Doug, I ended up liking those smaller excursion books, which are more like the ones Silverseas does. You can hop in a cab with that little thing and cover what the ship's tours do, like Joanna and I did last March with taxi's on the Silversea Shadow with my little book in hand. However, I think Marcie pointed out earlier there is a lot missing that used to be in the bigger book that has a lot more information on the ports. I also can't remember what the doc jackets looked like for my cruise, but I think it was black as well. They are just too big, and I always throw them away and transfer stuff to that worn leather thing I bought at an airport in Italy years ago that is smaller, and fits in my purse.