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The London Cabbie's Quiz Book

Author : Mr. Ian Beetlestone
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0711251053
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book The London Cabbie's Quiz Book written by Mr. Ian Beetlestone and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pay a visit to London and a black mini cab will probably be one the first things you will see. The London taxi drivers are almost as famous as the black cabs in which they drive, this is mainly due to their in-depth knowledge of London and ability in taking their occupants to their desired destination amid the congestion and the chaos that you often find when travelling through London’s streets. London taxi drivers go through stringent training to obtain their licence, they need to pass “The Knowledge”, a test which is amongst the hardest to pass in the world, and has been described as ‘like having an atlas of London implanted into your brain’. The test requires you to master no fewer than 320 basic routes, all of the 25,000 streets that are scattered within the basic routes and approximately 20,000 landmarks and places of public interest that are located within a six-mile radius of Charing Cross. This book breaks the test down into a series of head-scratching questions and features enough trivia about the capital to surprise even born and bred Londoners. It’s the perfect gift for anyone who thinks they know London inside-out, or wants to learn more!

The Cabbie

Author : Martí
Publisher : Cabbie
ISBN 13 : 9781606994504
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (945 download)

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Download or read book The Cabbie written by Martí and published by Cabbie. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take Chester Gould's Dick Tracy, add steroids, teleport it to Spain... and you have The Cabbie!

Hack

Author : Melissa Plaut
Publisher : Villard Books
ISBN 13 : 0812977394
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Hack written by Melissa Plaut and published by Villard Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her late 20s, Plaut decided to honor a long-held secret ambition by becoming a New York City taxi driver. With wit and insight, she recreates the crazy parade of humanity that passes through her cab and shows how this grueling work provides her with a greater sense of self.

The Knowledge

Author : Robert Lordan
Publisher : Quercus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781786489692
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (896 download)

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Download or read book The Knowledge written by Robert Lordan and published by Quercus Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Train your brain with the secrets behind the world's toughest feat of memory: the London Knowledge The Knowledge is a unique book: a guide to getting more out of your brain and your city. A fully illustrated, lovingly detailed look at London's best kept secrets, it will also take you down the pathways of your mind and teach you how to keep your memory sharp. Written by a licensed London cab driver and tour guide, The Knowledge is the first ever book to take readers inside the legendarily difficult - and fast-vanishing - set of skills that all licensed cab drivers must have: a perfect, thoroughly tested knowledge of every street, alley, turning and landmark of London. The black cab is an iconic symbol of London, but to drive it, prospective cabbies must take what is often considered the world's hardest exam, involving learning every street, turning and waypoint along 320 different routes across London, along with every landmark within 1/4 of a mile of the start and end of each route: altogether 25,000 streets and 2,000 places of interest. Learning the Knowledge takes years, and dozens of appearances at gruelling oral exams, but those who pass become part of a unique partnership, with no parallel anywhere in the world. Scientific studies have consistently shown that London cabbies who have passed the Knowledge have enlarged brains and near-superhuman memory capacities. The Knowledge is the first book to take readers inside the extraordinary mind of the cabbie, with 50 real Knowledge routes across London, beautifully mapped and illustrated to show the streets and landmarks, with notes on their hidden histories and popular associations, and sections allowing the reader to test their memory on these routes, accompanied with an introduction discussing the history and science of the Knowledge and guides to memory-training techniques used by cabbies and memory champions around the world.

Hey, Cabbie

Author : Thaddeus Logan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Hey, Cabbie written by Thaddeus Logan and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

New York Cabbie Ckbk Pb

Author : Winston M
Publisher : Running Press
ISBN 13 : 9780762412280
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book New York Cabbie Ckbk Pb written by Winston M and published by Running Press. This book was released on 2003-09-24 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailing from lands far and wide, New York City cab drivers are as unique and diverse as the city itself. Mixing local color with global flavor, The New York Cabbie Cookbook is an international melting pot of favorite homeland recipes, liberally spiced with insider tips and observations about life behind the steering wheel from the drivers who contributed them. Included are 120 hearty recipes, from more than 25 countries, for such international dishes as Russian Appetizer Salad, Moroccan Chicken Pie, Senegalese Beef Stew, Arroz con Pollo, Polish Potato Pancakes, Colombian Black Cake, Irish Lamb Stew, Dim Sum, Moussaka, and Paella. From Pakistan to Greece, from Moscow to Hong Kong, get a taste of what New York's unofficial ambassadors are serving up.

The Cabbie

Author : Marti Riera
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780874160420
Total Pages : 79 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book The Cabbie written by Marti Riera and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Vampire Cabbie

Author : Fred Schepartz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615617381
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Vampire Cabbie written by Fred Schepartz and published by . This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vampire fallen on hard times is forced to take a job as a cab driver where he must deal with cranky passengers, psychotic murderers, and the odd things people do at baseball games.

The Striking Cabbies of Cairo and Other Stories

Author : John T. Chalcraft
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791461433
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book The Striking Cabbies of Cairo and Other Stories written by John T. Chalcraft and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenges existing views of crafts and service workers in Egypt in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The New York Cabbie Cookbook

Author : Mary Ellen Winston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9785559309842
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book The New York Cabbie Cookbook written by Mary Ellen Winston and published by . This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a savory trip into the kitchen with Manhattan's expatriate taxi drivers, who contribute 150 authentic recipes from their far-flung homelands. They stir up delicious foreign comfort foods along with recollections from more than 80 countries, including Colombia, Egypt, Morocco, and Haiti.

Driven

Author : Marcello Di Cintio
Publisher : Biblioasis
ISBN 13 : 1771963859
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (719 download)

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Download or read book Driven written by Marcello Di Cintio and published by Biblioasis. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the Bressani Literary Prize • A Globe and Mail Book of the Year • A CBC Books Best Canadian Nonfiction of 2021 In conversations with drivers ranging from veterans of foreign wars to Indigenous women protecting one another, Di Cintio explores the borderland of the North American taxi. “The taxi,” writes Marcello Di Cintio, “is a border.” Occupying the space between public and private, a cab brings together people who might otherwise never have met—yet most of us sit in the back and stare at our phones. Nowhere else do people occupy such intimate quarters and share so little. In a series of interviews with drivers, their backgrounds ranging from the Iraqi National Guard, to the Westboro Baptist Church, to an arranged marriage that left one woman stranded in a foreign country with nothing but a suitcase, Driven seeks out those missed conversations, revealing the unknown stories that surround us. Travelling across borders of all kinds, from battlefields and occupied lands to midnight fares and Tim Hortons parking lots, Di Cintio chronicles the many journeys each driver made merely for the privilege to turn on their rooflight. Yet these lives aren’t defined by tragedy or frustration but by ingenuity and generosity, hope and indomitable hard work. From night school and sixteen-hour shifts to schemes for athletic careers and the secret Shakespeare of Dylan’s lyrics, Di Cintio’s subjects share the passions and triumphs that drive them. Like the people encountered in its pages, Driven is an unexpected delight, and that most wondrous of all things: a book that will change the way you see the world around you. A paean to the power of personality and perseverance, it’s a compassionate and joyful tribute to the men and women who take us where we want to go.

Hack

Author : Dmitry Samarov
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226734749
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Hack written by Dmitry Samarov and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cabdrivers and their yellow taxis are as much a part of the cityscape as the high-rise buildings and the subway. We hail them without thought after a wearying day at the office or an exuberant night on the town. And, undoubtedly, taxi drivers have stories to tell—of farcical local politics, of colorful passengers, of changing neighborhoods and clandestine shortcuts. No one knows a city’s streets—and thus its heart—better than its cabdrivers. And from behind the wheel of his taxi, Dmitry Samarov has seen more of Chicago than most Chicagoans will hope to experience in a lifetime. An artist and painter trained at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Samarov began driving a cab in 1993 to make ends meet, and he’s been working as a taxi driver ever since. In Hack: Stories from a Chicago Cab, he recounts tales that will delight, surprise, and sometimes shock the most seasoned urbanite. We follow Samarov through the rhythms of a typical week, as he waits hours at the garage to pick up a shift, ferries comically drunken passengers between bars, delivers prostitutes to their johns, and inadvertently observes drug deals. There are long waits with other cabbies at O’Hare, vivid portraits of street corners and their regular denizens, amorous Cubs fans celebrating after a game at Wrigley Field, and customers who are pleasantly surprised that Samarov is white—and tell him so. Throughout, Samarov’s own drawings—of his fares, of the taxi garage, and of a variety of Chicago street scenes—accompany his stories. In the grand tradition of Nelson Algren, Saul Bellow, Mike Royko, and Studs Terkel, Dmitry Samarov has rendered an entertaining, poignant, and unforgettable vision of Chicago and its people.

Taxi!

Author : Graham Russell Gao Hodges
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421437805
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Taxi! written by Graham Russell Gao Hodges and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why the cabdriver is the real victim of the false promises of Uber and the gig economy. 2007 Noteworthy Book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics, Princeton University Industrial Relations Section Hailed in its first edition as a classic study of New York City's history and people, Graham Russell Gao Hodges's Taxi! is a remarkable evocation of the forgotten history of the taxi driver. This deftly woven narrative captures the spirit of New York City cabdrivers and their hardscrabble struggle to capture a piece of the American dream. From labor unrest and racial strife to ruthless competition and political machinations, Hodges recounts this history through contemporary news accounts, Hollywood films, and the words of the cabbies themselves. A new preface recalls the author's five years of hacking in New York City in the early 1970s, and a new concluding chapter explores the rise of app-based ridesharing services with the arrival of companies like Uber and Lyft. Sharply criticizing the use of the independent contractor model that is the cornerstone of Uber and the gig economy, Hodges argues that the explosion of for-hire vehicles in Manhattan reversed decades of environmental anti-congestion efforts. He calls for a return to the careful regulations that governed taxicabs for decades and provided a modest yet secure living for cabbies. Whether or not you've ever hailed a cab on Broadway, Taxi! provides a fascinating perspective on New York's most colorful emissaries.

The Wedge of Gold

Author : Charles Carroll Goodwin
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book The Wedge of Gold written by Charles Carroll Goodwin and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1893 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel in which two young men seek their fortunes in mining. While chiefly set in Nevada, Goodwin has his protagonists visiting England and South Africa.

The Automobile Magazine

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Automobile Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

National Harness Review

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 856 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book National Harness Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Josephine Cox Mother’s Day 3-Book Collection: Live the Dream, Lovers and Liars, The Beachcomber

Author : Josephine Cox
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007577273
Total Pages : 795 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Josephine Cox Mother’s Day 3-Book Collection: Live the Dream, Lovers and Liars, The Beachcomber written by Josephine Cox and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2014-03-13 with total page 795 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Josephine Cox’s classic novels get straight to the heart and heartbreak of family drama.