hitting the books
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...
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...