The Secrets of Life series is written for everyone who, frankly, needs a spot of cheering up, and will provide conversation starters for years after reading! The first book in the four-part series contends that if we set received wisdom to one side and really dig into the facts, there are actually very few 'secrets' in life.
Rick Steves offers his signature advice on the most worthwhile sights and experiences in Northern Ireland in this fully revised guidebook excerpted from Rick Steves Ireland
The second book in the four-part series debates the steps that led to us being so completely different to anything that had ever appeared before. If we really were just another kind of animal off the production line of life, then what were the revolutions that turbo-charged our abilities?
Excerpted from Rick's comprehensive European guides, these lightweight, portable guides are a good choice for travelers visiting a specific city or region, rather than multiple European destinations
The third in the four-part series explains how game theory developed, and why it came to show us not only how humans arrive at their decisions, but why so much of the apparently bizarre behaviour of the natural world has the same mathematical logic to it.
The final in the four-part series shows what the theories, research and science all add up to. It examines the evidence that illustrates how wrong most people in thinking the world is descending into darkness and chaos, and shows instead that it's actually improving at an astonishing rate.
Rick Steves dives into the heart and soul of the Emerald Isle with this bestselling comprehensive guide
A dramatic new story set in the Irish corridors of power during the Second World War. Sometimes the past is too frightening to visit.
Excerpted from Rick's comprehensive European guides, these lightweight, portable guides are a good choice for travellers visiting a specific city or region, rather than multiple European destinations