Gary Thorne
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “His Final Battle”
“His Final Battle” by Joseph Lelyveld is the story of the final 16 months of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s life. He...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Art of Racing in the Rain”
Eric Nadel is the voice of the Texas Rangers. He has been recognized by the National Baseball Hall of Fame...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Waste Land and Other Writings”
Written in 1922, T.S. Eliot’s epic poem, “The Waste Land,” is considered a masterpiece of poetic writing. The characters in...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Camus: Portrait of a Moralist”
Camus was a French philosopher, author and journalist who lived from 1913 to 1960. His search was for a meaning...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Maples Stories”
John Updike is recognized as a giant of the writing world, his fiction having covered the bestseller and positive review...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Tenth of December”
What does one make of “Tenth of December” by George Saunders? I wished to turn away from most of these...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “High Notes”
What great reading. What accomplished writing. “High Notes” by Gay Talese was a joy to read. The book contains selected...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Baltimore Elite Giants”
Getting ready to leave on a trip with the Orioles and realizing I had finished the book I had with...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “James Joyce”
For those who would like to learn more about James Joyce, but are not prepared to sit down with the...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Nuremberg Legacy”
Norbert Ehrenfreund covered the Nuremberg trials as a journalist for the Stars and Stripes. He went on to become a...