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 8/9 - 8/22/99 August 9, 1999: Talk of the Nation "Front Row at the White House" by Helen Thomas, published by Scribner. "Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times: 1961-1973" by Robert Dallek, published by Oxford University Press (1998). August 10, 1999: Talk of the Nation: "The Celebration Chronicles: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Property Values in Disney's New Town" by Andrew Ross, published by Ballantine Books. August 10, 1999: All Things Considered: Linda Wertheimer spoke with the author "Language Aspects of Ethnic Patterns and Processes in the North Caucasus" by Ronald Wixman, a research paper published by the University of Chicago (currently out of print). August 10, 1999: All Things Considered: Linda Wertheimer spoke with the author "The Seventh Million" by Tom Segev, published by Hill & Wang (1994). August 10, 1999: All Things Considered: Linda Wertheimer spoke with Daniel Yergin "The Commanding Heights: The Battle Between Government and the Marketplace that is Reshaping the Modern World" by Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw, published by Simon & Schuster (1998). August 10, 1999: All Things Considered: An Alan Cheuse review "Mother to Mother" by Sindiwe Magona, published by Beacon Press. August 11, 1999: Talk of the Nation: "The Iowa Precinct Caucuses: The Making of a Media Event" by Hugh Winebrenner, published by Iowa State University Press (1998). August 11, 1999: All Things Considered: Linda Wertheimer spoke with the author "Lost Boys: Why Our Sons Turn Violent and How We Can Save Them" by James Garbarino, published by Free Press. August 12, 1999: Morning Edition: Howard Berkes spoke to the author "Name Dropping: From FDR On" by John Kenneth Galbraith, published by Houghton-Mifflin. August 12, 1999: All Things Considered: Noah Adams spoke to the author "The FBI: Inside the World's Most Powerful Law Enforcement Agency" by Ronald Kessler, published by Pocket Books (1994). August 12, 1999: All Things Considered: Douglas Rushkoff commented "Coersion: Why We Listen to What They Say" by Douglas Rushkoff, published by Riverhead Press. August 13, 1999: Morning Edition: Howard Berkes spoke to the author "Breeding Better Vermonters: The Eugenics Project in the Green Mountain State" by Nancy Gallagher, published by University Press of New England. August 14, 1999: All Things Considered: Daniel Zwerdling spoke to the author "Conduct Unbecoming a Woman: Medicine on Trial in Turn-of-the-century Brooklyn" by Regina Morantz-Sanchez, published by Oxford University Press. August 14, 1999: All Things Considered: Daniel Zwerdling spoke to the author "Smokehouse Ham, Spoon Bread, and Scuppernog Wine: The Folklore and Art of Southern Appalachian Cooking" by Joe Dabney, published by Cumberland House (1998). August 15, 1999: Weekend Edition: Liane Hansen spoke to the author "A Terrible Beauty" by Peter T. King, published by Roberts Reinhart. August 15, 1999: All Things Considered: Daniel Zwerdling spoke to the author "The Iowa Precinct Caucuses: The Making of a Media Event" by Hugh Winebrenner, published by Iowa State University Press (1998). August 16, 1999: All Things Considered: An Alan Cheuse review "Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life" by Thomas Wolfe, published by Scribner (1995). August 16, 1999: All Things Considered: Linda Wertheimer talked with the author "Ramona's World" by Beverly Cleary, published by Morrow Junior. This is Cleary's 38th children's book; others include "Henry Huggins" (Avon reissue ed., 1997) and "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" (Avon reissue ed., 1990). August 17, 1999: Morning Edition: Susan Stamberg spoke to the editor "ENCARTA World English Dictionary", general editor, Anne Soukhanov, published in the U.S. by St. Martin's Press. August 18, 1999: Talk of the Nation: "Political Paranoia: The Psychopolitics Of Hatred" by Gerald Post, published by Yale University Press (1997). "Fighting Back: Winning the War Against Terrorism" by Neil Livingstone, currently out of print . Livingstone is also the author of "The Cult of Counterterrorism" and "The War Against Terrorism," both currently out of print. "Plan Your Estate" by Denis Clifford, published by Nolo Press (1998). Clifford also wrote "The Quick and Legal Will Book" (Nolo Press, 1999) and "Make Your Own Living Trust" (Nolo Press, 1999). August 19, 1999: Talk of the Nation: Book Club of the Air Book featured: "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson (current ed. from Tor Books, 1990). "The Prose Writings of Robert Louis Stevenson: A Guide" by Roger Swearingen, currently out of print. August 19, 1999: Talk of the Nation: "Plato, Not Prozac! Applying Philosophy to Everyday Problems" by Lou Marinoff, published by HarperCollins. August 19, 1999: All Things Considered: Noah Adams "Sweet Invisible Body: Reflections on a Life With Diabetes" by Lisa Roney, published by Henry Holt. August 20, 1999: This American Life: "The Book that Changed My Life" Episode "Act One: An Autobiography" by Moss Hart, published by St. Martin's Press (1989). "The Journals of Lewis and Clark" edited by Bernard DeVoto, published by Houghton Mifflin (1997). "By the Shores of Silver Lake" and "Little Town on the Prairie" by Laura Ingalls Wilder, both published by Harper Trophy (1973-still in print). Books profiled on Fresh Air with Terry Gross August 11, 1999: "The Sharks of Lake Nicaragua: True Tales of Adventure, Travel, and Fishing" by Randy Wayne White, published by The Lyons Press. August 13, 1999: "Psycho: Janet Leigh Behind the Scenes of The Classic Thriller" by Janet Leigh, published by Harmony Books (1995). "Me and Hitch" by Evan Hunter, published by Faber & Faber (1997). Hunter has also written "The Blackboard Jungle" (new ed. forthcoming from Simon & Schuster) and "Privileged Conversation" (currently available on cassette only from Soundelex). Under the pseudonym Ed McBain, Hunter has written "The Big Bad City" (Simon & Schuster). August 16, 1999: "Fenway: A Biography in Words and Pictures" by Dan Shaughnessy, published by Houghton Mifflin. Shaugnessy also wrote "The Curse of the Bambino" (Penguin USA, 1991), "At Fenway" (Crown Publishers, 1997), "Seeing Red" (currently out of print), "Ever Green" (St. Martin's Press, 1991), and "One Strike Away" (currently out of print). August 17, 1999: "Gothic: Four Hundred Years of Excess, Horror, Evil and Ruin" by Richard Davenport-Hines, published by North Point Press. Davenport-Hines also wrote "Auden" (Random House). August 18, 1999: "Blinded by Might: Can the Religious Right Save America?" Cal Thomas, Ed Dobson, published by Zondervan Publishing. August 19, 1999: "Blood Ties" by Jennifer Lash, published by Bloomsbury Publishers USA. August 20, 1999: "The Meadowlands: Wilderness Adventures At the Edge of a City" by Robert Sullivan, published by Anchor Books. 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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