywatching" (HarperCollins) by David Levy. "Internet Starter Kit" by Adam Engst, published by Hayden Books. December 30, 1995: Daniel Zwerdling spoke to the historian: "The Twilight of Common Dreams: Why America is Wracked by Culture Wars" by Todd Gitlin, published by Metropolitan Books. December 31, 1995: Liane Hansen spoke with the cartoonist, playwright and novelist about his new children's book: "A Barrel of Laughs, a Vale of Tears" by Jules Feiffer, published by HarperCollins. December 31, 1995: Lounge pianist Bobby Short spoke to Liane Hansen about his new CD and autobiography: "Bobby Short: The Life and Times of a Saloon Singer" by Bobby Short, published by Potter. January 1, 1996: Susan Stamberg reported on a new cookbook released by New York's '21 Club' "The 21 Cookbook" by Michael Lomonaco, published by Bantam. January 1, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "The Money Book of Personal Finance" by Richard Eisenberg, published by Warner Books. January 1, 1996: Linda Wertheimer spoke to the biographer: "Burns: A Biography of Robert Burns" by James Mackay, not published in the U.S. January 1, 1996: An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "The Keepers of the House" by Shirley Ann Grau, published by Louisiana State University Press. January 2, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Revolution of the Heart: A New Strategy for Creating Wealth and Meaningful Change" by Bill Shore, published by Riverhead Books. "Shameful Admissions: The Losing Battle to Serve Everyone in Our Universities" by Angela Browne-Miller, published by Jossey-Bass. January 2, 1996: Noah Adams spoke with the author: "Balkan Tragedy: Chaos and Dissolution After the Cold War" by Susan Woodward, published by the Brookings Institute. January 3, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Eat Right, Live Longer" by Dr. Neal Barnard, published by Crown. January 3, 1996: An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "I Know Many Songs But I Cannot Sing" by Brian Kitely, published by Doubleday. January 3, 1996: The poet read a work from his collection: "The Silent Partner" by Greg Williamson, published by Story Line Press. January 4, 1996: Noah Adams spoke with the writer: "The Impossible Country" by Brian Hall, published by Penguin: A look at Croatian nationalism. January 5, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Seven Experiments That Could Change the World" by Rupert Sheldrake, published by Riverhead Books. January 5, 1996: Noah Adams talked with the physicist: "The Physics of Star Trek" by Lawrence Krauss, published by Basic Books. January 6, 1996: Scott Simon talked to the author: "Pumping Irony: Working Out the Angst of a Lifetime" by Tony Kornheiser, published by Random House. January 6, 1996: A reading from T.S. Eliot's "Journey of the Magi" in connection with a story about the star of Bethlehem. January 7, 1996: Liane Hansen talked to the author: "The Dustbin of History" by Greil Marcus, published by Harvard University Press: A collection of essays about cultural events which did or should have shaped American history. January 7, 1996: Liane Hansen spoke with the novelist: "Eveless Eden" by Maryanne Wiggins, published by HarperCollins: A novel about love between two foreign correspondents. Books mentioned on Monitor Radio (R): January 1, 1996: "Civilizing Cyberspace: Policy, Power, and the Information Superhighway" by Steve Miller, published by Addison-Wesley. January 2, 1996: "Coming of Age" by Studs Terkel, published by Norton. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: December 21, 1995: "YAHOO! Unplugged" by Terry Wang, published by IDG Books. "To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism" by Rebecca Walker, published by Anchor Books. REVIEW by Maureen Corrigan: "The Ghost Road" (Dutton), "Regeneration" (Dutton), and "The Eye in the Door" (Penguin) by Pat Barker. December 22, 1995: "Waiting to Exhale" (Viking), "Mama" (Pocket), and "Disappearing Acts" (Pocket) by Terry McMillan. January 1, 1996: "The World of Tibetan Buddhism" by the Dalai Lama, translated by Geshe Thupten Jinpa, published by Wisdom Publications. January 2, 1996: "So That Others May Live" by Caroline Hebard, published by Bantam Books: The author is the co-founder of the U.S. Disaster Response Team. "Springs of Water in a Dry Land: Spiritual Survival for Catholic Women Today" (Beacon), "New Catholic Women: A Contemporary Challenge to Traditional Religious Authority" (Indiana University Press), and "Being Right: Conservative Catholics in America" (Indiana University Press) by Mary Jo Weaver. January 3, 1996: "The Twilight of Common Dreams: Why America is Wracked by Culture Wars" by Todd Gitlin, published by Metropolitan Books. "Jane Brody's Cold and Flu Fighter" by Jane Brody, published by W.W. Norton. January 4, 1996: "So Far" by Kelsey Grammer, published by Dutton. "Between God and Gangsta Rap" by Michael Eric Dyson, published by Oxford University Press. January 5, 1996: "Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States" by Sister Helen Prejean, published by Random House. Book mentioned on Soundings: December 24, 1995: "My Own Country: A Doctor's Story" by Abraham Verghese, published by Vintage. January 7, 1995: "Another You" by Ann Beattie, 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) 1996 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.