Around the World on the QE2: The Last of the Great Ocean Liners    by George Perkins
Price: $5.00 USD. 76120 words. Published on May 14, 2010. .
A personal account of the the ship's last world cruise, with many photos. Places visited include the Taj Mahal, Jaipur,Mount Parnassus, Cape Horn, Egypt, Easter Island, Hong Kong,the Great Wall, Dubai, Salalah, Safaga, Valencia, Lisbon, Fort Lauderdale, Barbados, Salvadore da Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Strait of Magellan,Tahiti, Moorea, Pitcairn Island,Tonga, New Zealand,and Australia

At Risk: Passion and Peril at Sea    by Jackie Ullerich
Price: $5.99 USD. 89010 words. Published by Brighton Publishing LLC  on June 28, 2011. .
At Risk explores the complexities of love and marriage, as well as the dark side of racism and bigotry—all aboard the luxury cruise liner, the Sea Star. A cruise along the Mexican Riviera is the setting for a disparate group of passengers who dine together nightly. In that intimacy, they reveal aspects of their lives and family backgrounds which sets in motion a terrifying series of events.