Gary Thorne
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...