Adventurer B. D. Bruns has traveled to over 50 countries to gather material for his bestselling books. He's won 19 national and international book awards, including three national Book of the Year awards. Bruns' first fiction book, The Gothic Shift (2014) won the International Book Awards Best Short Story Collection. He also contributes to Yahoo Travel, BBC, CNN, The Daily Beast, and The Travel Channel.
Bruns' travel adventures span from entering the Pyramids of Giza and swimming in the Panama Canal to climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro and touring Torture Museums in Estonia. He has attended ceremonies from the descendants of cannibals in the South Pacific and has been consulted by a ghost tour in Malta. After residing in Dracula's hometown for several years, Bruns moved to Las Vegas with his Romanian wife, where they live with two cats, Julius and Caesar. www.BDBruns.com
"This man has seen it all!" - 20/20
"I found it absolutely hysterical!" - Today Show
"I couldn't put it down." - Chicago Sun-Times
"Bruns doesn't hold back..." - Thomas Cook Magazine (UK)
"Cruise Confidential is a deliciously addictive read..." - Travel Channel
"This is a very funny, behind-the-scenes exploration of a cruise ship." - Booklist
"... the real party is going on in the crew's quarters..." - USA Today
Cruise Confidential: A Hit Below the Waterline: Where the Crew Lives, Eats, Wars, and Parties -- One Crazy Year Working...
by Brian David Bruns
In Cruise Confidential, Brian David Bruns spills the dirt or in this case, the dirty water on those romantic, fun-filled vacations at sea. His hilarious chronicle of the year he spent working for Carnival Cruise Lines takes readers down into the areas where the crew works and lives, leaving readers gasping with laughter as they’re...
Cruise a la Carte: 30 behind-the-scenes morsels to entertain and delight
by Brian David Bruns
30 behind-the-scenes cruise facts to entertain and delight. Discover life below the waterline, where dozens of nationalities combine into a true melting pot. From multiple Humor Book of the Year author comes the memories, the dramas, and most of all the laughs, of a job unlike anything else in the world. We enjoy vacation. They live...
From Midwest Book Review:Perhaps the icon of excess, cruise ships carry many strange diversions for those with money to burn. Ship for Brains looks into…the twists and turns of politics that often occur when one lives on a ship and what can be experienced upon it. With a grand dose of humor and a good dose of memoir, Ship for Brains is a...
Discovering America's Biggest Bike Ride: Rumble Yell
by Brian David Bruns
Grand Prize Winner - USA Regional Excellence Book AwardsBook of the Year, Humor - Foreword AwardsWinner - Sports, USA Regional Excellence Book AwardsBronze - Paris Book FestivalFinalist - Book of the Year, Travel- Foreword MagazineThe rollicking, true story of two men rekindling an old friendship after twenty years. Foolishly, they...
Within one of America's Top 12 Distinctive Destinations, a secret lurks. America's Largest Historic Landmark is also its most haunted! 150 years ago, the boomtown of Virginia City, NV helped shape America as we know it today. A century after the mines played out, the town has little changed. Ghosts glide over original Old West boardwalks...
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