George Perkins: 5 books

Australia's wonderful beaches,spectacular back country, bush fires and wild life, panning for gold and sapphires, Sydney, the University of Newcastle, Australian literature, Peter Carey, Thomas Keneally, wombats, emus, koalas, kangaroos, Ned Kelly, Byron Bay, Hunter Valley Wineries, convict history: these are a few of the topics covered.

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,...

A handbook for writers. Intended for self-help and classroom use, it contains chapters on the paragraph, the sentence, diction, the writing as a whole, and style, with exercises at the end of each chapter. Intended primarily to clarify the writing of essays, memoirs, and other forms of non-fiction, it also provides suggestions for improving fictional style.

Cruising on the Holland American ship Prinsendam from England to Denmark,East Germany,Estonia, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Holland, France, Guernsey and Spain. Highlights include the Carnac Megoliths, The Peterhof in St. Petersburg, La Coruña and Bilbao in Spain, the glorious landscape and sad WWII history of Guernsey, the Delft tile works, and the Chocolate Museum in Belgium.

An account of a 2010 journey by Holland America cruise ship to the Baltic and North Atlantic with shore excursions in England, Denmark, Estonia, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Holland, East Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, and Guernsey. Many colored photographs by th authors are included.