Chronicles of a Cruise Ship Crew Member: Answers to All the Questions Every Passenger Wants to Ask (3rd Edition) - Softcover

Kinser, Joshua

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1494363917 ISBN 13: 9781494363918

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

Written by a well-published author who worked on cruise ships for more than five years, this often hilarious, sometimes shocking, and always insightful book that's more than 500-pages long provides a comical behind-the-scenes look into what it's really like to work on a cruise ship. Take a tour below the waterline and explore the cramped, dirty, and dimly lit crew areas on a revealing journey through the cruise ship's underworld. Go where no passenger has gone before, and learn what the crew eats, where they sleep, how they party, and finally understand why all of the officers are Italian.

Climb aboard an adventure on the high seas and witness the wonderful side of ship life where crew members have whirlwind escapades while traveling the world aboard a massive sailing city.

Drawing from his experiences working as a musician and an art auctioneer, the author tells the laugh-out-loud and also poignant story of what cruise ship crew members experience from the minute they first step onto a ship to the day they walk down that gangway for the last time.

"Both funny and informative, this story reveals what really happens in the underbelly of a cruise ship, from the highs to the lows." Susie D., Proofreader, Red Adept Editing

"This fun and fact-filled memoir gives landlubbers a fond but not too romanticized glimpse of what it's like to be a crew member on a cruise ship. Journey with this young musician as he learns to live and love at sea." Kim H., Copy editor, Red Adept Editing

About this title

From the Author:

Other Books By Joshua Kinser:

• Eat Bark Fetch- A comedy about dogs (amazon.com/Eat-Bark-Fetch-Joshua-Kinser-ebook/dp/B01J9SA7MY)
  
• Cruise Ships Do Funny Things To Me- A collection of true short stories that peers through the porthole for a comical glimpse into the ship life of a cruise ship crew member.
• The Hull Truth: Chronicles of a Cruise Ship Crew Member (Book Two)- A behind-the-scenes look at what it's like to work on a cruise ship as an art auctioneer. This humorous true story follows the author and his girlfriend through the often seedy and full-speed-ahead life as high-seas art hawkers.
• Ship of Darkness: Chronicles of a Cruise Ship Crew Member (Book Three)- A true story about a port-hopping adventure along the coast of Italy, Spain, Greece, and France that follows the misadventures of the author and his always-optimistic girlfriend after they are transferred to a cruise ship that crew members call a "ship of darkness".
• The Cruise Ship Capers and the Missing Klimt: An Art Heist on the High Seas (Fiction)- Comedy and intrigue emerge after a priceless painting by Gustav Klimt vanishes into the briny thin air. Everyone aboard the seven-day Caribbean cruise is a suspect.
• Good Dog, Bad Mountain: A Memoir About a Dog, a Young Man, and a Hike on the Appalachian Trail- A hilarious, poignant, and sometimes heartbreaking true story about a hike on the Appalachian Trail. Mowgli is the eccentric, lovable, and somewhat destructive German Shepherd that leads the way.
• Florida Gulf Coast, published by Moon Handbooks- A guidebook exploring the best of Florida's Gulf Coast from Pensacola to Everglades National Park. Advice on the best beaches, accommodations, restaurants, activities, and major attractions.
• Hiking South Carolina, Falcon Guides- A guidebook to more than 60 of the best trails in South Carolina.
• Five-Star Trails: Charlotte- A hiking guide to over 30 great hikes around Charlotte, NC.
• Five-Star Trails: Raleigh- A hiking guide to over 30 great hikes around Raleigh, NC.
• Spotlight Pensacola: Including Fort Walton Beach and Alabama Gulf Shores- A 90-page compact guide covering this picture-perfect beach retreat.

About the Author:

Joshua Kinser writes about cruise ships, travel, and music. He is the author of over fifteen books, including a Caribbean Cruise Ports travel guide published by Lonely Planet, several travel guides to the Southeast US published by Hachette Book Group, and a best-selling book, Chronicles of a Cruise Ship Crew Member, about what it's really like to work aboard cruise ships. He worked on cruise ships for more than five years as a drummer in the orchestra, and later as an art auctioneer. He has taken over 300 cruises that sailed to over 40 countries. He has worked as a writer for major newspapers, magazines, and book publishers.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1494363917
• ISBN 13: 9781494363918
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 534