Interesting Read From a Cruise Ship Insider

I stumbled across these two books last night while looking for new books for the Kindle app. I can honsestly say I have had problems setting them down. I read the first in one day and I'm already halfway through the second. The premise is very interesting and provides a rare peak into the innermost workings never seen by the average cruise ship guest. If you've ever wondered about who really keeps the ship running, where employees disappear to when in port, or what they really think of their American customers, you'll want to read these.

Cruise Confidential: A Hit Below the Waterline: Where the Crew Lives, Eats, Wars, and Parties. One Crazy Year Working on Cruise Ships by Brian David Bruns.
This book details Brian's experience as the first American to succesfully complete a cruise contract in the dining room of a Carnival Cruise line ship. It provides several eye-opening descriptions of how hard (or how little)some employees work for their pay, how hard they party, and how little sleep they get while making their customers experience memorable.


Ship For Brains: Cruise Confidential, Book 2 (Volume 2) by Brian David Bruns.
This is a sequel to Brian's first volume, detailing his experience leaping from an indentured servitude food preparation to high-dollar salesman in the shipboard artwork auction world. It contains closure to circumstances setup in the first book, while detailing the author's personal and career growth. If you have any interest in the greater world of cruise ships, these books will share the nitty gritty details and inside dirt, as well as some of the more personal moments of the varied international crew.

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