This list reflects the programming of WUNC Radio: All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, Weekend Edition Saturday and Sunday, Fresh Air, Monitor Radio Early Edition, The People's Pharmacy and Soundings. NPR(TM) BOOK REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 12/16 - 12/29 1996 December 16, 1996: All Things Considered -- Linda Wertheimer spoke to the editor: "Norton Anthology of African-American Literature" edited by Henry Louis Gates Jr., published by Norton. December 17, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Insight Meditation" (1994, Random House), "The Experience of Insight" (1980, Unity Press), and "Seeking the Heart of Wisdom" (1987, Random House) by Jospeh Goldstein. "Essential Tibetan Buddhism" (1995, HarperCollins) and "Tibetan Book of the Dead" (1994, Bantam) by Robert Thurman. "Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America" (1995) by Henry Petroski, published by Knopf. December 17 & 18, 1996: All Things Considered -- Robert Siegel spoke with the author: "Worldly Goods" by Lisa Jardine, published by Doubleday: A new history of the Renaissance. December 17, 1996: All Things Considered -- An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "The Point" by Charles D'Ambrosio, published by Back Bay Books. December 18, 1996: All Things Considered -- Linda Wertheimer spoke to the chairman of W.W. Norton and Company about the editor who died recently: "Norton Anthology of English Literature", founding editor Robert Adams, published by Norton. December 19, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "My Antonia" by Willa Cather, published by Bantam (1994). December 20, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Ancestral Passions: The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings" by Virginia Morell, published by Simon & Schuster. December 20, 1996: All Things Considered -- Robert Siegel spoke to the author: "There's A Word For It: A Grandiloquent Guide to Life" by Charles Harrington Elster, published by Scribner. December 21, 1996: Weekend Edition -- Scott Simon spoke to the biographer: "John Phillip Sousa, American Phenomenon" (1986 revised) by Paul Bierley, published by Integrity Press. December 22, 1996: Weekend Edition -- Liane Hansen talked to the author: "The Good Enough Catholic: A Guide for the Perplexed" by Paul Wilkes by Ballantine. December 23, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Mr. Ives' Christmas" by Oscar Hijuelos by HarperPerennial. December 24 & 25, 1996: Morning Edition -- Bob Edwards talked to the author: "The Battle for Christmas" by Stephen Nissenbaum, published by Knopf. December 24, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "In the Wake of the Goddesses" by Tikva Frymer-Kensky, published by Ballantine. "Toward a Meaningful Life: The Wisdom of the Rebbe" by Simon Jacobson, published by William Morrow. "Transition to Telecommuting" and "Home and Work" (1995) by Christena Nippert-Eng, both published by University of Chicago Press. December 25, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "The Gastronomical Me" (1943) by Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher, published by North Point Press. "Smokestack Lightning: Adventures in the Heart of Barbecue Country" by Lolis Eric Elie, published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. December 26, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Towards a New Model of Creole Genesis" by John McWhorter, published by P. Lang. "Strangers to the Tribe" by Gabrielle Glazer, published by Houghton Mifflin. "Love and Tradition" (1985) by Egon Mayer, published by Plenum Publishing Co. December 27, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Betrayal of Science and Reason: How Anti-Environmental Rhetoric Threatens Our Future" by Paul Ehrlich, published by Island Press. "A Moment on Earth: The Coming of Age of Environmental Optimism" by Gregg Easterbrook, published by Penguin Books. December 27, 1996: All Things Considered -- Robert Siegel talked to the author: "Violent Land: Single Men and Social Disorder from the Frontier to the Inner City" by David Courtwright, published by Harvard University Press. December 28, 1996: Weekend Edition -- DJ Nap Turner read blues lyrics from the book: "Little Blue Book" by Brian Robertson, published by Algonquin Books. December 29, 1996: Weekend All Things Considered -- Daniel Zwerdling spoke with the pianist: "Piano Pieces" by Russell Sherman, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Books mentioned on Monitor Radio (R): December 23, 1996: A review by Judith Bolton Fassman: "The Garden of the Peacocks" by Anthony Weller, published by Marlowe & Co. December 26, 1996: "Women of the Beat Generation: the writers, artists, and muses at the heart of a revolution" by Brenda Knight, published by Conari Press. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: December 16, 1996: "Lengthening Shadows Before Nightfall" by John Dugdale, published by Twin Palms Publishing. An interview with Robert Levithan who is writing a book called "Outliving Myself". Maureen Corrigan's Holiday Picks: "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt, published by Scribner. "Great Books" by David Denby, published by Simon & Schuster. "Committed to Memory: 100 best poems to memorize" edited by John Hollander, published by Academy of American Poets. "Life As We Know It" by Michael Berube, published by Pantheon. "Mason's Retreat" by Christopher Tilghman, published by Random House. "Derby Dugan's Depression Funnies" by Tom DeHaven, published by Metropolitan Books. "A Letter From Mary" by Laurie R. King, published by G.K. Hall. December 17, 1996: "Living History" by Chaim Herzog, published by Pantheon Books. Maureen Corrigan's Children Books Picks: "The Christmas Tree" by Julie Salamon, published by Random House. "Sam and the Tigers: a new telling of little Black Sambo" by Julius Lester, published by Dial Books. "The Complete Adventures of Curious George" by Margaret Rey, published by Houghton Mifflin. "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman, published by Knopf. December 18, 1996: "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet" (1995) by Sherry Turkle, published by Simon & Schuster. "Chaos" (1987) by James Gleick, published by Viking. "The Wolves of Yellowstone" by Mike Phillips, published by Voyageur Press. December 23, 1996: "Turnaround" (1994) by Milos Forman, published by Villard Books. "The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart" by Peter Gomes, published by William Morrow and Company. December 24, 1996: "Rock of Ages: The Rolling Stone History of Rock and Roll" (1986) by Ed Ward, Geoffrey Stokes, and Ken Tucker, published by Rolling Stone Press. December 25, 1996: "The Dad of the Dad of the Dad of your Dad: Stories about kids and their fathers" by Jeff Moss, published by Ballantine Books. "Sisters" by Carol Faline, photos by Sharon Wohlmuth published by Running Press: Includes the McGarrigle sisters who were interviewed on Fresh Air. Books mentioned on Soundings: December 22, 1996: "The Christmas Letters" by Lee Smith, published by Algonquin Books. "The Angel Doll" by Jerry Bledsoe, published by Down Home Press. Books reviewed by WUNC Children's Book Commentator Susie Wilde, December 18, 1996: The Wilde Awards: "Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse" by Kevin Henkes, published by Greenwillow. "Painting the Wind" by Michelle Dionetti, published by Little Brown. "My Very First Mother Goose" edited by Iona Opie, illustrated by Rosemary Wells, published by Candlewick. "Hurricanes: Earth's Mightiest Storms" by Patricia Lauber, published by Scholastic. "Sharks" by Sandra Markle, published by Atheneum. "The Heart" by Seymour Simon, published by Morrow. "Anastasia's Album: The last tsar's youngest daughter tells her own story" by Hugh Brewster, published by Hyperion. "Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman" by Kathleen Krull, published by HBJ. "Satchmo's Blues" by Alan Schroeder, illustrated by Floyd Cooper. "Michelangelo and His Times", "Alexander and His Times", "Ramses II and Egypt", "Caesar and Rome", published by Henry Holt. "Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers: Reflections on Being Raised by a Pack of Sled Dogs" by Gary Paulsen, published by HBJ. "Dangerous Skies" by Suzanne Staples, published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. "Jip, His Story" by Katherine Paterson, published by Lodestar. "The Ballad of Lucy Whipple" by Karen Cushman, published by Clarion. "This Is the Star" by Joyce Dunbar, illustrated by Gary Blythe, published by HBJ. "The Trees of the Dancing Goats" by Patricia Polacco, published by Simon and Schuster. 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