This list reflects the programming of WUNC Radio: All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, Weekend Edition Saturday and Sunday, Fresh Air, This American Life. A date of publication is only given if the book was not published in 1999. NPR(TM) BOOK REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 7/1 - 7/14/1999 July 1, 1999: Talk of the Nation: "Martial Arts for Kids: The Road to Inner Strength, Self Awareness and a Peaceful World" by Norman Sandler, published by Weatherhill (1997). "Worst Pills, Best Pills: A Consumer's Guide to Avoiding Drug Induced Death or Illness" edited by Sidney M. Wolfe, published by Pocket Books. "Listening to Prozac" by Peter Kramer, published by Penguin (1993). "Enhancing Human Traits: Ethical and Social Implications" by Erik Parens, published by Georgetown University Press (1998). July 1, 1999: All Things Considered: Noah Adams spoke with the author "The Balkans: 1804-Present Day, Nationalism, War and the Great Powers" by Misha Glenny, forthcoming from Penguin USA. July 3, 1999: Weekend Edition: Scott Simon talked with the author "Before His Time: The Untold Story of Harry T. Moore, America's First Civil Rights Martyr" by Ben Green, published by Free Press. July 3, 1999: All Things Considered: Jacki Lyden talked with the author "The Faithful Tribe: A Selection from the Downshire Papers, 1793-1799" by Ruth Dudley Edwards, published by HarperCollins. July 4, 1999: All Things Considered: From the Summer Reading series "The Mysterious Stranger" by Mark Twain, published by University of California Press (1983). July 6, 1999: Talk of the Nation: "Riding the Rails: Teenagers on the Move during the Great Depression" by Errol Lincoln Uys, published by TV Books Inc. July 7, 1999: Talk of the Nation: "Luxury Fever" by Robert Frank, published by Free Press. Frank is also the author of "The Winner-Take-All Society" (Free Press, 1995). "Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties" by Beth Kobliner, published by Simon & Schuster (1996). "Playing the Future: What We Can Learn from Digital Kids" by Douglas Rushkoff, forthcoming from Riverhead. July 8, 1999: Talk of the Nation: "Colorblind: Seeing Beyond Race in a Race Obsessed World" by Ellis Cose, published by HarperCollins (1997). July 8, 1999: All Things Considered: An Alan Cheuse review "Police and Thieves" by Peter Plate, published by Seven Stories Press. July 9, 1999: Talk of the Nation: "In the Company of Mushrooms: A Biologist's Tale" by Elio Schaechter, published by Harvard University Press (1998). "Magical Mushrooms, Mischevious Molds" by George W. Hudler, published by Princeton University Press (1998). July 10, 1999: All Things Considered: Daniel Zwerdling talked with the author "The Hemingway Cookbook" by Craig Boreth, published by Chicago Review Press (1998). July 11, 1999: Weekend Edition: Liane Hansen spoke with the editor "American Sermons: The Pilgrims to Martin Luther King Jr." edited by Michael Warner, published by The Library of America. July 11, 1999: Weekend Edition: Liane Hansen spoke with the author "The Seventh Child: A Lucky Life" by Freddie Mae Baxter, published by Alfred A. Knopf. July 11, 1999: All Things Considered: Daniel Zwerdling spoke with the author "Waiting to Fly: My Escapades with the Penguins of Antarctica" by Ron Naveen, published by William Morrow & Co. July 12, 1999: Talk of the Nation: "Alexander Hamilton: American" by Richard Brookhiser, published by Free Press. Brookhiser is also the author of "Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington" (Free Press, 1996). July 12, 1999: All Things Considered: Linda Wertheimer spoke with the author "Corruption of American Politics: What Went Wrong and Why" by Elizabeth Drew, published by Birch Lane Press. July 12, 1999: This American Life: Episode 134, "We Didn't" "Best American Short Stories 1994" including Stuart Dybek's story "We Didn't" is currently out of print. "Out of Sheer Rage: Wrestling With D. H. Lawrence" by Geoff Dyer, published by North Point Press. "Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop: And Some People" by Danny Hoch, published by Villard (1998). July 13, 1999: Talk of the Nation: "Laws of the Landscape: How Policies Shape Cities in Europe and America" by Pietro Nivola, published by Brookings Institute Press/Inter-American Development Bank. July 14, 1999: All Things Considered: An Alan Cheuse review "The Reason for Wings" by Joyce Reiser Kornblatt, published by Syracuse University Press. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: July 1, 1999: "Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume 2, 1933-1938" by Blanche Wiesen Cook. Cook is also the author of "Eleanor Roosevelt: 1884-1933" (Penguin USA, 1993). July 2, 1999: "Inside the Sky: A Meditation on Flight" by William Langewische, published by Vintage. Langewische's other books include "Stick and Rudder" (Tab Books, 1990) and "Sahara Unveiled: A Journey Across the Desert" (Vintage, 1997). July 6, 1999: "The Man Who Tried to Save the World: The Dangerous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Fred Cuny" by Scott Anderson, published by Doubleday. Anderson is also the author of "Triage" (Scribner, 1998). July 7, 1999: "Traitors Among Us: Inside the Spy Catcher's World" by Stuart A. Herrington, published by Presidio. July 8, 1999: "The Good Listener: Helen Bambler, A Life Against Cruelty" by Neil Belton, published by Pantheon. July 9, 1999: "The Last Don" by Mario Puzo, published by Ballantine (1997). Puzo's other novels include "The Godfather" (Putnam, 1969-still in print) and "The Fortunate Pilgrim" (Fawcett, 1998). July 12, 1999: "A Piece of the Action: How the Middle Class Joined the Money Class" by Joseph Nocera, published by Simon & Schuster (1994). Note: This book is currently out of print. "Lay Bare the Heart: An Autobiography of the Civil Rights Movement" by James Farmer, published by Texas Christian University Press (1998). July 13, 1999: "Another World" by Pat Barker, published by Farrar Straus & Giroux. Barker's other novels include "Regeneration" (Plume, 1993); "The Eye in the Door" (Plume, 1995); and "The Ghost Road" (Plume, 1996). "Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945" by Leo Marks, published by Free Press. Book review listings are available on the internet (http://metalab.unc.edu/wunc) or via anonymous ftp (metalab.unc.edu /pub/academic/literature/book-reviews). 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