hitting the books
Hitting the Books With Gary Thorne: “The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth”
Joe Castiglione is in his 35th broadcasting season and his 32nd with the Red Sox. No one has broadcast more...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Beyond Freedom and Dignity”
There are books in the upper echelon of make-you-think works. B.F. Skinner’s controversial (to this day) book on human behavior,...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Animal Farm”
Few books have garnered the accolades that describe “Animal Farm” by George Orwell. As the years pass, the truth of...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Eagle Has Landed”
One of the great treats in doing the Hitting the Books blog this season has been the chance to discuss...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “A Stranger in the Kingdom”
From time to time, in my library roaming, I like to pick a book off the shelves that I know...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Game Must Go On”
As time moves on, we hear less and less about those baseball players who went into the service in World...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Villette”
Susan Slusser is a sports journalist for the San Francisco Chronicle who covers the Oakland A’s on the baseball beat,...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Wait Till Next Year”
Doris Kearns Goodwin. This historian/writer loves history and she loves baseball. If there is such a thing as a sweet...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Wait Till Next Year”
Doris Kearns Goodwin. This historian/writer loves history and she loves baseball. If there is such a thing as a sweet...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Wright Brothers”
We as humans like to simplify the complicated, which keeps the mind muscles calmer, if not correct. History is often...