This list reflects the programming of WUNC Radio: All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Early Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, Weekend Edition Saturday and Sunday, Fresh Air, Best of Fresh Air, This American Life, The Linda Belans Show, and The People's Pharmacy. NPR(TM) BOOK REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 7/14 - 7/27/1997 July 15, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "Life Support: Three Nurses on the Front Line" by Suzanne Gordon, published by Little Brown and Company. "Autonomy in Nursing" (1980) and "Home Care Controversy: Too Little, Too Late" (1983) by Mary Mundinger, published by Aspen Systems Corp. July 15, 1997: All Things Considered -- Andrei Codrescu talked about the Nazis he keeps encountering in summer reading. The titles mentioned are not available. July 15, 1997: All Things Considered -- An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "Life Before Death" by Abby Frucht, published by Scribner. July 15, 1997: All Things Considered -- Robert Siegel spoke with the author: "Liberal Racism" by Jim Sleeper, published by Viking Penguin. July 15, 1997: All Things Considered -- Linda Wertheimer spoke to the biographer: "Versace" by Richard Martin, published by Universe Books. July 16, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "An Italian Education" (Avon Books, 1995) and "Italian Neighbors" (Ballantine Books, 1993) by Tim Parks. "Italy in Mind" edited by Alice Leccese Powers, published by Vintage Books. "Nothing Bad Happens to Good Girls" by Esther Madriz, published by University of California Press. "The Gift of Fear" by Gavin DeBecker, published by Little, Brown. July 18, 1997: All Things Considered -- Robert Siegel talked with the author: "Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World" by Mark Kurlansky, published by Walker and Company. July 18, 1997: All Things Considered -- Robert Siegel spoke with the author: "Opera: The Rough Guide" by Matthew Boyden, published by the Rough Guides. July 20, 1997: Weekend Edition -- David Molpus talked to the writer: "Posterity Lost: Progress, Ideology, and the Decline of the American Family" by Richard Gill, published by Rowman and Littlefield. July 20, 1997: Weekend Edition -- David Molpus spoke to the reporter: "Life Support: Three Nurses on the Front Lines" by Suzanne Gordon, published by Little, Brown. July 20, 1997: Weekend Edition -- David Molpus talked to the historian about the history of chairs: "Why Things Bite Back: Technology and the revenge of unintended consequences" (1996) by Edward Tenner, published by Knopf. July 20, 1997: Weekend All Things Considered -- Jacki Lyden talked to the author: "Sam Smith's Great American Political Repair Manual" by Sam Smith, published by W.W. Norton. July 20, 1997: Weekend All Things Considered -- Jacki Lyden spoke to the novelist: "Monkey Bridge" by Lan Cao, published by Viking. July 21, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "Integration or Separation: A Strategy for Racial Equality" (1996) by Roy Brooks, published by Harvard University Press. "Hystories: Hysterical Epidemics and Modern Media" by Elaine Showalter, published by Columbia University Press. July 21, 1997: All Things Considered -- An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "Flanders Point" by Jacquie Gordon, published by St. Martin's Press. July 22, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "The Heat is On" by Ross Gelbspan, published by Addison Wesley. July 23, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "School of Assassins" by Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, published by Orbis Books. "What Money Can't Buy: Family Income and Children's Life Chances" by Susan Mayer, published by Harvard University Press. July 24, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "Memory Mambo" (1996) by Achy Obejas, published by Cleis Press. "Twilight at the Equator" (Faber and Faber), "My Night with Federico Garcia Lorca" (Painted Leaf Press), and "Latin Moon in Manhattan" (1993, St. Martin's Press) by Jaime Manrique. "From Person to Person: Cuban American Narratives, 1959 On" (forthcoming) by Isabelle Alvares-Borland. July 24, 1997: All Things Considered -- Linda Wertheimer talked to the author: "One-Minute Coin Expert" by Scott Travers, published by House of Collectibles. July 25, 1997: All Things Considered -- Linda Wertheimer talked to the mystery writer: "Cimarron Rose" by James Lee Burke, published by Hyperion. July 26, 1997: Weekend Edition -- Scott Simon spoke to the author: "Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant Life" by Laurence Bergreen, published by Broadway Books. July 27, 1997: Weekend Edition -- Liane Hansen talked to the writer: "Women in Their Beds" by Gina Berriault, published by Counterpoint Books. July 27, 1997: Weekend All Things Considered -- Daniel Zwerdling talked with the novelist: "Another Way Home, A Family's Journey Through Mental Illness" by John Thorndike, published by Penguin Books. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: July 14, 1997: "Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Powerful Women of Early Hollywood" by Cari Beauchamp, published by Scribner. July 15, 1997: "America's Reconstruction: People and Politics after the Civil War" by Eric Foner, published by Louisiana State University Press. July 16, 1997: "The Ax" by Donald Westlake, published by Mysterious Press/Warner Books: A crime novel about downsizing. July 17, 1997: "The Warden Wore Pink" by Tekla Dennison Miller, published by Biddle Publishing Company. July 18, 1997: "No Free Ride: From the Mean Streets to the Mainstream" by Kweisi Mfume, published by Ballantine Books. "Contact" (1985) by Carl Sagan, published by Pocket (pb). July 21, 1997: "The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade" by Thomas Lynch, published by W.W. Norton. July 22, 1997: "Make a Difference" by Henry Foster Jr., published by Scribner. July 23, 1997: "Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature" by Harry Greene, published by University of California Press. "The Book of the Spider: From Arachnophobia to the Love of Spiders" by Paul Hillyard, published by Random House. July 24, 1997: "Prison Journal" by Jospeh Timility, published by Northeast University Press. July 25, 1997: "Hamlet" by Kenneth Branagh, published by W. W. Norton: A companion book to the film, with screenplay, introduction, and film diary. Best of Fresh Air: July 25-27, 1997: "Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature" by Harry Greene, published by University of California Press. "The Ax" by Donald Westlake, published by Mysterious Press/Warner Books: A crime novel about downsizing. Book mentioned on This American Life, July 19, 1997: "Blue Sky Dream: A memoir of America's fall from grace" by David Beers, published by Harcourt Brace. COMING UP ON NPR's PERFORMANCE TODAY JULY 14 - JULY 18, 1997 Tuesday, JULY 15 Hour 1-Stamp of approval: Hector Berlioz was not only France's preeminent 19th-century composer; he was also a compelling, arrogant, eloquent, and emotional writer of letters. Conductor Dennis Keene reviews "Selected Letters of Berlioz," a revealing new collection edited by Berlioz musicologist Hugh MacDonald (W.W. Norton & Co., 1997). Book review listings are available on the internet (http://sunsite.unc.edu/wunc) or 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.