NPR(TM) BOOK REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 2/19 - 2/25 1996 February 19 & 20, 1996: Bob Edwards spoke to the author: "Undaunted Courage" by Stephen Ambrose, published by Simon and Schuster: A profile of the Lewis and Clark expedition. February 19, 1996: The author talked about the Emancipation Proclamation: "Why Things Are and Why Things Aren't" by Joel Achenbach, published by Ballentine. February 19, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "A Critical Guide to the Second Amendment" by Glenn Harlan Reynolds, published by Tennessee Law Review. "To Keep and Bear Arms: The Origins of an Anglo-American Right" by Joyce Lee Malcolm, published by Harvard University Press. February 19, 1996: Linda Wertheimer talked with the writer: "Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington" by Richard Brookheiser, published by Free Press. February 20, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, the Origins of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of Politics" by Dan Carter, published by Simon and Schuster. February 20, 1996: Linda Wertheimer spoke to the author: "The Wisest Man in America" by W.D. Wetherall, published by University Press of New England: A novel about a guy who becomes a political sage. February 21, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Final Acts of Love: Families, Friends, and Assisted Dying" by Dr. Stephen Jamison, published by Tarcher. February 22, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Smilla's Sense of Snow" by Peter Hoeg, published by Bantam. February 22, 1996: An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "Criminals" by Margot Livesey, published by Knopf. February 23, 1996: Linda Wertheimer spoke with a chef about the cookbook's bicentennial: "American Cookery" by Amelia Simmons, published by Applewoods: The first cookbook published in America. February 23, 1996: An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "The Cardinals" by Bessie Head, published by Heinemann. February 24, 1996: Jacki Lyden spoke to the writer: "The Volunteer" by Shane Paul O'Daugherty, published by HarperCollins: A former IRA man who is now committed to peace writes about his experiences. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: February 19, 1996: "The World's Religions" and "The Illustrated World's Religions: A Guide to Our Wisdom Traditions" by Huston Smith, published by Harper. February 21, 1996: "In the Beauty of the Lilies" by John Updike, published by Knopf. "Abstraction in the Twentieth Century: Total Risk, Freedom, Discipline" by Mark Rosenthal, published by Guggenheim. REVIEW by Maureen Corrigan: "Lieutenant Nun: The Memoir of a Basque Transvestite in the New World" by Catalina De Erauso, published by Beacon. February 23, 1996: "The Life of Langston Hughes" (Oxford University Press), "The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes" (co-edited by David Roessel, published by Vintage Classics), and "Richard Wright: A Collection of Critical Essays" by Arnold Rampersad: He also co-authored Arthur Ashe's memoir "Days of Grace". Book mentioned on Soundings, February 25, 1996: "The Novel and the Globalization of Culture" by Michael Valdez Moses, published by Oxford University Press. 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.