Synopsis "Discovering America's Biggest Bike Ride: Rumble Yell (in English)"
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 choose to reconnect over a hometown tradition that just happens to be the world's biggest bike ride: RAGBRAI. 500 miles of biking during the hottest week of the year - humidity 100%, bugs 1000% - seemed like the ideal way to "get to know you" again. Their plans are waylaid by a last-minute addition: an outrageous, mysterious sailor named Cheek. His presence is not only intrusive, but utterly disastrous.From Cedar Rapids Gazette Rumble Yell begins with the story of Bruns' training regimen in Las Vegas, where this novice rider learns a series of valuable-and hilarious-lessons, such as not to wear underwear with biking shorts and the proper way to look into a latrine while wearing a bike helmet.Can't Miss titles: In the Cruise Confidential series 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 years he spent working on cruise ships takes readers down into the areas where the crew works and lives, leaving readers gasping with laughter as they're assaulted nonstop with events that range from the absurd to the utterly bizarre. In the Cruise Confidential series 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 years he spent working on cruise ships takes readers down into the areas where the crew works and lives, leaving readers gasping with laughter as they're assaulted nonstop with events that range from the absurd to the utterly bizarre. "This man has seen it all!" - Deborah Roberts, ABC 20/20 "Bruns' prose ... proves his steady and deliberate writing voice." - Writer's Digest "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 "I found it absolutely hysterical!" - Peter Greenberg, Today Show "Part Love Boat, part Mutiny on the Bounty, Cruise Confidential does for cruising what Animal House did for higher education." - New York Times Bestseller J. Maarten Troost "Cruise Confidential is a deliciously addictive read, a blistering kiss-and-tell about the dysfunctional life working on cruise ships." - Doug Lansky, Travel Channel "The funniest travel book I've read in years." - Peter Mandel, author of My Ocean Liner "This is a really entertaining true tale by a guy who struggles through the bizarre world of cruise ship employment. Bruns paints a clear picture of 'how the sausage is made'." - San Francisco Chronicle "I couldn't put it down." - Chicago Sun-Times "Cruise Confidential is a juicy tell-all. The crew deals with the 'sweatshop' conditions by indulging in massive amounts of alcohol and sex." - Cleveland Plain Dealer "Witty and self-deprecating [Bruns] has a flair for dialogue, and his book is chock full of whacky characters..." - Blogcritics Magazine
