The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness: A Vindication of Democracy and a Critique of its Traditional Defense (Scribner library)

7 best books like The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness: A Vindication of Democracy and a Critique of its Traditional Defense (Scribner library) (Reinhold Niebuhr): The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World, Mistress of the Art of Death, The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World, Terns of Endearment, Fortune Furlough, Lark! The Herald Angels Sing, Owl Be Home for Christmas: A Meg Langslow Mystery

The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World

Author

Andrea Wulf

The acclaimed author of Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world—and in the process created modern environmentalism.

Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) was an intrepid...

Mistress of the Art of Death

Author	Ariana Franklin
ISBN	0399154140

A chilling, mesmerizing novel that combines the best of modern forensic thrillers with the detail and drama of historical fiction. In medieval Cambridge, England, four children have been murdered. The crimes are immediately blamed on the town's Jewish community, taken as evidence that Jews sacrifice...

The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World

Author

Michael Pollan

The book that helped make Michael Pollan, the New York Times bestselling author of Cooked and The Omnivore’s Dilemma, one of the most trusted food experts in America

Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee collects...

Terns of Endearment

Author	Donna Andrews
ISBN	1250192978

A new side-splitting Meg Langslow mystery from award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Toucan Keep a Secret

Meg's grandfather has been booked to give lectures on a cruise as part of the education/entertainment itinerary, and he's arranged for a passel of family members to join...

Fortune Furlough

Author

Jana Deleon

It’s not a vacation until there’s a murder.

Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie are finally off to Florida on the vacation they’ve always talked about. Days filled with white sand, turquoise water, and fruity drinks are the only thing on the agenda. But when Gertie’s “hot date” turns...

Lark! The Herald Angels Sing

Author	Donna Andrews
ISBN	1250192943

Away in a manger, asleep on the hay, Meg Langslow finds a little gift.

For four previous Christmases, New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews has delighted readers with holiday mysteries, full of Christmas cheer and starring her quirky characters. Now she gives us another hilarious...

Owl Be Home for Christmas: A Meg Langslow Mystery

Author	Donna Andrews
ISBN	1250305314

New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews returns with another Meg Langslow mystery written "firmly in the grand tradition of Agatha Christie's Christmas books" (Toronto Globe and Mail).

The 26th book and the sixth Christmas mystery in the Meg Lansglow series, Owl Be Home for Christmas...