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 9/23 - 9/29 1996 September 23, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Gangsta: Merchandizing the Rhymes of Violence" by Ronin Ro, published by St. Martin's Press. September 24, 1996: Bob Edwards spoke to Professor Matthew Bruccoli about F. Scott Fitzgerald on the 100th anniversary of his birth. September 24, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "The Modern American Vice-Presidency" by Joel Goldstein, published by Princeton University Press. September 25, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Turning Stones: My Days and Nights with Children at Risk" by Marc Parent, by Harcourt Brace & Co. September 26, 1996: Bob Edwards spoke to the baseball legend's wife: "Jackie Robinson: An Intimate Portrait" by Rachel Robinson, published by Harry M. Abrams, Inc. September 26, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Healthsmarts" (Healthfacts Pub) and "Stay Well Without Going Broke" (Starburst Publishers) by Dr. John Renner. September 27, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "The Introspective Engineer" by Samuel Florman, published by St. Martin's Press. "Invention by Design: How Engineers get from Thought to Thing" by Henry Petroski, published by Harvard University Press. September 27, 1996: Robert Siegel talked to the authors: "Growing Up with Dick and Jane: Learning and Living the American Dream" by Carole Kismaric and Marvin Heiferman, published by ScottForesman. September 28, 1996: Scott Simon spoke to the author: "That Gunk on Your Car" by Mark Hostetler, available at his Web site -- http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~arm/people/hos.html: Identifying the insects whose splats are found on your windshield. September 28, 1996: Scott Simon and Daniel Pinkwater discussed the books: "Monster Slayer" by Vee Browne and "Mystery of Navajo Moon" by Timothy Green, published by Northland. September 29, 1996: Jacki Lyden spoke to the author: "Aftermath -- The Remnants of War" by Donovan Webster, published by Pantheon Books. September 29, 1996: Bob Mondello reviewed the movie ("Caught") based on the book: "Into It" by Edward Pomerantz, published by Dial Press. Books mentioned on Monitor Radio (R): September 25, 1996: "The Indebted Society" by Andrew Harless and James Medoff, published by Little, Brown, & Co. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: September 23, 1996: "A Desperate Passion" by Helen Caldicott, published W.W. Norton. "All That We Can Be: Black Leadership and Racial Integration, the Army Way" by Charles Moskos and John Sibley, published by Basic Books. September 24, 1996: "When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor" by William Julius Wilson, published by Knopf. September 25, 1996: "Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol" by Nell Irvin Painter, published by W.W. Norton. September 26, 1996: "The World According to Mike Leigh" by Michael Coveney, published by Putnam. REVIEW by Maureen Corrigan: "Omens of Millennium: by Harold Bloom, published by Putnam. September 27, 1996: "Smoke Screen: The Truth Behind the Tobacco Industry Coverup" by Philip Hilts, published by Addison-Wesley. "Thank You for Smoking" by Christopher Buckley, published by Random House: He also wrote "The Whole House Mess" and "Wet Work". Book review listings are available on the internet via anonymous ftp (sunsite.unc.edu /pub/academic/literature/book-reviews). 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.