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 3/11 - 3/17 1996 March 11, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Counsel for the Poor: The Death Sentence Not for the Worst Crime But For the Worst Lawyer" by Stephen Bright, published by Yale Law Journal. "Guilty: The Collapse of Criminal Justice" by Harold J. Rothwax, published by Random House. "Integrity" by Stephen Carter, published by Basic Books. March 13, 1996: Robert Siegel talked with the author: "Taking On the World" by Robert Merry, published by Viking: A biography of Joseph and Stewart Alsop. March 13, 1996: Robert Siegel spoke with the writer: "They Only Look Dead: Why Progressives Will Dominate the Next Political Era" by E. J. Dionne, published by Simon and Schuster. March 14, 1996: Phyllis Joffe reported on the controversy: "The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation" 30th anniversary edition, by R.A. Skelton, published by Yale University Press. March 14, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "The End of Humanity" by Julian Simon, published by Blackwell. "The Ends of the Earth: A Journey at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century" by Robert Kaplan, published by Random House. "China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power" by Nicholas Kristof, published by Vintage. March 14, 1996: Robert Siegel spoke with the author: "Thread of the Silkworm" by Iris Chang, published by Basic Books. March 15, 1996: A report on the movie made from the book: "Angels and Insects" by A.S. Byatt, published by Vintage. March 15, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "How Life Begins: The Science of Life in the Womb" by Christopher Vaughan, published by Times Books. March 15: Robert Siegel spoke with the author: "American Exceptionalism: A Double Edged Sword" by Seymour Martin Lipset, published by W.W. Norton. March 15, 1996: An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "The Last Hotel for Women" by Vicky Covington, published by Simon and Schuster. March 15, 1996: Noah Adams talked to the writer: "Bodies of Water" by Rosanne Cash, published by Hyperion: A collection of short fiction. March 16, 1996: Scott Simon spoke with the space engineer about Yuri Gagarin's troubled first flight: "Red Star in Orbit" and "Uncovering Soviet Disasters" by James Oberg, published by Random House. March 16, 1996: Gardening consultant Ketzel Levine talked with the editor of the newsletter "Bob's Honest to Goodness Newsletter." To subscribe, write to: Robert Kourik, P.O. Box 1841, Santa Rosa, CA 95402 -- $20 for a subscription. March 16, 1996: Scott Simon chatted with the biographer: "Tom: The Unknown Tennessee Williams" by Lyle Leverich, published by Crown Publishers. March 16, 1996: Daniel Zwerdling talked to the investigative reporter about the Mafia: Dan Moldea's many books include: "The Killing of Robert F. Kennedy: An investigation of motive, means, and opportunity" (Norton). "The Hoffa Wars" (Shapolsky Pub.). "Dark Victory: Ronald Reagan, MCA, and the Mob" (Penguin). "The Hunting of Cain: A true story of money, greed, and fratricide" (Atheneum). March 16, 1996: Daniel Zwerdling spoke to the authors: "Going to Plan B -- How you can cope, regroup, and start your life on a new path" by Nancy K. Schlossberg and Susan Porter Robinson, published by Simon and Schuster. March 17, 1996: Liane Hansen talked with the photographer's son: "Dorothea Lange's Ireland" by Dorothea and Dixon Lange, published by Elliott and Clark Publishing. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: March 11, 1996: "A New Ireland: Politics, Peace and Reconciliation" by John Hume, published by Roberts Rinehart. "Divided to the Vein: A Journey Into Race and Family" by Scott Minerbrook, published by Harcourt Brace and Co. REVIEW by Maureen Corrigan: "Criminals" by Margot Livesey, published by Knopf. March 12, 1996: "A Sense of Common Ground" by Fazal Sheikh, published by Scalo. "The Dog Who Loved Too Much" by Nicholas Dodman, published by Bantam. (Featured March 12 and March 13). March 13, 1996: "Mandate of Heaven: A New Generation of Entrepreneurs, Dissidents, Bohemians, and Technocrats Lays Claim to China's Future" by Orville Schell, published by Simon and Schuster. 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.