The Great Luxury Liners, 1927-1954

The Great Luxury Liners, 1927-1954
Author: William H. Miller
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 184
Release: 1981-01-01
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780486240565

186 photos of Ile de France, Normandie, Leviathan, Queen Elizabeth, United States, many others. Interior and exterior views.

The Insiders' Guide to Becoming a Yacht Stewardess 2nd Edition

The Insiders' Guide to Becoming a Yacht Stewardess 2nd Edition
Author: Julie Perry
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2013-08-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1614487863

Since 2006, The Insiders’ Guide to Becoming a Yacht Stewardess has been a must-read guide for hopeful, young travelers and those intrigued by a career path in the super-yacht industry. Hundreds of yacht crew in the industry today used Julie’s book to get started---and succeed---working aboard yachts. Entertaining and educational, this book not only covers who owns luxury yachts, where they travel, and what taking care of their eccentric owners is like, but it describes the awe-inspiring benefits of the job, the skills required, and a clear-cut roadmap for how others can do it, too. If the terrific pay and benefits that come from accompanying celebrities and dignitaries on their private journeys around the world appeals to you, consider Julie Perry your new career coach. Let her guide you to the sea of opportunity that awaits young travelers in one of the world’s most adventurous and mind-boggling industries: LUXURY YACHTING.

Cruise Ships

Cruise Ships
Author: Peter C. Smith
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Total Pages: 624
Release: 2011-06-13
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1783461055

The stunning elegance and luxurious interiors of todays vast fleet of cruise liners remains unrecorded in all but holiday brochures. This book gives a complete overview of the cream of these ships, todays queens of the sea. Each liner is illustrated and described with color illustrations of external and interior views. Details of the design, building and service history of each vessel are provided with vital statistics of the ship and its facilities.Among the ships included are Cunards Queen Victoria and Queen Mary 2, the big new Princess Line liners—Ruby, Grand Sea and Celebrity Eclipse, the two Ocean Village ships and the largest of the P&O liners Ventura, Oceana, Arcadia, Aurora and Artemis. This is a book of reference for maritime enthusiasts, would-be holiday cruisers and those who have been passengers.

German Luxury Ocean Liners

German Luxury Ocean Liners
Author: Nils Schwerdtner
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 717
Release: 2013-07-15
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1445614715

Profusely illustrated history of German ocean liners and cruise ships.

The Fabulous Interiors of the Great Ocean Liners in Historic Photographs

The Fabulous Interiors of the Great Ocean Liners in Historic Photographs
Author: William H. Miller
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 170
Release: 1985
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Some 200 superb photographs -- in long shots and close-ups -- capture exquisite interiors of world’s great "floating palaces" -- 1890s to 1980s: Titanic, �le de France, Queen Elizabeth, United States, Europa, more. Informative captions provide key details.

The White Ships

The White Ships
Author: Duncan O'Brien
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2008
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780968673416

The White Ships is the first comprehensive history of the classic white liners--the Malolo, Mariposa, Monterey, Lurline, and Matsonia--operated by Matson Navigation Company between California, Hawaii, the South Pacific, New Zealand, and Australia from 1927 to 1978. This deluxe volume features hundreds of color and black-and-white photos and reproductions of Matson memorabilia. The accompanying text is a chronology of the ships, their ports of call, and the people who sailed on them.

Liners to the Sun

Liners to the Sun
Author: John Maxtone-Graham
Publisher: Sheridan House, Inc.
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2000
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781574091076

This book takes a candid and insightful look at the rich history, construction and crew of the great ships.

Sealift

Sealift
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1973
Genre:
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