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. NPR(TM) BOOK REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 8/24- 8/30/1998 August 24, 1998: Morning Edition: Renee Montagne talked with the author. "The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World," by Larry Zuckerman, published by Faber and Faber. August 24, 1998: All Thing Considered: Noah Adams interviewed the author. "Treasures of the Baseball Hall of Fame," John Thorne, published by Villard Books. August 24, 1998: All Thing Considered: Noah Adams talked with the author and "audiobiologist." "Silent Thunder: In the Presence of Elephants," by Katy Payne, published by Simon & Schuster. August 25, 1998: Morning Edition: Renee Montagne interviewed the author. "The Father of Spin: Edward L. Bernays and the Birth of Public Relations," by Larry Tye, published by Crown. August 25, 1998: All Thing Considered: Noah Adams interviewed the author, the son of the poet James Dickey. "Summer of Deliverance: A Memoir of Father and Son," by Christopher Dickey, published by Simon & Schuster. August 25, 1998: All Thing Considered: An Alan Cheuse Review: "The Anatomist," by Frederico Andahazi, published by Doubleday. Cheuse found this controversial novel about a 16th century Italian doctor involved in sexual research wonderfully witty, but felt that it would never receive a grant from the NEA. August 25, 1998: All Thing Considered: The author read from his new novel. "Salt Water," by Charles Simmons, puiblished by Chronicle Books. August 26, 1998: All Thing Considered: Linda Wertheimer spoke with the author and Professor of Geology at Duke University. "The Beaches are Moving: The Drowning of America's s Shoreline : With a New Epilogue," (Duke University Press 1983) by Orrin Pilkey and Wallace Kaufman. August 26, 1998: Talk of The Nation: "Marine and Coastal Law," (Praeger Press 1994) by Dennis Nixon. August 27, 1998: Morning Edition: Renee Montagne talked with the co-author of a biography on baseball great Hack Wilson. "Hack : The Meteroric Life of One of Baseball's First Superstars, Hack Wilson," (Highland Press 1978) by Gerald Grunska and Robert S.Boone. August 27, 1998: Talk of The Nation: "Killing the Dream: James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King," by Gerald Posner, published by Random House. August 28, 1998: Morning Edition: Renee Montagne talked with the author of a book that chronicles the homoerotic side of the Beat Generation. "Subterranean Kerouac," by Ellis Amburn, published by St. Martin's. August 28, 1998: Talk of The Nation: "Looking for the Last Percent: The Controversy Over Census Undercounts," (Rutgers University Press 1994) by Harvey Choldin. "Unsolved Problems in Astrophysics," by John Bathcall, published by Princeton University Press. "The Bible According to Einstein," by Stuart Samuel, published by Jupiter Scientific Publishing. Samuel is Research Physicist at Columbia University. August 29, 1998: Weekend All Things Considered: Jacki Lyden spoke with the author. "Red Star Sister: Between Madness and Utopia," by Leslie Brody, published by Hungry Mind. August 29, 1998: Weekly Edition: The 35th Anniversary of the March on Washington is remembered. "A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Martin Luther King, Jr." published by Time-Warner Audio Books. August 30, 1998: Weekend All Things Considered: Jacki Lyden interviewed the novelust. "Mogul Buffet," by Cheryl Bernard, published by August 30, 1998: Weekend All Things Considered: Margot Adler interviewd the author: "Grand Central Winter: Stories from the Street," by Lee Stringer, published by Seven Stories Press. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: August 24, 1998: "Let's Get it On: Tough Talk from Boxing's Top Ref and Nevada's Most Outspoken Judge," by Mills Lane, published by Crown. August 25, 1998: "Sweet Forever," by George Pelecanos, published by Little Brown. Pelecanos, a crime novelist, other work includes "King Suckerman" (Dell 1997), and "A Firing Offense" (St. Martin's 1992). August 27, 1998: "War Crimes, Brutality, Genocide, Terror, and the Struggle for Justice," by Aryeh Neier, published by Times Books. Neier is the President of the Soros Foundation and has served as national director of the ACLU. REVIEW: Maureen Corrigan: "Lost in Translation," by Nicole Mones, published by Bantam. 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 Don Sechler (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.