hitting the books
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Beethoven in Love; Opus 1139”
Howard Jay Smith is an acquaintance of mine, not through literature, but our shared love of wine. Sampling vino with...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Monuments Men”
Welcome back to the 2019 edition of “Hitting the Books”! With the support of producer Olivia Witherite, editor Pete Kerzel...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Every Thing On It”
So one more for the year. First, my sincerest thanks to Olivia Witherite, our videographer and digital editor, and Pete...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Sun Does Shine”
For 30 years, Anthony Ray Hinton, author of “The Sun Does Shine,” served in solitary confinement in Alabama jails, convicted...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “A Terrible Glory”
On a recent visit to the Little Bighorn site, a good friend asked the tour guides what was in their...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Silk Roads”
So my broadcast partner, Mike Bordick, shows up one day with a tome of a book easily useable for weightlifting...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Color Blind”
There are unlikely stories, and “Color Blind” by Tom Dunkel is one of them. During the Great Depression, in of...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Markings”
Why would a middle school student become interested in Dag Hammarskjöld? I have no idea, but I was, and have...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt”
Dave Sims is the television voice of the Seattle Mariners. He has been so for a dozen years. Our friendship...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Razor’s Edge”
“The Razor’s Edge” by W. Somerset Maugham was published in 1944 and sold over 3 million copies, remaining on the...