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 7/26 - 8/8/99 July 26, 1999: Talk of the Nation: "Sleeping with Extraterrestrials: The Rise of Irrationalism and Perils of Piety" by Wendy Kaminer, forthcoming from Pantheon Books, October 2000. "The Twilight of Common Dreams: Why America is Wracked by Culture Wars" by Todd Gitlin, published by Owlet (1996). Gitlin is also the author of "The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage" (Bantam, 1992). "Should You Leave?: A Psychiatrist Explores Intimacy and Autonomy and the Nature of Advice" by Peter Kramer, published by Scribner (1997). July 26, 1999: All Things Considered: An Alan Cheuse Review "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck, recent ed. published by Penguin USA (1992). July 26, 1999: All Things Considered: Noah Adams spoke with the author "Restructuring the Chaebol in Korea" by Edward "Monty" Graham, published by the Korea Economic Institute. July 27, 1999: Morning Edition: "Encyclopedia of the United States Congress" by Roger Davidson, forthcoming from Prentice-Hall (December 1999). July 27, 1999: Talk of the Nation: "The Way We Really Are: Coming to Terms with America's Changing Families" by Stephanie Coontz, published by Basic Books (1998). "Single Mothers by Choice: A Guidebook for Single Women Are Considering or Have Chosen Motherhood" by Jane Mattes, published by Times Books (1997). July 28, 1999: Morning Edition: Bob Edwards spoke with the author "Coal to Cream: A Black Man's Journey Beyond Color to an Affirmation of Race" by Eugene Robinson, published by Free Press. July 28, 1999: Talk of the Nation: "The Social Health of the Nation: How America is Really Doing" by Mark Miringoff and Marque Luisa Miringoff, published by Oxford University Press. July 28, 1999: All Things Considered: Linda Wertheimer talked with the author "Stocks for the Long Run" by Jeremy Siegel, published by McGraw-Hill (1998). July 28, 1999: All Things Considered: Kraus discussed his new book "It's Never About What it's About: What We Learned About Living While We Were Waiting to Die" by Krandall Kraus and Paul Borja; available online at http://www.writerswebpress.com/authors/borga/index.html July 29, 1999: Morning Edition: Bob Edwards spoke to the author "Sports on New York Radio: A Play-by-Play History" by David J. Halberstam, published by Masters Press. July 29, 1999: Talk of the Nation: "Summer Fun: The Parent's Complete Guide to Day Camps, Overnight Camps, Specialty Camps, and Teen Tours" by Marian Edelman Borden, published by Facts on File. July 30, 1999: Talk of the Nation: "The Skinny on Fat" by Shawna Vogel, published by W.H. Freeman and Company. July 31, 1999: Weekend Edition: Neal Conan spoke with a co-editor "Crimes of War" edited by Roy Gutman, et al., published by W. W. Norton & Co. July 31, 1999: Weekend All Things Considered: The author discussed her book "Lady Hawarden: Clementina, Lady Hawarden: Studies from life 1857-1864"; by Virginia Dodier, published by Aperture. August 2, 1999: Talk of the Nation: "China: A New History" by Merle Goldman and John K. Fairbank, published by Harvard University Press (1998). August 2, 1999: All Things Considered: Linda Wertheimer spoke to the author "Fire in the East: The Rise of Asian Military Power in the Second Nuclear Age" by Paul Bracken, published by HarperCollins. August 2, 1999: All Things Considered: Robert Siegel spoke to the author "They Can't Hide Us Anymore" by Richie Havens, published by Spike Books. August 3, 1999: Talk of the Nation: "The Decline of Males" by Lionel Tiger, published by Golden Books Publishing Co. "Masculinity Reconstructed; Changing the Rules of Manhood-At Work, in Relationships, and in Family Life" by Ronald Levant, published by Plume (1996). "TechnoStress: Coping with Technology @ Work, @ Home, @ Play" by Larry Rosen and Michelle M. Weil, published by John Wiley & Sons (1997). "The End of Patience" by David Shenk, forthcoming from Indiana University Press (September 1999). Shenk is also the author of "Data Smog: Surviving the Information Glut" published by Harper San Francisco (1998). August 3, 1999: All Things Considered: Linda Wertheimer spoke to the authors "Country Desserts" by Lee Bailey, published by Grammercy (1998). "Dinner at Miss Lady's: Memories and Recipes from a Southern Childhood" by Luann Landon, published by Algonquin Books. You can link to the recipes at: http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/990803.cobbler.html August 4, 1999: Morning Edition: Elizabeth Arnold talked to the author "Some Horses" by Thomas McGuane, published by the Lyons Press. August 4, 1999: Talk of the Nation: "Rational Exuberance: The Influence of Generation-X on the New American Economy" by Meredith Bagby, published by Penguin, 1998. "Dreaming as Delirium" by Allan Hobson, forthcoming from MIT Press ( September 99). Hobson is also the author of "Sleep" (Scientific American Press, 1989) and "Consciousness" (Scientific American Press, 1998). "Crisis Dreaming" by Rosalind Cartwright, published by Harper Collins, 1992. Cartwright is also the author of "Nightlife" (Prentice-Hall, 1977). August 4, 1999: All Things Considered: An Alan Cheuse review "Broke Heart Blues" by Joyce Carol Oates, published by E. P. Dutton. August 5, 1999: Talk of the Nation: "Beyond the American Dream: Lifelong Learning and the Search for Meaning in a Postmodern World" by Charles Hayes, published by Autodidactic Press (1998). Hayes is also the author of "Proving You're Qualified: Strategies for Competent People without College Degrees" (1995) and "Self-University" (1989), both also from Autodidactic. "The Enduring South" by John Shelton Reed, published by the University of North Carolina Press (1986). August 5, 1999: All Things Considered: Robert Siegel spoke with the editor "Oxford English Dictionary"; Frank Abate, editor-in-chief, published by Oxford University Press. An online edition will be published in 2000; a new print edition is planned for 2010. The internet address for the Oxford English Dictionary is http://www.oed.com/. August 5, 1999: All Things Considered: Jonathan Kern read from the book "Young Men and Fire" by Norman Maclean, published by University of Chicago press, 1992. August 6, 1999: All Things Considered: Linda Wertheimer spoke with historians "Nixon Reconsidered" by Joan Hoff, published by Basic Books (1995). "Henry Kissinger: Doctor of Diplomacy" by Robert Schulzinger, published by Columbia University Press (1989). August 7, 1999: Weekend Edition: Neal Conan spoke with the author "Fast Eddie: A Novel in Many Voices" by Robert O'Connell, published by William Morrow & Co. August 7, 1999: Weekend Edition: Neal Conan spoke with the author "The Real Wild West" by Michael Wallis, published by St. Martin's Press. Books profiled on Fresh Air with Terry Gross July 27, 1999: "Before Their Time: A Memoir" by Robert Kotlowitz, published in paperback from Anchor Books. His previous books include "The Boardwalk", "His Master's Voice", "Sea Changes", and "Somewhere Else", all currently out of print. August 2, 1999: "Kiss and Tell: Surveying Sex in the Twentieth Century" by Julia Ericksen, published by Harvard University Press. "Music for Torching" by A.M. Homes, published by Rob Weisbach Books/William Morrow. Her previous novels are "The End of Alice" (Scribner, 1997), "In a Country of Mothers" (Vintage, 1994), and "Jack" (Vintage, 1990). August 3, 1999: "Living on the Wind" by Scott Weidensaul, published by North Point Press. "Voyage to the Milky Way" by Donald Goldsmith, published by TV Books, Inc. August 4, 1999: "Hollywood on the Riviera: The Inside Story of the Cannes Film Festival" by Henri Behar, published by William Morrow, 1992. "Popped Culture: A Social History of Popcorn in America" by Andrew Smith, published by University of South Carolina Press. August 6, 1999: "Just Checking: Scenes from the Life of an Obsessive-Compulsive" by Emily Colas, published by Washington Square Press (1998). "Rogues and Toads" by Peter M. Leschak, published by North Star Press (1998). He has written about his experiences fighting fires in numerous books including "Hellroaring" (North Star Press, 1996). 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). This text is Copyright (c) 1999 by WUNC Radio (WUNCRADIO@UNC.EDU) and Heidi Dressler (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.