Tales From Great Passenger Ships
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| Author | : Paul Curtis |
| Publisher | : History Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2023-08-10 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781803992112 |
A collection of stories from many of the best-known passenger ships and liners, that vividly showcase the romance and tragedy of life at sea This latest book from ex-Queen Mary entertainments officer Paul Curtis collates a lively selection of stories about some of the greatest and most fascinating passenger ships to ever ply the world's oceans. Stories range from tragic to funny, from elegant Cunard Queens to smaller cruise liners, and even the Royal Yacht Britannia. They present vivid snapshots from the lives of these vessels across war and peace, covering such matters as the foibles of captains, the escapades of passengers and crew, the most terrible disasters, and the greatest thrilling rescues. This collection of intimate portraits of the most famous and notorious ships of all time, relayed in the author's trademark humorous style, is sure to be the perfect accompaniment to any voyage, whether on the high seas or simply from an armchair at home.
| Author | : Kit Bonner Carolyn Bonner |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 148 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Shipwrecks |
| ISBN | : 9781610606806 |
| Author | : William H., Jr. Miller |
| Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 316 |
| Release | : 2012-06-29 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 0486141632 |
Nearly 200 photographs, many from private collections, highlight tales of some of the vessels whose pleasure cruises ended in catastrophe: the Morro Castle, Normandie, Andrea Doria, Europa, and many others.
| Author | : Wayne Louis Kadar |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 212 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : |
From author Wayne Kadar, this book explores the tragic tales of ships designed to carry passengers, be it a ferry, a day or weekend excursion vessel or a ship with cabins for extended cruises. Meticulously researched by Kadar, these stories from the tragedy of the
| Author | : Brian David Bruns |
| Publisher | : Travelers' Tales |
| Total Pages | : 386 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Humor |
| ISBN | : 193236160X |
Bruns spills the dirt--or in this case, the dirty water--on those romantic, fun-filled vacations at sea in this hilarious chronicle of the year he spent working for Carnival Cruise Lines. In this breezy expos, readers go below the waterline, where the crew lives, eats, wars, and parties.
| Author | : L. C. Tang |
| Publisher | : Xulon Press |
| Total Pages | : 234 |
| Release | : 2020-10-15 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9781632214270 |
"I wanted freedom, open air, and adventure. I found it on the sea." Alain Gerbault The Untold Tales of a Sailor at Sea invites you to look behind cruise ship doors and join in one woman's adventures during her life at sea. Lincee Tang decides to celebrate her milestone thirtieth birthday with a vacation cruise which ignites her desire to sail away to many ports of call proudly wearing the uniform in the Entertainment Department. Lincee's story of making memories at sea unveils the hidden truths and untold stories of the sailing crew who work hard to make passengers' ocean journeys enjoyable. Taking hold of her courage to lose sight of the shore, Lincee discovers hidden talents within, forges ahead with resilience in tough situations, and has her chance at romance and love. Discover how removing inhibitions and fear of the unknown can lead to a whole world of possibilities and adventures. Finding growth in unexpected social, emotional and spiritual avenues leads one to explore how it is possible to reach new horizons. "The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." Jacques Cousteau "They that go down to the ship, that do business in great waters, these see the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep." Psalm 107: 23-24 "You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore." Christopher Columbus
| Author | : Paul Curtis |
| Publisher | : The History Press |
| Total Pages | : 214 |
| Release | : 2019-08-12 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 0750992743 |
This amusing insight into Cunard's legendary liners begins more than fifty years ago when Paul Curtis joined the original Queen Mary as entertainments officer. Over a Cunard high tea in the Queens Room, Paul recounts the stories of these iconic ships. Then, over a drink in the Red Lion, he shares the tales of the antics of both passengers and crews. The facts are delivered in vivid detail – some of them things you should know and an occasional peep at things you shouldn't. Simply turning these pages releases a sniff of the sea and a whiff of champagne. Paul has worked, travelled upon or photographed every Cunard Queen ever built. He has an offbeat sense of humour and a keen appetite for the ridiculous. A life at sea can do that to you.
| Author | : Heather Poole |
| Publisher | : Harper Collins |
| Total Pages | : 198 |
| Release | : 2012-03-06 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0062098845 |
Real-life flight attendant Heather Poole has written a charming and funny insider’s account of life and work in the not-always-friendly skies. Cruising Attitude is a Coffee, Tea, or Me? for the 21st century, as the author parlays her fifteen years of flight experience into a delightful account of crazy airline passengers and crew drama, of overcrowded crashpads in “Crew Gardens” Queens and finding love at 35,000 feet. The popular author of “Galley Gossip,” a weekly column for AOL’s award-winning travel website Gadling.com, Poole not only shares great stories, but also explains the ins and outs of flying, as seen from the flight attendant’s jump seat.
| Author | : Christopher Deakes |
| Publisher | : Seaforth Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 399 |
| Release | : 2013-12-19 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1783468793 |
This “handsome volume” offers a “lavishly illustrated” journey back to the golden age of steam travel through first-hand accounts and images of the passengers (Bruce Peter, author of Ship Style). A Century of Sea Travel is an eye-opening voyage through the golden years of the passenger steamship, a voyage described by the very travelers who sailed on these magnificent engineering marvels. In memoirs and letters home, diaries and the backs of postcards, the recorded experiences of every aspect of steamship travel are here relived: from details of the ships, the crew, and fellow passengers; to the food and entertainment on board; to tales of romance, accidents, and disasters; and of being dreadfully sick during storms at sea. The writers were emigrants or colonial rulers, men of letters, young men seeking their fortune, wives on their way to new homes abroad; some were rich, many were poor and escaping the hardship of downtrodden lives. All had in common the experience of voyaging at sea. Vividly brought to life by full-color and black-and-white postcards, travel posters, promotional brochures, fine art, photographs, maps, luggage labels, health inspection certificates, and itineraries, the authors have woven together word and image into a page-turning narrative that evocatively describes an age (1840–1950) now lost to time.
| Author | : Ken Pye |
| Publisher | : The History Press |
| Total Pages | : 211 |
| Release | : 2015-04-06 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0750964456 |
This fantastic collection of true tales celebrates the strange and curious secrets of Merseyside’s history. The fifty stories inside – from the lion in the wheelbarrow on the tightrope to the twelve young women ‘smothered by the incurable malady they caught of some sailors’, the true tale of the ‘man in the iron coffin’ and the strange and mysterious disappearance of the Everest mountaineers from Birkenhead – uncover some truly amazing and extraordinary facets of the area’s history and heritage.Richly illustrated and compiled by Liverpool’s own historian Ken Pye, this book will delight residents and visitors alike.
