Tough but fair reviews of the 1995 cruise industry. Travel journalist Anne Campbell presents an authoritative, entertaining guide that is indispensable for finding a dream cruise at the best possible price. Campbell's career has taken her to far-flung locales ranging from Australia to Zimbabwe.

The ultimate magic carpet ride, Fielding's totally new, encyclopedic volume for choosing the perfect cruise is two books in one, showing ratings of all significant ships and profiles of the cruise lines, as well as touring information for the major ports of call. 35 photos. 60 maps.

After 500,000 miles of free travel, this expert advises how to receive free accommodations, cruises, package tours, and more. He reveals that "there is such a thing as a free lunch, (and) one can eat it in Tahiti, Bermuda, Singapore, Rio, or wherever one chooses".

An award-winning travel writer specializing in cruises, Blum offers sound advice on everything first-time cruisers need to know; what to pack alternatives to megaship, cruises, and more. Essential for all novice cruisers.

Where do you begin with a writer as original and brilliant as David Foster Wallace? Here -- with a carefully considered selection of his extraordinary body of work, chosen by a range of great writers, critics, and those who worked with him most closely. This volume presents his most dazzling, funniest, and most heartbreaking work -- essays like his famous cruise-ship piece, "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again," excerpts from his novels The Broom of the System, Infinite Jest, and The Pale King, and legendary stories like "The Depressed Person." Wallace's explorations of morality, self-consciousness, addiction, sports, love, and the many other subjects that occupied him are represented here in both fiction and nonfiction. Collected for the first time are Wallace's first published story, "The View from Planet Trillaphon as Seen In Relation to the Bad Thing" and a selection of his work as a writing instructor, including reading lists, grammar guides, and general guidelines for his students. A dozen writers and critics, including Hari Kunzru, Anne Fadiman, and Nam Le, add afterwords to favorite pieces, expanding our appreciation of the unique pleasures of Wallace's writing. The result is an astonishing volume that shows the breadth and range of "one of America's most daring and talented writers" (Los Angeles Times Book Review) whose work was full of humor, insight, and beauty.

This comprehensive new guide, written in conjunction with the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), explains cruising in detail, the fastest growing segment of the travel industry. Chapters cover everything from who cruises and why to how to successfully market and sell cruises to the public. Detailed information is provided on cruise history, ship types, the cruise experience, where to cruise, how the industry operates, and promotional materials. The variety of activities -- including Internet activities -- found throughout reinforces concepts through practical application of learned material. Information on how to obtain Cruise Lines International Association certification is included.