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 10/27 - 11/2/1997 October 27, 1997: Early Morning Edition -- Angus Robertson reported on the 80th anniversary of the battle featured in the book: "A Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway. October 27, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "Should You Leave?" by Peter Kramer, published by Scribner. "The Good Marriage" (1995) by Judith Wallerstein, published by Houghton Mifflin. October 29, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "Apple: The Inside Story of Intrigue, Egomania, and Business Blunders" by Jim Carlton, published by Times Books. "A Hunter's Heart: Honest Essays on Blood Sport" by David Peterson, published by Henry Holt. "Woman the Hunter" by Mary Zeiss Stange, published by Beacon Press. "Heart and Blood: Living with Deer in America" by Richard Nelson, published by Knopf. October 29, 1997: All Things Considered -- A story about the new biographical novel: "A Floating Life" by Simon Elegant, published by Ecco Press: The main character, Li Po, was an 8th century Chinese poet. October 30, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "Violin" by Anne Rice, published by Knopf: She is also the author of "Interview with the Vampire", "The Vampire Lestat", and "The Witching Hour". "The Secret History" (1992) by Donna Tartt, published by Fawcett. October 30, 1997: All Things Considered -- Linda Wertheimer spoke to the historian: "Taking Charge: The Johnson White House Tapes, 1963-1964" edited by Michael Beschloss, published by Simon and Schuster. October 30, 1997: All Things Considered -- Marcia Brandwynne spoke to the exhibit curator: "Tools as Art: The Hechinger Collection" by Pete Hamill, published by Harry Abrams, Inc. October 31, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "Blue Planet, Red Sky" by Mark Hertsgaard, forthcoming from Broadway Books. "Honey, Mud, Maggots, and Other Medical Marvels: The Science Behind Folk Remedies and Old Wives' Tales" by Robert and Michele Root-Bernstein, published by Houghton-Mifflin. October 31, 1997: All Things Considered -- An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "My Soul to Keep" by Tananarive Due, published by HarperCollins. October 31, 1997: All Things Considered -- A Review by sound recordist Doug Quin: "Riven" (CD-ROM game from Cyan). November 1, 1997: Weekend Edition -- Neal Conan spoke to the author: "Come Hell on High Water: A Really Sullen Memoir" by Gregory Jaynes, published by North Point Press. November 1, 1997: Weekend All Things Considered -- Daniel Zwerdling talked to the former stock trader (in 1929): "So Far, So Good - The First 94 Years" by Roy Neuberger, Alfred and Roma Connable, published by John Wiley & Sons. November 2, 1997: Weekend All Things Considered -- A reading from the author's rare manuscript, a travel book about Kuwait: "The State of Excitement" (1960) by Ian Fleming, manuscript owned by the Lilly Library in Bloomington, IN. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: October 27, 1997: "Dirty Jokes and Beer: Stories of the Unrefined" by Drew Carey, published by Hyperion. "Soul of the Game" by John Huet, published by Melcher Media/Workman. October 28, 1997: "Paradise Fever: Growing Up in the Shadow of the New Age" by Ptolemy Tompkins, published by Avon: His father Peter wrote "The Secret Life of Plants". "The Sacred Heart: An Atlas of the Body Seen Through Invasive Surgery" by Max Aguilera-Hellweg, published by Bullfinch Press. October 29, 1997: "The Old Religion" (Simon & Schuster) and "True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor" (Pantheon) by David Mamet. REVIEW by Maureen Corrigan: "Valley of the Dolls" by Jacqueline Susan, re-release by Grove Press. October 31, 1997: "Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen" (1990, Norton), "Dracula" (Norton Critical Edition), and "Dark Carnival: The Secret World of Tod Browning: Hollywood Master of the Macabre" (1995, Anchor Books, with Elias Savada), by David J. Skal. "In Search of Dracula: The history of Dracula and vampires" (1994) by Raymond McNally, published by Houghton Mifflin. Best of Fresh Air, October 31-November 2, 1997: "Dirty Jokes and Beer: Stories of the Unrefined" by Drew Carey, published by Hyperion. Books Featured on This American Life, November 2, 1997: "My Dark Places" (1996) by James Ellroy, published by Knopf. "Fragments" by Binjamin Wilkomirski, published by Shocken Books. COMING UP ON NPR's PERFORMANCE TODAY OCTOBER 27 -- OCTOBER 31, 1997 Friday, OCTOBER 31 Hour 1-- It's Halloween, and PT embarks on a spooky supernatural sojourn with readings from Anne Rice's ghostly new novel, "Violin," accompanied by excerpts from the just-released CD that complements the book: "Violin for Anne Rice," featuring violinist Leila Josefowicz. (book, Alfred A. Knopf; recording, Philips 462 032-2) 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.