Once Upon a Cruise

Once Upon a Cruise

Author: Danny Leone

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2011-08-12

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 1465342788

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Danny Leone has spent 43 years on board ships as a Cruise Director, Program Manager, and Producer of shows and is among the most highly respected in his field. He made his professional show business debut at age eleven on Broadway playing a choir boy in The Man Who Came to Dinner. In 1949 he appeared with Paul Muni in a revival of the Broadway show They Knew What They Wanted. After a two year US Army hitch during the Korean War he and a female partner were booked as a lounge act by Moore McCormack Lines for a 38 day round trip South American Cruise aboard the SS Brazil. He then was hired by Moore McCormack as an assistant on two cruises preparing him for his calling as a career Cruise Director. Danny Leone has travelled to the far corners of the globe, met interesting people, come up against challenging, heartwarming, and sometimes hilarious situations, and experienced the wonders and excitement only a world traveler could begin to share. Although during this time he has had several stints on stage, screen, and television he has always responded to the lure of travelling to distant ports on Cruise ships and has become a multi-lingual Ambassador of Good Will for the United States. Once Upon a Cruise reads like a travelogue against the backdrop of a young manĺs struggle to achieve his dreams. Danny Leone is a premier Cruise Director and entertainer and his first book chronicles his story from early childhood to the conclusion of his maiden voyage. This is a must read for anyone who has ever vacationed on the high seas.


Once Upon a Cruise: A Wish Novel

Once Upon a Cruise: A Wish Novel

Author: Anna Staniszewski

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2016-09-27

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 0545884977

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A funny, fractured fairy tale (sort of) from the author of the beloved Dirt Diaries series! Ainsley never wanted to spend her summer on a fairy tale cruise--especially since, instead of lounging by the pool, she's running around the ship doing favor after favor for her cruise director mom. Things aren't all bad--it's good to see her mom acting confident again after the divorce, and she's learning a lot about obscure German fairy tales and how to fold towels into entertaining shapes for little kids (um, yay?). There's also a guy who's super cute, even in a dorky dwarf costume--if only Ainsley could get Prince Handsome to stop babbling about himself long enough for her to say more than 'hi' to the cute dwarf!But once the cruise starts, things start to go wrong: the laundry turns pink, the kitchen runs out of food, the guy playing the Pig King is always in Ainsley's hair, and her mom expects her to be in a hundred places all at once. Is this fairy tale cruise under a wicked curse? Or can Ainsley stand up for herself and make the cruise end happily ever after?


Once Upon a Cruise: a Wish Novel

Once Upon a Cruise: a Wish Novel

Author: Anna Staniszewski

Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780545879866

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Ainsley's divorced mother is the director on a summer fairy tale (definitely not Disney) cruise, and nearly-thirteen-year-old Ainsley is annoyed that she is expected to spend her summer vacation helping out in hundred different ways, without much in the way of free time to chat up the cute boy playing the "Pig King"--then once the ship actually sets sail things start to go wrong, and Ainsley begins to wonder whether this fairy tale is cursed.


Once Upon a Dream

Once Upon a Dream

Author: Liz Braswell

Publisher: Disney Electronic Content

Published: 2016-04-05

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 1484707656

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What if the sleeping beauty never woke up? Once Upon a Dream marks the second book in a new YA line that reimagines classic Disney stories in surprising new ways. It should be simple--a dragon defeated, a slumbering princess in a castle, a prince poised to wake her. But when the prince falls asleep as his lips touch the fair maiden's, it is clear that this fairy tale is far from over. With a desperate fairy's last curse controlling her mind, Princess Aurora must escape from a different castle of thorns and navigate a dangerously magical landscape--created from her very own dreams. Aurora isn't alone--a charming prince is eager to join her quest, and old friends offer their help. But as Maleficent's agents follow her every move, Aurora struggles to discover who her true allies are and, moreover, who she truly is. Time is running out. Will the sleeping beauty be able to wake herself up?


The Jetsetters

The Jetsetters

Author: Amanda Eyre Ward

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Published: 2021-03-30

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 0399181911

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • Named One of the Best Beach Reads of the Year by Parade, O: The Oprah Magazine, and Good Housekeeping “The exuberant activity aboard the Splendido Marveloso is no match for the fireworks set off as the lies explode. Full of wicked humor and delicious destination details.”—People (Book of the Week) NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE When seventy-year-old Charlotte Perkins submits a sexy essay to the Become a Jetsetter contest, she dreams of reuniting her estranged children: Lee, an almost-famous actress; Cord, a handsome Manhattan venture capitalist who can’t seem to find a partner; and Regan, a harried mother who took it all wrong when Charlotte bought her a Weight Watchers gift certificate for her birthday. Charlotte yearns for the years when her children were young, when she was a single mother who meant everything to them. When she wins the contest, the family packs their baggage—both literal and figurative—and spends ten days traveling from sun-drenched Athens through glorious Rome to tapas-laden Barcelona on an over-the-top cruise ship, the Splendido Marveloso. As lovers new and old join the adventure, long-buried secrets are revealed and old wounds are reopened, forcing the Perkins family to confront the forces that drove them apart and the defining choices of their lives. Can four lost adults find the peace they’ve been seeking by reconciling their childhood aches and coming back together? In the vein of The Nest and The Vacationers, The Jetsetters is a delicious and intelligent novel about the courage it takes to reveal our true selves, the pleasures and perils of family, and how we navigate the seas of adulthood.


Once Upon the Rhine

Once Upon the Rhine

Author: R. A. Anderson

Publisher:

Published: 2020-10-16

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781950590193

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Fifty years before an American boy named Brody explored the streets of Basel, Switzerland with his family, Cody the Cockatrice had become obsolete. Because children had grown to believe he wasn't real, that he was just a mythological creature, Cody was no longer visible and his job as a child guardian was impossible. Then Brody takes notice of the strange statue standing guard over most of the water fountains around the city of Basel while on a tour with his family. As he fills his water bottle, their Swiss Chocolatier tour guide explains that the mythological creature was fathered by a rooster, mothered by a lizard, hatched by a toad, and had the tail and wings of a dragon. But wait. If he is an imaginary creature, how does Brody see a real one sitting right next to the statue?!Cody realizes Brody sees him and has no idea what to do. Fifty years is a long time! Can he be a Cockatrice God Parent (CGP) to an American? If so, will he have to leave Basel and go back to America with the boy? Cody decides to follow the family down the Rhine River on their Disney river boat cruise, where he finds he is more than needed by Brody and his brothers.


Happily Ever Island

Happily Ever Island

Author: Crystal Cestari

Publisher: Disney Electronic Content

Published: 2022-06-07

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 1368075711

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Welcome to Happily Ever Island, the most pixie-dusted vacation a Disney fan could ever imagine. Head-in-the-clouds romantic Madison and driven pragmatist Lanie are unlikely best friends, but the two would do anything for each other. So when Madison's life starts to fall apart, Lanie agrees to join Madison for the test run of Disney's newest resort experience during their first college spring break: Happily Ever Island—an immersive vacation destination, where guests can become their favorite Disney character for a week. Madison decides to go as the iconic princess herself, Cinderella, with Lanie as bow-wielding Merida. It's not Lanie's idea of fun, but she knows Madison needs her, and besides, she could use the break from her strenuous courseload anyway. Plus, maybe she'll get to shoot things. But once on the island, Lanie and Madison begin to drift apart. Madison finds herself either missing out or messing up all the enchanting moments she has dreamt her whole life about, and is forever running into their annoyingly perfect (and distractingly cute) vacation's coordinator, Val. Meanwhile, Lanie unexpectedly finds herself swept up in the magic of it all. She strikes up a secret romance with Prince Charming—but there's no telling whether he's just playing a part. In this delightful YA rom-com inspired by Disney fandom, get swept up in a whirlwind of laughter, tears, and more than just a touch of Disney magic.


The Imperial Cruise

The Imperial Cruise

Author: James Bradley

Publisher: Little, Brown

Published: 2009-11-24

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 0316039667

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In 1905 President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Howard Taft on the largest U.S. diplomatic mission in history to Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, China, and Korea. Roosevelt's glamorous twenty-one year old daughter Alice served as mistress of the cruise, which included senators and congressmen. On this trip, Taft concluded secret agreements in Roosevelt's name. In 2005, a century later, James Bradley traveled in the wake of Roosevelt's mission and discovered what had transpired in Honolulu, Tokyo, Manila, Beijing and Seoul. In 1905, Roosevelt was bully-confident and made secret agreements that he though would secure America's westward push into the Pacific. Instead, he lit the long fuse on the Asian firecrackers that would singe America's hands for a century.


Once Upon a Caveman

Once Upon a Caveman

Author: Cassandra Gannon

Publisher:

Published: 2017-10-02

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 9781549884450

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Lucy Meadowcroft's life hasn't turned out the way she planned. Her hometown always thought she'd go out and change the world. Instead, fifteen years out of high school, Lucy's working in a bookstore and her social life consists of sex dreams about a caveman named Rhawn. Granted, they're pretty awesome dreams, but it's not like the guy is real, right? He's smart and gorgeous and totally a figment of her frustrated imagination. All in all, things could be going a lot better for her. When Lucy reluctantly agrees to go on the Woodward High Reunion Cruise, she's feeling pretty miserable about her place in the world. ...And that's before the shipwreck.Now Lucy's somehow marooned in the Ice Age. She's stranded on an island filled with guys in loincloths who think she's "the Destroyer," an evil goddess sent to sink their homeland into the sea. This is *so* not what the alumni committee promised in the cruise brochure. The wooly mammoths and sabretooth tigers running around tell Lucy that she's a castaway in some other world. And in the middle of this prehistoric insanity, Lucy finds herself face-to-face with the caveman from her dreams. Rhawn the Accursed is reviled within the Clan. Every night, he dreams of Earth, the land of the gods, and of the Destroyer, the deity destined to end the world. Rhawn realizes that Lucy must be the wicked goddess, but he also senses that this woman is meant to be his mate. There is good in her. He knows it. All he has to do is persuade the rest of the Clan not to kill her, show Lucy that they were fated to find one another, devise a way to escape the island, and survive Lucy's annoying classmates, who've washed ashore with her. It shouldn't be that hard.After all, they have a few days left before the volcano erupts.


A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again

Author: David Foster Wallace

Publisher: Back Bay Books

Published: 2009-11-23

Total Pages: 549

ISBN-13: 0316090522

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These widely acclaimed essays from the author of Infinite Jest -- on television, tennis, cruise ships, and more -- established David Foster Wallace as one of the preeminent essayists of his generation. In this exuberantly praised book -- a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern literary theory to the supposed fun of traveling aboard a Caribbean luxury cruiseliner -- David Foster Wallace brings to nonfiction the same curiosity, hilarity, and exhilarating verbal facility that has delighted readers of his fiction, including the bestselling Infinite Jest.