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 12/29/1997 - 1/4/1998 December 29, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "Hiding" by Mark Taylor, published by University of Chicago Press: He also co-directed the CD-ROM "The Real, Las Vegas, NV" with Jose Marquez. "New American Blues: A Journey Through Poverty to Democracy" by Earl Shorris, published by W.W. Norton. December 29, 1997: All Things Considered -- An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "Shadows on the Hudson" by Isaac Bashevis Singer, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. December 29, 1997: All Things Considered -- Robert Siegel spoke to the professor: "A Feeling for Books: The Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste and Middle Class Desire" by Janice Redway, published by University of North Carolina Press. December 30, 1997: Morning Edition -- David D'Arcy reported on the success of the children's book: "The Jester Has Lost His Jingle" by David Saltzman, published by Jester Co Inc: The author died of Hodgkin's Disease and his mother self-published the book. December 30, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "Arts and Crafts Movement in California: Living the Good Life" (1993) by Kenneth Trapp, published by Abbeville Press. January 1, 1998: Talk of the Nation: "Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History" (Beacon Press) and "Haiti: State Against Nation" (1990, Monthly Review Press) by Michel-Rolph Touillot. "The American Almanac of Jobs and Salaries" (1996, Avon Books), "The Best Hospitals in America" (1995, Visible Ink Press) and "The New York Times 1998 Almanac" (Penguin Putnam) edited by John Wright. January 1, 1998: All Things Considered -- An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "The Consul's Wife" by W.T. Tyler, published by Henry Holt. January 2, 1998: Talk of the Nation: "Planet of the Blind" by Stephen Kussisto, published by Dial Press. January 2, 1998 All Things Considered -- Robert Siegel spoke to the author: "The Culture of Pain" (1991) by David Morris, published by University of California Press. January 2, 1998: All Things Considered -- An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "Silk" by Alessandro Barrico, published by Harvill Press. January 2, 1998: All Things Considered -- Vertamae Grosvenor talked about her experiences during the making of the film based on the novel: "Beloved" (1987) by Toni Morrison, published by Knopf. January 3, 1998: Weekend Edition -- Scott Simon spoke to the stage star: "Betty Garrett and other songs" by Betty Garrett, published by Madison Books. January 3, 1998: Weekend All Things Considered -- Jacki Lyden talked to the author: "Sinatra: The Artist and the Man" by John Lahr, published by Random House. January 4, 1998: Weekend All Things Considered -- Jacki Lyden spoke with the photographer: "Portraits: Photographs by Mary Ellen Mark" by Mary Ellen Mark, published by Smithsonian Institution Press: She's now working on selecting photographs for a book about Mother Theresa. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: December 29, 1997: "Sinatra! The Song Is You: A Singer's Art" by Will Friedwald, published by Da Capo Press: He also wrote "Jazz Singing". December 30, 1997: "Frank Sinatra: An American Legend" (1995) by Nancy Sinatra, published by General Publishing Group. "Unto the Sons" (1992) by Gay Talese, published by Hutchinson: He also wrote "The Kingdom and the Power", "Honor Thy Father", and "Thy Neighbor's Wife". REVIEW by Maureen Corrigan: Her Favorite Books of the Year: "Cold Mountain" by Charles Frazier, published by Atlantic Monthly Press, "Matters of Chance" by Jeannette Haien, published by HarperCollins, "Independent People" by Haldor Laxness, published by Vintage International, "Publish and Perish: three tales of tenure and terror" by James Hynes, published by Picador, "Lives of the Monster Dogs" by Kirsten Bakis, published by Warner Books, "Big Trouble: a murder in a small western town sets off a struggle for the soul of America" by J. Anthony Lukas, published by Simon & Schuster, "Halfway Heaven: diary of a Harvard murder" by Melanie Thernstrom, published by Doubleday, "The Gay Metropolis" by Charles Kaiser, published by Houghton-Mifflin, "W.B. Yeats, Volume 2" by R.F. Foster, published by Oxford University Press, "The End of the Novel of Love" by Vivian Gornick, published by Beacon Press, "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer, published by Villard, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by John Dominique Bauby, published by Knopf, "Miriam's Kitchen" by Elizabeth Ehrlich, published by Viking, "Deception on His Mind" by Elizabeth George, published by Bantam Books, "Small Vices" by Robert B. Parker, published by Putnam, "Even the Wicked" by Lawrence Block, published by Morrow, "The Club Dumas" by Arturo Perez-Reverte, published by Vintage Books. January 2, 1998: "Rum Punch" (1992) by Elmore Leonard, published by Delacorte: He also wrote "Pronto", "Maximum Bob" and "Get Shorty". "Cuba Libre" is due out later this month. Fresh Air Weekend, January 2-4, 1998: "Miss Rhythm" by Ruth Brown, published by Donald Fine Books. A re-broadcast with Maureen Corrigan's favorite books of 1997, listed above under Fresh Air, 12/30/97. 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