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Cruise Control

Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Black Whisker Publishing, April 20, 2006
ISBN: 0978535707
Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches

Cruise Control: Your Peace of Mind at Sea by Ronald Butcher is a comprehensive safety at sea guide written by someone who spent 23 years with the US Coast Guard.

Written in an entertaining and informative style, it covers a whole host of personal safety and health issues including fires at sea, water survival, what to do if someone falls overboard and bad weather.

This is no fun read and while you cannot predict what might happen, with the knowledge from this book you can be better prepared and help reduce the risk of something going wrong in the first place by taking a positive approach to safety. For example surveying an area to identify all the potential exit routes.

As well as physical safety issues, it also covers other topics such as vacation insurance, missing the boat, port substitution, cancellations, gambling, sanitation and food hygiene.

"Straight Up, No Sippin'"

ISBN: 1435717295. "Straight Up, No Sippin'": Memoirs of Life and Work onboard Mega Cruise Ships by George Stowers was published by Lulu.com on April 30, 2008.

George Stowers has worked on some of the grandest cruise ships for the last 8 years and in this book, he relays some of his observations on cruise behaviour of both passengers and crew and life working in the gift shop of a mega cruise ship.

Cruise Crazy

ISBN: 1933102594. Cruise Crazy: The Cruise Addict's Survival Guide by Bob Mick "Dr Kruz Nutty" was published by Capital Books on November 15, 2007.

Cruise Crazy is just the book for anyone who is addicted to cruising. Take a quiz to find out which of the four levels of cruise crazy you fall into, from Pre-Cruise Psychosis through Traumatic Travel Syndrome and Sea Junky to Severe Ship Separation Anxiety at the end of the voyage.

This light hearted book pokes fun at cruise obsessions with its 25 step Cruise Recovery Program to help you get over your cruise withdrawal symptoms.

What Time Is the Midnight Buffet?

ISBN: 1583484884. What Time Is the Midnight Buffet?: Tales from the Cruise Adventure of a Lifetime by Richard T. Holleran was published by iUniverse Star on April 11, 2007.

It tells the amusing adventures of Richard T. Holleran and his wife as they took their first ever cruise to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary.

Permanent Passenger

ISBN: 1435706188. Permanent Passenger: My Life on a Cruise Ship by Micha Berman was published by Lulu.com on December 29, 2007.

This is the humorous adventures of an Assistant Cruise Director on Carnival Cruise Line's M.S. Ecstasy, one of the largest cruise ships in the world.

Stories include rescues at sea, stowaways and cruise romances.

Speak On Cruise Ships

ISBN: 1434809978. Speak On Cruise Ships: 8 Easy Steps To A Lifetime Of Free Luxury Cruises by Daniel Hall was published by CreateSpace on January 1, 2008.

This book explains how you as an onboard cruise ship speaker can enjoy free luxury cruises throughout the world. The high price tag includes a free coaching trial from the author.

Bureaucrat to Tramp

ISBN: 1412086949. Bureaucrat to Tramp: A Freighter Cruise Adventure was published by Trafford Publishing on February 13, 2007.

A great book if you are thinking about alternatives to regular cruising with suggestions on what to pack, what sort of food you can expect and how life on a freighter is different and better than a regular cruise ship.