#1699: Sam Winchester "Land" | The Book Show

February 09, 2021 00:27:34
#1699: Sam Winchester "Land" | The Book Show
The Book Show
#1699: Sam Winchester "Land" | The Book Show

Feb 09 2021 | 00:27:34

/

Show Notes

This week on The Book Show, Author Simon Winchester examines what we human beings are doing – and have done – with the billions of acres that together make up the solid surface of our planet. His new book is Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World.

(more…)

Other Episodes

Episode 0

July 27, 2021 00:27:40
Episode Cover

#1723: James Ellroy "Widespread Panic" | The Book Show

This week, from the modern master of noir James Ellroy, comes the new novel “Widespread Panic;” about the malevolent monarch of the 1950s Hollywood...

Listen

Episode 0

December 19, 2023 00:27:27
Episode Cover

Book Show | Michael Cunningham - Day

“Day” is the first novel in a decade from Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cunningham. It’s a family saga set in New York City before...

Listen

Episode

February 25, 2025 00:27:25
Episode Cover

The Book Show | Robert Crais - The Big Empty

Private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner, Joe Pike, race to find a terrifying, unidentified killer in "The Big Empty," the 20th Elvis...

Listen