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 4/8 - 4/14 1996 April 8, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Judicial Review and the National Political Process" by Jesse Choper, published by University of Chicago Press. April 9, 1996: Bob Edwards talked with the professor: "Baseball in Florida" by Kevin McCarthy, published by Pineapple Press. April 9, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "The Case for Same-Sex Marriage: From Sexual Liberty to Civilized Commitment" by William Eskridge, Jr., published by Free Press. "Why Government Doesn't Work" by Harry Browne, published by St. Martin's Press. April 9, 1996: Linda Wertheimer talked with the author: "Showdown: Struggle Between the Gingrich Congress and the Clinton White House" by Elizabeth Drew, published by Simon and Schuster. April 10, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "The Cloister Walk" by Kathleen Norris, published by Putnam. April 11, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Balance of Power: Presidents and Congress from the Era of McCarthy to the Age of Gingrich" by Jim Wright, published by Turner Publishing. April 12, 1996: A report on the ballet version of the classic tale "Pepito's Story" by Eugene Fern, published by Bantam. April 12, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Reversing Human Aging" by Michael Fossel, published by W. Morrow. April 12, 1996: Noah Adams spoke with the author: "Going the Distance: One Man's Journey to the End of His Life" by George Sheehan, published by Villard: By the runner and doctor, a book about living with prostate cancer and facing death. April 13 1996: Scott Simon remembered Richard Condon, author of "Prizzi's Honor" and "The Manchurian Candidate" (Jove). April 13, 1996: Scott Simon talked with author Daniel Pinkwater about writing for children. In particular, they discussed the following book, which has recently been translate from Russian: "First, Second" by Daniil Kharms, translated by Richard Pevear, pictures by Marc Rosenthal, published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. April 13, 1996: Daniel Zwerdling spoke with the author: "Roustabout" by Michelle Chalfoun, published by HarperCollins: A novel about a young woman who joins a circus. April 14, 1996: Liane Hansen chatted with the adventurer: "Wild Planet: 1,001 Extraordinary Events for the Inspired Traveler" by Tom Clynes, published by Visible Ink Press. April 14, 1996: A reprise of an interview Liane Hansen conducted last year: "God: A Biography" by Jack Miles, published by Knopf. April 14, 1996: Daniel Zwerdling spoke to the photographer: "Come Sunday: Photographs by Thomas Roma" by Thomas Roma, published by The Museum of Modern Art: Photographs from African-American churches in Brooklyn. Books mentioned on Monitor Radio (R): April 12, 1996: "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl, published by Puffin (pb). Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: April 9, 1996: "Karen Ann: The Quinlans Tell Their Story" by Joseph and Julia Quinlan, published by Doubleday. April 9 & 10, 1996: "Moral Matters: Ethical Issues in Medicine and the Life Sciences" by Art Caplan, published by John Wiley & Sons. April 11, 1996: "Ambivalent Zen: A Memoir" by Lawrence Shainberg, published by Pantheon. "The Blue Note Years: The Jazz Photography of Francis Wolff" by Francis Wolff, published by Rizzoli International Publications: Many of the photos were used as Blue Note album covers. April 12, 1996: "Independence Day" by Richard Ford, published by Knopf: He also wrote "The Sportswriter", "Wildlife", "The Ultimate Good Luck", "A Piece of My Heart", and "Rock Springs". Book mentioned on Soundings, April 7, 1996: "The Continental Op" by Dashiell Hammett, edited by Steven Marcus, published by Vintage. 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.