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Author : Frank Lovece
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 : 9780133721034
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Hailing Taxi written by Frank Lovece and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Khaled Al Khamissi
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9992194316
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (921 download)
Download or read book Taxi (English edition) written by Khaled Al Khamissi and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A best-selling modern masterpiece in the author's home country of Egypt, Taxi consists of fifty-eight fictional monologues with Cairo taxi drivers that have been recreated from the author's own experience, taking the reader on a roller-coaster of emotions as bumpy and noisy as the city's potholed and chaotic streets. Described as an urban sociology, an ethnography, a classic of oral history - and a work of poetry in motion - it tells Herculean tales of the struggle for survival and dignity among Greater Cairo's 80,000 cab drivers.
Author : Graham Russell Gao Hodges
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421437805
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)
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.
Author : Margaret Holland
Publisher : Pages Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780874060256
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)
Download or read book The Turned-Around Taxi written by Margaret Holland and published by Pages Publishing Group. This book was released on 1985-11 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A confused taxicab mixes up its right and left directions and delivers passengers to the wrong places.
Author : Elizabeth Upton
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545798612
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (457 download)
Download or read book Maxi the Little Taxi written by Elizabeth Upton and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He's little! He's cute! But he's getting all dirty! This warm, charming story perfectly captures all the ups and downs of a busy little taxi's first day on the job! It's Maxi the Taxi's first day of work. What fun it is to zip and zoom all around the town!SPLASH go the mud puddles!PLIPPITY-PLOP drips the ice cream and mustard from sticky little fingers!Soon Maxi becomes so grimy and gooey that no one wants to ride with him.Who will help this dirty little taxi discover what he needs most? It's a smart little boy who takes Maxi for a noisy, tickly bath in the car wash!
Author : Risa Mickenberg
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452158207
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (521 download)
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.
Author : Cari Best
Publisher : Orchard Books (NY)
ISBN 13 : 9780531070840
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Taxi! Taxi! written by Cari Best and published by Orchard Books (NY). This book was released on 1997-03-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tina spends each Sunday with her father, a taxicab driver.
Author : Stephen T. Johnson
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780152164652
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (646 download)
Download or read book My Little Yellow Taxi written by Stephen T. Johnson and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kids must fasten their seatbelts as they prepare, by checking the mirrors, checking the oil, and starting the engine, to take their little yellow taxi for a wild ride, in this vibrant, interactive book that introduces the concept of telling time.
Author : Juan Felipe Herrera
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816599017
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)
Download or read book Senegal Taxi written by Juan Felipe Herrera and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I wish I could find the words to tell you the story of our village after you were killed.” So begins Senegal Taxi, the new work by one of contemporary poetry’s most vibrant voices, Juan Felipe Herrera. Known for his activism and writings that bring attention to oppression and injustice, Herrera turns to stories of genocide and hope in Sudan. Senegal Taxi offers the voices of three children escaping the horrors of war in Africa. Unflinching in its honesty, brutality, and beauty, the collection fiercely addresses conflict and childhood, inviting readers to engage in complex and often challenging issues. Senegal Taxi weaves together verse, dialogue, and visual art created by Herrera specifically for the book. Stylistically genre-leaping, these many layers are part of the collection’s innovation. Phantom-like televisions, mud drawings, witness testimonies, insects, and weaponry are all storytellers that join the siblings for a theatrical crescendo. Each poem is told from a different point of view, which Herrera calls “mud drawings,” referring to the evocative symbols of hope the children create as they hide in a cave on their way to Senegal, where they plan to catch a boat to the United States. This collection signals a poignant shift for Herrera as he continues to use his craft to focus attention on global concerns. In so doing, he offers an acknowledgment that the suffering of some is the suffering of all.
Author : Joseph Rodriguez
Publisher : powerHouse Books
ISBN 13 : 9781576879313
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (793 download)
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.
Author : Ken Wilson-Max
Publisher : Pavilion Children's
ISBN 13 : 9781844584147
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (841 download)
Download or read book Big Yellow Taxi written by Ken Wilson-Max and published by Pavilion Children's. This book was released on 2005-04-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ken's hugely successful interactive vehicle series are now back by popular demand! Each book looks at a type of vehicle, what it does and how it works through a simple story with masses of fun and imaginitive interaction. Moving parts on every spread mean that these books are more than a good read – they're an action-packed ride too!
Author : Frank Langfitt
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1610398157
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (13 download)
Download or read book The Shanghai Free Taxi written by Frank Langfitt and published by Hachette UK. 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.
Author : Debra Barracca
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780613283977
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (839 download)
Download or read book The Adventures of Taxi Dog written by Debra Barracca and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2000-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A taxi driver adopts a stray dog in New York City and takes it on drives and adventures
Author : Wendy Mass
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0316243213
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)
Download or read book Space Taxi written by Wendy Mass and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archie Morningstar learns a big family secret and helps save the universe. All before breakfast! It's not every day a regular kid like Archie gets to wake up at midnight. But today is Take Your Kid to Work Day, and Archie is finally allowed to ride along in his dad's taxi cab. He has been waiting eight years, eight months, and eight days for this moment to arrive. But he's about to discover his dad is no ordinary cab driver...In fact, he drives an intergalactic space taxi! All night long, he shuttles aliens from one corner of the universe to another. And being a space taxi copilot is no easy task: Archie must steer them into wormholes, keep them from crashing into planets, deal with a very unusual cat...and save the universe from an evil mastermind! Space Taxi marks the debut of a brand new chapter book series from New York Times bestselling author Wendy Mass and teacher Michael Brawer, filled with humor, adventure, and plenty of science to impress your friends and teachers!
Author : Eric Ode
Publisher : Kane/Miller Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781610670722
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Dan, the Taxi Man written by Eric Ode and published by Kane/Miller Book Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Here's Dan, Beep! Beep! the Taxi Man, going to the show and picking up the band. Climb inside while you still can with Dan, Beep! Beep! the Taxi Man." And what a band it is! A symphony of sounds and colors, this cumulative tale is as much fun to read aloud as it is to listen to.Singer/songwriter, author and renowned performer Eric Ode has crafted a delightfully engaging cumulative verse brought to life by Kent Culotta's exuberant paintings. The rhyme sings with the sounds belonging to the various instruments of each hip band member as they pile into Dan's taxi, heading to the show.
Author : Marion Billet
Publisher : Campbell Books
ISBN 13 : 9780230761032
Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Whizzy Wheels: London Taxi written by Marion Billet and published by Campbell Books. This book was released on 2012-01-25 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A taxi-shaped board book with movable wheels which takes you around the different sites of London.
Author : John Nelson
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409488446
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (94 download)
Download or read book Taxi! Urban Economies and the Social and Transport Impacts of the Taxicab written by John Nelson and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The taxicab makes a significant contribution to the accessibility of a city, and provides a wide range of services across many different social groups and urban environments. This study considers the roles and functions of the taxi from its origins as the first licensed form of public transport, to the current variations of vehicle type and operation, to predictions for its future development. Also addressed here is the impact which this ubiquitous form of transport has on contemporary urban life, and the analytical tools being used and developed for its licensing and control.
