Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar

6 best books like Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar (Edvard Radzinsky): The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York, Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took On New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City, Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream, Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of Christopher Columbus, The Spartacus War, The Enemies of Rome: From Hannibal to Attila the Hun

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

Author	Robert A. Caro
ISBN	0394720245

One of the most acclaimed books of our time, winner of both the Pulitzer and the Francis Parkman prizes, The Power Broker tells the hidden story behind the shaping (and mis-shaping) of twentieth-century New York (city and state) and makes public what few have known: that Robert Moses was, for almost...

Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took On New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City

Author	Anthony Flint
ISBN	1400066743

To a young Jane Jacobs, Greenwich Village, with its winding cobblestone streets and diverse makeup, was everything a city neighborhood should be. The activist, writer, and mother of three grew so fond of her bustling community that it became a touchstone for her landmark book The Death and Life of Great...

Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream

Author	Tanya Lee Stone
ISBN	0763636118

They had the right stuff. They defied the prejudices of the time. And they blazed a trail for generations of women to follow.

What does it take to be an astronaut? Excellence at flying, courage, intelligence, resistance to stress, top physical shape — any checklist would include these. But...

Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of Christopher Columbus

Author	Samuel Eliot Morison
ISBN	0316584789

Columbus: the vile, despicable villain, who brought torture, tragedy, and terror to the American continents--a founding father of white male arrogance and bigotry.

That is the most common depiction of the 15th century Genoese explorer that I come across from colleagues, media, and academics...

The Spartacus War

Author	Barry S. Strauss
ISBN	1416532056

An authoritative account from an expert author: The Spartacus War is the first popular history of the revolt in English.

The Spartacus War is the extraordinary story of the most famous slave rebellion in the ancient world, the fascinating true story behind a legend that has been the inspiration...

The Enemies of Rome: From Hannibal to Attila the Hun

Author

Philip Matyszak

Until recently, it was assumed that Rome carried the torch of civilization into the barbarian darkness, bringing law, architecture, and literature to conquered peoples. The alternative view now suggests that many of Rome's enemiesthe Celts, Hebrews, and Phoenicians, for examplewere developing...