Gary Thorne

Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Curtain and The Mysterious Affair at Styles”

Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Curtain and The Mysterious Affair at Styles”

Sometimes one needs to read just for the joy of it all. Such is the love for Agatha Christie’s works...

Josh Land May 31, 2017 6:12 pm
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: Baseball trilogy by Harold Seymour

Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: Baseball trilogy by Harold Seymour

A great treat to share the Hitting the Books page with a fellow play-by-play announcer – in this case, Bob...

Josh Land May 14, 2017 6:18 pm
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Undoing Project”

Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Undoing Project”

“The Undoing Project” is from Michael Lewis, the author of “Moneyball,” and again we have the exploration of the way...

Josh Land May 11, 2017 8:53 pm
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Hero of the Empire”

Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Hero of the Empire”

I guess sometimes you just know. Winston Churchill just knew he was going to be the prime minister of England,...

Josh Land May 06, 2017 5:50 pm
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises”

Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises”

“I mistrust all frank and simple people, especially when their stories hold together, and I always had a suspicion that...

Josh Land April 29, 2017 4:40 pm
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Born Standing Up”

Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Born Standing Up”

Would you like to sit down and have a conversation with Steve Martin about his life in comedy? Just read...

Josh Land April 07, 2017 10:55 pm
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Way of the Writer”

Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Way of the Writer”

At the urging of editor Pete Kerzel and videographer Olivia Witherite of MASNsports.com, who for reasons only they can explain...

Josh Land April 03, 2017 7:34 pm
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Bully Pulpit”

Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Bully Pulpit”

As a presidential historian, Doris Kearns Goodwin is at the top of the list. Her works have that magical quality...

Josh Land September 16, 2016 11:31 pm
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Road Not Taken”

Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Road Not Taken”

For years, there is a book that has come and gone from the nightstand, but is never very far gone....

Josh Land September 14, 2016 10:51 am
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s”

Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s”

“Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s,” a collection of six classic, hard-to-pigeonhole masterpieces, is writing that again...

Josh Land September 02, 2016 4:08 pm