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. NPR(TM) BOOK REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 1/15 - 1/21/96 January 15, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "The Moor's Last Sigh" by Salman Rushdie, published by Pantheon. January 15, 1996: Robert Siegel spoke with the writer: "The Buying of the President" by Charles Lewis, published by Avon Books: The book traces campaign contributions for current presidential candidates. January 15, 1996: An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "Jackson's Dilemma" by Iris Murdoch, published by Viking. January 15, 1996: Noah Adams talked with the writer: "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer, published by Villard: The true story of a man who walked into the Alaskan wilderness with a rifle and bag of rice to demonstrate his survival skills. January 16, 1996: Bob Edwards spoke to the writer: "Autobiography of My Mother" by Jamaica Kincaid, published by Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. January 16, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "The Axemaker's Gift" by James Burke, published by Putnam. January 16, 1996: Noah Adams spoke with the authors: "Off the Rail: A Pool Hustler's Journey" by David McCumber and Tony Annigoni, published by Random House. January 17, 1996: Minnesota Public Radio's Euan Kerr profiled the author: "Walking the Dog" by Bernard McLaverty, published by Norton. January 17, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Milk, Money, and Madness: The Culture and Politics of Breastfeeding" by Dr. Naomi Baumslag, published by Bergin and Garvey. "Moderate Drinking: The Moderation Management Guide for People Who Want to Reduce Their Drinking" by Audrey Kishline, published by Crown. January 17, 1996: Noah Adams spoke with the author: "The Moor's Last Sigh" by Salman Rushdie, published by Pantheon. January 18, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Rabin of Israel: Warrior of Peace" by Robert Slater, published by HarperCollins. January 19, 1996: Bob Edwards spoke with the biographer: "George Burns: The Hundred Year Dash" by Martin Gottfried, published by Simon & Schuster. January 19, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "The Force of Nature: The Life of Linus Pauling" by Thomas Hager, published by Simon & Schuster. January 21, 1996: Liane Hansen talked to the biographer: "Iron Rose" by Cindy Adams, published by Dove Books: A biography of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. January 21, 1996: Liane Hansen talked with the dancer/choreographer: "Last Night on Earth" by Bill T. Jones, published by Pantheon Press: The author's autobiography. January 21, 1996: Daniel Zwerdling spoke with the author: "Union of Words: A History of Presidential Eloquence" by Wayne Fields, published by Free Press. Book mentioned on Monitor Radio (R): "Dinosaur in a Haystack" by Stephen Jay Gould, published by Harmony Books. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: January 15, 1996: "It Takes a Village" by Hillary Rodham Clinton, published by Simon and Schuster. "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer, published by Villard. January 17, 1996: "Takedown: The Pursuit and Capture of Kevin Mitnick, America's Most Wanted Computer Outlaw-By the Man Who Did It" by Tsutomu Shimomura and John Markoff, published by Hyperion. "The Black Album" by Hanif Kureishi, published by Scribner. REVIEW by Maureen Corrigan: "The Moor's Last Sigh" by Salman Rushdie, published by Pantheon. January 18, 1996: "Breaking the News: How the Media Undermine American Democracy" by James Fallows, published by Pantheon: He is also the author of "National Defense" (Vintage). "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations" by Al Franken, published by Delacorte Press. COMING UP ON NPR'S PERFORMANCE TODAY - JANUARY 15 - 22, 1996 Wednesday, January 17 Hour 1--Martin talks with composer Libby Larsen about the new reference work "The Morton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers." Edited by Julie Anne Sadie and Rhian Samuel, the 548-page volume details the careers of nearly 900 female composers of Western classical music, including Larsen herself. [published by W.W. Norton & Co. ISBN 0-393-03487-9] FOR MORE PROGRAM INFORMATION, COME AND BROWSE PERFORMANCE TODAY'S WORLD WIDE WEB PAGE.... http://www.npr.org/programs/PerformanceToday/pt.html 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.