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 Linda Belans Show, The People's Pharmacy and Soundings. NPR(TM) BOOK REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 1/6 - 1/12/1997 January 7, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "Qu'ran and Woman" (1992) by Amina Wadud, published by Oxford University Press. "Ideals and Realities of Islam" (1988, Harper) and "A Young Muslim's Guide to the Modern World" (1994, Kazi) by Seyyed Hossein Nasr. January 8, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "Seduced by Death: Doctors, Patients, and the Dutch Cure" by Herbert Hendin, published by Norton. "Standing Room Only: Strategies for Marketing the Performing Arts" by Joanne Scheff and Philip Kotler, published by Harvard Business School Press. "Emblems of the Mind: The Inner Life of Music and Mathematics" by Ed Rothstein, published by Times Books. January 9, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "The Accidental Bond: How Sibling Connections Influence Adult Relationships" (1995) by Susan Scarf Merrell, published by Ballantine Books. "Private Prisons: Pros and Cons" (1990) by Charles Logan, published by Oxford University Press. January 9, 1997: All Things Considered -- An Alan Cheuse Book Review plus Linda Wertheimer spoke to the author: "The Unlikely Spy" by Daniel Silva, published by Villard. January 10, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "Hal's Legacy: 2001's Computer as Dream and Reality" edited by David Stork, published by MIT Press. January 11, 1997: Weekend Edition -- Scott Simon and Daniel Pinkwater talked about the pleasures of reading children's books aloud: "More Spaghetti, I Say!" by Rita Golden Gelman, illustrated by Mort Gerberg, published by Scholastic. January 12, 1997: Weekend Edition -- Liane Hansen spoke to the author: "How Do Astronauts Scratch an Itch?" by David Feldman, published by Putnam Publishers. January 12, 1997: Weekend Edition -- Liane Hansen spoke to the editor: "HAL's Legacy: 2001's Computer as Dream and Reality" by David Stork, published by MIT Press. January 12, 1997: Weekend All Things Considered -- Daniel Zwerdling talked to the author: "The Lost History of the Canine Race" by Mary Elizabeth Thurston, published by Andrews and McMeel. Books mentioned on Monitor Radio (R): January 7, 1997: "Mother and Child: Visions of parenting from indigenous cultures" by Jan Reynolds, published by Inner Traditions International. "In the Hold" by Vladimir Arsenijevic, published by Knopf: Reviewed by Judith Bolton Fassman. January 9, 1997: Culinary expert Kathy Gunst shared some of her favorite cookbooks of 1996. No list available. January 10, 1997: "Little Known Museums In and Around Paris" by Rachel Kaplan, published by Harry N. Abrams. "Hal's Legacy -- 2001's Computer as Dream and Reality" edited by David Stork, published by MIT Press. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: January 6, 1997: "Bad Land: An American Romance" by Jonathan Raban, published by Pantheon. January 7, 1997: "Hamlet" by Kenneth Branagh, published by W.W. Norton: A companion book to the movie with the screenplay, introduction, and film diary. January 8, 1997: "The Good Rain" (1990) by Timothy Egan, published by Knopf. January 9, 1997: "A Piece of the Action: How the Middle Class Joined the Money Class" (1994) by Joe Nocera, published by . "Miss Manners' Basic Training: Communication" by Judith Martin, published by Crown News. January 10, 1997: "Nightline: History in the Making and the Making of Television" by Ted Koppel and Kyle Gibson, published by Times Books. "Does Anybody Have a Problem With That: Politically Incorrect's Greatest Hits" by Bill Maher, published by Villard. "True Story" by Bill Maher, published by Random House. Books featured on the Linda Belans Show, January 11, 1997: "Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks: The Story of the Okracoke Brogue" by Walt Wolfram and Natalie Shilling-Estes, published by UNC Press. Books reviewed by WUNC Children's Book Reviewer Susie Wilde, January 7, 1997: These reviews concerned the "Sell-Out of Children's Books" -- a negative review of six recent marketing trends, with a few book examples: 1) If You're Famous, We'll Publish You 2) Use Movies and TV to sell books 3) If Books Work, Recycle Them: The Miracle of Repackaging 4) Toys and Books are a marriage made in marketing heaven "Big Book of Trucks" by Tonka, published by Scholastic. 5) Gimmicks are Money Grabbers "My First Phone", published by Grosset. 6) If It Looks like Goosebumps, It'll Sell Barf-O-Rama series: "Scab Pie" and "Mucus Mansion" "Unabomber: Handled with Care" published by Random House. Book review listings are available on the internet via anonymous ftp (sunsite.unc.edu /pub/academic/literature/book-reviews). This text is Copyright (c) 1997 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.