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Real Cab Stories

Author : Tom Frias
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1480920150
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Real Cab Stories written by Tom Frias and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2016-01-21 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Real Cab Stories By Tom Frias It's here! Finally, what you have been waiting for has arrived. Real cab stories from a real cab driver. For your enjoyment, author Tom Frias has hand-selected these unique stories from 166,000 personal experiences. Alternately hilarious and tragic, Real Cab Stories covers all the bases: out-of-control bachelorette parties and shady businessmen, strip clubs and prostitutes, casino jackpots and unlucky accidents, all told with the wit and sincerity of someone who’s seen it all. In Las Vegas, anything can happen—and half of it happens in the cab. Ranging from the wild to the hilarious, the lucky to the unlucky, there's a favorite story waiting here for you. Which one is yours?

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.

Life of a Girl Cab Driver

Author : Shirley Bennett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780984450879
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book Life of a Girl Cab Driver written by Shirley Bennett and published by . This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a keen sense of fun and determination, Bennett educates young and old about the secret life of a taxi driver. With true tales of crime, adventure, and compassion, her autobiography is a literary masterpiece that crosses from crime-scene drama into a psychological study of the unknown hero.

Taxi Cab Stories

Author : Egan John
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780463731208
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book Taxi Cab Stories written by Egan John and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Confessions of a New York Taxi Driver (The Confessions Series)

Author : Eugene Salomon
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007500963
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Confessions of a New York Taxi Driver (The Confessions Series) written by Eugene Salomon and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Driving a cab for more than 30 years Gene Salomon has collected a remarkable selection of stories. He shares the very best in this unforgettable memoir.

Moments of Magic

Author : Shep Hyken
Publisher : Shepard Presentations, LLC
ISBN 13 : 0963782002
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (637 download)

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Download or read book Moments of Magic written by Shep Hyken and published by Shepard Presentations, LLC. This book was released on 1993 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Taxi Driver Wisdom

Author : Risa Mickenberg
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452158207
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book Taxi Driver Wisdom written by Risa Mickenberg and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2016-07-19 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Insights on love, pleasure, fate, and other topics” collected from conversations with New York City cabbies (AM New York). The worse a town’s economy is, the better looking the guys who work at the local gas station are. I see more of what is going on around me because I am not concerned with finding a parking place. There is no chivalry. For that you have to go upstate. Real taxi drivers know more than how to get you there without a GPS—often, they know how to get you there in life. This twentieth anniversary edition of the wise and hilarious classic, as true now as ever, is a celebration of the witty, philosophical perspective on human nature culled from real quotations from real cab drivers who’ve been around the block.

The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

Author : Fergus Hume
Publisher : LA CASE Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mystery of a Hansom Cab written by Fergus Hume and published by LA CASE Books. This book was released on 2022-08-28 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of the classic work of nineteenth century mystery fiction, The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, by Fergus Hume (1859-1932). Originally published in 1886, and set in Victorian-era Melbourne, Australia, The Mystery of a Hansom Cab is the story of a mysterious body discovered in a hansom cab. The ensuing homicide investigation, led by our protagonist Detective Gorby, draws us into the long buried secrets of the rich and influential Frettlby family and the class struggles that divide the rich and poor in Victorian-era Melbourne, Australia. A lively and engaging novel, The Mystery of a Hansom Cab is still a sensational read for lovers of mysteries stories, and is also a must-read for fans of the genre as a pivotal example of the evolution of the genre from sensationalist crime literature to complex detective thrillers. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab was Australia's first international bestselling novel and remains one of the bestselling detective novels of the 19th century. Published one year prior to Arthur Conan Doyle's A Study In Scarlet, it was ground-breaking and genre-defining, and in fact old-sold this first of Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novels.

Taxi Cab Driver

Author : Marylyn Neaves
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Taxi Cab Driver written by Marylyn Neaves and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-14 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is not just the story of what it is like to be a taxi driver: It offers snapshots of a cab literally on the move, of a restless and dissatisfied population, of people rushing to be somewhere else. Suspense, mystery, adventure, and comedy all in one book. Take the road less traveled and read about the adventure of a Cab Driver willing to do whatever it takes to satisfy his customers. Meet the people of the night and get your Ph. D. in street life!

Today in the Taxi

Author : Sean Singer
Publisher : Tupelo Press
ISBN 13 : 1946482854
Total Pages : 75 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (464 download)

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Download or read book Today in the Taxi written by Sean Singer and published by Tupelo Press. This book was released on 2022-12-28 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the passenger seat of Sean Singer’s taxicab, we witness New York’s streets livid and languid with story and contemplation that give us awareness and aliveness with each trip across the asphalt and pavement. Laced within each fare is an illumination of humanity’s intimate music, of the poet’s inner journey—a signaling at each crossroad of our frailty and effervescence. This is a guidebook toward a soundscape of higher meaning, with the gridded Manhattan streets as a scoring field. Jump in the back and dig the silence between the notes that count the most in each unique moment this poet brings to the page. “Sean Singer’s radiant and challenging body of work involves, much like Whitman’s, nothing less than the ongoing interrogation of what a poem is. In this way his books are startlingly alive... I love in this work the sense that I am the grateful recipient of Singer’s jazzy curation as I move from page to page. Today in the Taxi is threaded through with quotes from Kafka, facts about jazz musicians, musings from various thinkers, from a Cathar fragment to Martin Buber to Arthur Eddington to an anonymous comedian. The taxi is at once a real taxi and the microcosm of a world—at times the speaker seems almost like Charon ferrying his passengers, as the nameless from all walks and stages of life step in and out his taxi. I am reminded of Calvino’s Invisible Cities, of Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn... Today in the Taxi is intricate, plain, suggestive, deeply respectful of the reader, and utterly absorbing. Like Honey and Smoke before it, which was one of the best poetry books of the last decade, this is work of the highest order.” —Laurie Sheck

Real Cab Rides

Author : Edward Dalton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780977976508
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (765 download)

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Download or read book Real Cab Rides written by Edward Dalton and published by . This book was released on 2006-09-01 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Shanghai Free Taxi

Author : Frank Langfitt
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1610398157
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The Shanghai Free Taxi written by Frank Langfitt and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As any traveler knows, some of the best and most honest conversations take place during car rides. So, when a long-time NPR correspondent wanted to learn more about the real China, he started driving a cab--and discovered a country amid seismic political and economic change. China--America's most important competitor--is at a turning point. With economic growth slowing, Chinese people face inequality and uncertainty as their leaders tighten control at home and project power abroad. In this adventurous, original book, NPR correspondent Frank Langfitt describes how he created a free taxi service--offering rides in exchange for illuminating conversation--to go beyond the headlines and get to know a wide range of colorful, compelling characters representative of the new China. They include folks like "Beer," a slippery salesman who tries to sell Langfitt a used car; Rocky, a farm boy turned Shanghai lawyer; and Chen, who runs an underground Christian church and moves his family to America in search of a better, freer life. Blending unforgettable characters, evocative travel writing, and insightful political analysis, The Shanghai Free Taxi is a sharply observed and surprising book that will help readers make sense of the world's other superpower at this extraordinary moment.

Count Teleki; a Story of Modern Jewish Life and Customs

Author : Eca
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.V/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Count Teleki; a Story of Modern Jewish Life and Customs written by Eca and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Taxi

Author : Joseph Rodriguez
Publisher : powerHouse Books
ISBN 13 : 9781576879313
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (793 download)

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Download or read book Taxi written by Joseph Rodriguez and published by powerHouse Books. This book was released on 2020-12-22 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York City in the late '70s was a collection of villages with its downtown scene, midtown workers, and uptown elegance. It was also a city that was more integrated than ever before or ever would be again. All of the city's humanity met in its streets with layered soundtracks of salsa, rock, disco, reggae, and soon hip-hop booming for all to groove to. But, NYC was also a place of chaos and mayhem. Teetering on the brink of bankruptcy with rampant crime it was the city's drug users, dealers, and pimps and prostitutes who ruled the streets of Manhattan. The grittiness of the city was a beacon and a promise to many outsiders, those who didn't quite fit into any mold, and a vibrant LGBTQ community became the nexus of an underworld of sex workers who liked to party. For a NYC cabbie such as Joseph Rodriguez, the hot spots to pick up fares were clubs like the Hellfire, Mineshaft, The Anvil, The Vault, and Show World. Losing his first camera and lens in a classic '70s New York stabbing and mugging, Rodriguez's wounds healed and he armed himself with a new camera to document what he saw on the job: hookers getting off their shifts, transvestites and S&M partiers doin' it in the back seat or somehow pulling off an unlikely costume change from bondage gear to emerge from the cab clean-cut in an oxford and khakis ready to face unwitting family and friends. A humanist at heart, his photographs speak of the dignity of the city's working class from all the boroughs and those struggling to get by. The Economic Hardship Reporting Project provided funding to support Taxi: Journey Through My Windows 1977–1987.

Taxi!

Author : John Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780770516543
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Taxi! written by John Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

H. G. WELLS Ultimate Collection: 120+ Science Fiction Classics, Novels & Stories; Including Scientific, Political and Historical Works

Author : H. G. Wells
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 : 8026870026
Total Pages : 7949 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book H. G. WELLS Ultimate Collection: 120+ Science Fiction Classics, Novels & Stories; Including Scientific, Political and Historical Works written by H. G. Wells and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2016-11-17 with total page 7949 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "H. G. WELLS Ultimate Collection: 120+ Science Fiction Classics, Novels & Stories; Including Scientific, Political and Historical Works” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. H. G. Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer of fiction works, history and politics. Wells is called a father of science fiction. Table of Contents: A Modern Utopia Ann Veronica Bealby In the Days of the Comet The Chronic Argonauts The First Men in the Moon The Invisible Man The Island of Dr Moreau The New Machiavelli The Passionate Friends The Prophetic Trilogy The Research Magnificent The Sea Lady The Secret Places of the Heart The Soul of a Bishop The Time Machine The Undying Fire The War in the Air The War of the Worlds The World Set Free Tono-bungay When the Sleeper Wakes Collections of Short Stories Short Stories: A Catastrophe A Deal in Ostriches A Dream of Armageddon A Slip Under the Microscope A Story of the Days to Come A Story of the Stone Age A Tale of the Twentieth Century A Talk with Gryllotalpa How Gabriel Became Thompson How Pingwill Was Routed In the Abyss Le Mari Terrible Miss Winchelsea's Heart Mr. Brisher's Treasure Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation Mr. Marshall's Doppelganger Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland My First Aeroplane Our Little Neighbour Perfect Gentleman on Wheels Pollock and the Porroh Man The Empire of the Ants The Flying Man The Grisly Folk The Inexperienced Ghost The Land Ironclads The Lord of the Dynamos The Loyalty of Esau Common The Magic Shop The Man Who Could Work Miracles The Man with a Nose The Moth The New Accelerator The New Faust The Obliterated Man The Pearl of Love The Presence by the Fire The Purple Pileus The Rajah's Treasure The Reconciliation The Red Room The Sea Raiders The Star The Stolen Body The Story of the Last Trump The Story of the Stone Age The Temptation of Harringay The Thing in No. 7 The Thumbmark The Treasure in the Forest The Wild Asses of the Devil ...

Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace

Author : Kent Nerburn
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 006202857X
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace written by Kent Nerburn and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kent Nerburn's Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace, immerses us in the spirit of one of the most universally inspiring figures in history: St. Francis of Assisi. The Prayer of St. Francis boldly but gently challenges us to resist the forces of evil and negativity with the spirit of goodwill and generosity. And Nerburn shows, in his wonderfully personal and humble way, how we each can live out the prayer's prescription for living in our everyday and less-than-saintly lives. "Where there is hatred, let me sow love...Where there is injury, let me sow pardon..." Expanding upon each line of the St. Francis Prayer, Nerburn shares touching, inspiring stories from his own experience and that of others and reveals how each of us can make a difference for good in ordinary ways without being heroes or saints. Struggling to help a young son comfort his best friend when his mother dies, moved by the courage of war enemies who reconcile, being wrenched out of self-absorbed depression by responding to someone else's tragedy, taking a spirited old lady on a farewell taxi ride through her town-these are the kinds of everyday moments in which Nerburn finds we can live out the spirit of St. Francis. By incorporating the power and grace of these few lines of practical idealism into our thoughts and deeds, we can begin to ease our own suffering-and the suffering of those with whom we share our lives. And, remarkably, find a way to true peace and happiness by tapping into our basic human goodness. As we open our hearts and embrace his words, St. Francis "touches our deepest humanity and ignites the spark of our divinity." Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred let me sow love, Where there is injury let me sow pardon, Where there is doubt, faith, Where there is despair, hope, Where there is darkness, light, And where there is sadness, joy... In this beautifully written book, Kent Nerburn leads us into the heart of the St. Francis Prayer and line by line demonstrates how St. Francis's words can resonate in our lives today.