This list reflects the programming of WUNC Radio: All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, Weekend Edition Saturday and Sunday, Fresh Air, Fresh Air Weekend, This American Life, The Linda Belans Show, and The People's Pharmacy. NPR(TM) BOOK REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 4/6 - 4/12/1998 April 6, 1998: Talk of the Nation: "Killing The Dream: James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr." by Gerald Posner, published by Random House. April 7, 1998: Talk of the Nation: "The Complete Guide to Running and Growing Your Business" by Andrew Sherman, published by Times Business. April 7, 1998: All Things Considered: Robert Siegel talked with the author: "The Masters: Golf, Money and Power in Augusta, Georgia" by Curt Sampson, published by Villard. April 8, 1998: All Things Considered: Noah Adams spoke with the author "Dreaming Out Load: Garth Brooks, Wynonna Judd, Wade Hayes and the Changing Faces of Nashville" by Bruce Feiler, published by Avon Books. April 9, 1998: Talk of the Nation: "The Birth of Christianity: Discovering What Happened in the Years Immediately After the Execution of Jesus" by John Dominic Crossan, published by Harper San Francisco. "The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels" by Thomas Cahill, published by Doubleday. "Jews: The Essence and Character of a People" by Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, published by Harper San Francisco. "The Story of the Jews: A 4,000 Year Adventure" by Stan Mack, published by Villard. April 10, 1998: Morning Edition: Bob Edwards spoke with the author:: "Edge of Glory: the Inside Story of the Quest for Figure Skating's Olympic Gold Medals" by Christine Brennan, published by Scribner. April 10, 1998: All Things Considered: Linda Wertheimer talked with the author: "Cavedweller" (1998) and "Bastard Out of Carolina" (1992) by Dorothy Allison, published by Dutton. April 11, 1998: Weekend All Things Considered: Daniel Zwerdling spoke with the author about his novel, which tells the story of Jesus Christ's 40 day exile in the desert: "Quarantine" by Jim Crace, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. April 11, 1998: Weekend All Things Considered: Daniel Zwerdling talked the author and cultural linguist: "The Argument Culture: Moving From Debate to Dialogue" by Deborah Tannen, published by Random House. April 12, 1998: Weekend Edition: In honor of National Poetry Month, Robin Robertson reads the poem "Aberdeen" from his collection: "A Painted Field" by Robin Robertson, published by Harcourt Brace. April 12, 1998: Weekend Edition: Liane Hansen spoke with Christine Scull and Wayne G. Hammond, the editors of a new release by the late author of "The Hobbit" (1937) and "Lord of the Rings" (1954): "Roverandom" by J.R.R. Tolkien, all published by Houghton Mifflin. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: April 6, 1998: "The Murder of Tutankamen: A True Story" (Putnam 1998), "Ancient Egyptian Magic" (Morrow 1980), "Egyptian Mummies: Unraveling the Secrets of an Ancient Art" (Morrow 1984), and "Encyclopedia of Mummies" (Facts On File 1998), all by Bob Brier. "The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America" by Michael Ruhlman, published by Henry Holt. REVIEW by Maureen Corrigan: "The Archivist" by Martha Cooley, published by Little, Brown. April 7, 1998: "Picnic, Lightning" (University of Pittsburgh Press), "The Art of Drowning" (U. of Pittsburgh Press), "Questions About Angels" (William Morrow 1991) by Billy Collins. April 8, 1998: "Newt Gingrich: Lessons Learned the Hard Way" by Newt Gingrich, published by HarperCollins. "The Road from Coorain" (1989), "Written By Herself: Women's Memoirs from Britain, Africa, Asia, and the United States" (editor, 1996), "When Memory Speaks: Reflections on Autobiography" (1998) by Jill Conway, all published by Knopf. April 10, 1998: "The Genesis of Ethics: How the Tormented Family of Genesis Leads Us to Moral Development" by Burton Visotzky, published by Crown Publishers. Fresh Air Weekend, April 10-12, 1998: "Picnic, Lightning" (University of Pittsburgh Press), "The Art of Drowning" (U. of Pittsburgh Press), "Questions About Angels" (William Morrow 1991) by Billy Collins. 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) 1998 by WUNC Radio (WUNCRADIO@UNC.EDU) and Carrie Knoblock (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.