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Brian David Bruns

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https://www.motivational-monsters.com

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Self Help, Humor and Comedy, Paranormal

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Brian David Bruns is the author of Cruise Confidential, Foreword Magazine’s Humor Book of the Year and a Benjamin Franklin Award winner. ABC’s 20/20 featured his work; Deborah Roberts said, “This man has seen it all.” Peter Greenberg of the Today Show called it “absolutely hilarious.”

Bruns has lived in Transylvania, traveled through 70 countries, and turned up in articles in a dozen languages—and, to his delight, in the British tabloids.

He now writes Motivational Monsters®, a blend of cheeky humor, quirky history, and useful life skills disguised as monster lore. He also created the Not Monsters Pledge, helping animals abused by superstition, fear, and ignorance: black cats, wolves, and bats.

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	Cruise Confidential: A Hit Below the Waterline: Where the Crew Lives, Eats, Wars, and Parties: One Crazy Year Working on Cruise Ships 3.38 avg rating — 1,874 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ship for Brains 3.59 avg rating — 410 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cruise Confidential 3: Unsinkable Mister Brown 3.82 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	High Seas Drifter 3.95 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rumble Yell: Discovering America's Biggest Bike Ride 3.63 avg rating — 79 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cruise a la Carte: 30 behind-the-scenes morsels to entertain and delight 3.79 avg rating — 42 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Comstock Phantoms: Ghost Stories of Virginia City 4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Romania with Love: A True Global Romance (Gone with the Waves Book 1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wet Orpheus (Gone with the Waves, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Everyone, from every corner of the globe, was horrified to learn Americans intentionally destroy the entire nutritional value of salads by smothering them in thick condiments made of buttermilk and sugar.”
― Brian David Bruns, Cruise Confidential: A Hit Below the Waterline: Where the Crew Lives, Eats, Wars, and Parties - One Crazy Year Working on Cruise Ships

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“I always put the pretty ladies on the dessert station,” he continued. “Guests love it. I only want women sweeter than sugar.”
― Brian David Bruns, Cruise Confidential: A Hit Below the Waterline: Where the Crew Lives, Eats, Wars, and Parties - One Crazy Year Working on Cruise Ships

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