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Veteran cruise director's book tells of life above and below decks

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Peter Longley, a Scottish-born former cruise director on Queen Elizabeth 2, among other ships, published 'Twenty-Five Years Before the Mast,' a memoir of life above and below decks.

Longley covers everything from gala buffets to musicians’ strikes, from entertaining royalty to evacuation at sea, from drydocks to exciting ports. He talks about fabulous entertainers and extraordinary passengers, from Bob Hope to South African President Nelson Mandela.

Readers will also encounter murder at sea, a 90-foot wave and how terrorism has changed security forever.

'Twenty-five Years Before the Mast' (Page Publishing, New York) is available at bookstores or online at the Apple iTunes store, Amazon, Google Play and Barnes & Noble.