With author Simon Winchester and CH member Michelle Arnot

Simon Winchester, distinguished author of such NY Times bestsellers as The Professor and the Madman (now on Netflix with Mel Gibson and Sean Penn), The Man Who Loved China, and Krakatoa among many others, returns to CH to discuss key points of his recently released book LAND: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World in conversation with his Berkshire neighbor and CH member Michelle Arnot.

LAND examines in depth how we acquire it, steward it, why we fight over it, and come to share it. Winchester confronts the essential question: Who actually owns the world's land--and why does it matter?

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