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- Driven : the secret lives of taxi drivers / by Di Cintio, Marcello,1973-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."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.- Subjects: Taxicab drivers;
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- Daddio [videorecording] / by Hall, Christy,film director,film producer,screenwriter.; Johnson, Dakota,1989-actor,film producer.; Penn, Sean,1960-actor.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Dakota Johnson, Sean Penn.A young woman jumps into the backseat of a yellow taxi. The cabbie throws the vehicle into drive as they leave JFK airport and head into the night toward Manhattan, engaging in a conversation that takes them both on a single remarkable journey. As the two navigate the very human connection between passenger and driver in the world's biggest city, they locate a common ground that helps each of them see the other's point of view bringing them both closer to figuring out themselves.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.- Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Interpersonal relations; Taxicab drivers; Taxicabs; Automobile occupants; Man-woman relationships;
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- The yellow cab / by Pfister, Marcus.;
LSC- Subjects: Taxicabs; Rain forests;
- © 2013., NorthSouth Books,
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- The cab / by Makar, Barbara W.;
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- Subjects: Reading (Elementary); Taxicab drivers;
- © c2008., Educators Publishing Service,
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- A sprinkle in time / by Mentink, Dana.;
"The second book in the Shake Shop Mysteries-a new murder in town has Trinidad Jones thrown for a scoop! It's Alpenfest in Upper Sprocket! Yodelers are congregating in the square, tourists flocking to the town, and Trinidad Jones is scooping up some fall flavors at her Shimmy and Shake Shop. The cherry on the sundae is her upcoming feature in The Scoop magazine. She's determined to serve up the perfect interview, but it won't be easy, thanks in part to her meddling Cuban grandfather Papa Luis who has decided to make Sprocket his home for the foreseeable future. Papa Luis has set himself up as a taxi driver in his classic 1951 Buick. But things take a turn when Papa Luis tells her he's found a corpse in his trunk. Upon closer investigation, they realize the body has disappeared. With the assistance of Juliette and Bonnie (her sisterhood of exes) and the way too handsome nut farmer Quinn Logan, Trinidad must solve the mystery of the disappearing corpse, before her father is up to his neck in a murderous mess"--- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Ice cream parlors; Taxicab drivers; Murder;
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- The wheels on the tuk tuk / by Sehgal, Surishtha.; Sehgal, Kabir.; Golden, Jess.;
In this twist on the classic song "The Wheels on the Bus," the wheels on the tuk tuk go round and round all over the city in India.Ages 4-8.LSC- Subjects: Automobiles; Taxicabs; Children's songs;
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- Collateral [videorecording (DVD)] / by Beebe, Dion; Berg, Peter,1964; Cameron, Paul,1958; Cruise, Tom,1962; Foxx, Jami; Howard, James Newto; Mann, Michael(Michael Kenneth; Pinkett, Jad; Ruffalo, Mar; DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm; Universal Studios Home Video (Firm;
Directors of photography, Dion Beebe, Paul Cameron ; editors, Jim Miller, Paul Rubell ; music, James Newton Howard ; costume designer, Jeffrey Kurland ; production designer, David Wasco.Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg, Bruce McGill, Irma P. Hall, Barry Shabaka Henley.Vincent is a cool, calculating contract killer at the top of his game. Max is a cabbie with big dreams looking for his next fare. This fateful night, Max becomes Vincent's collateral, and will transport him on his next mission - one night, five stops, five hits and then a perfect getaway. Together, Vincent and Max find themselves in a non-stop race against time. With the LAPD and the FBI after them, they each become dependent on the other to survive.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo, DTS 5.1 surround, dual-layer, single-sidedVenice Film Festival, 2004: Future Film Festival Digital Award (Michael Mann)- Subjects: Feature film; Murder for hire; Survival skills; Taxicab drivers; Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.;
- © c2004., DreamWorks Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Universal Studios Home Video,
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- After the Romanovs : Russian exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque through revolution and war / by Rappaport, Helen,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From Helen Rappaport, the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanov Sisters comes After the Romanovs, the story of the Russian aristocrats, artists, and intellectuals who sought freedom and refuge in the City of Light. Paris has always been a city of cultural excellence, fine wine and food and the latest fashions. But it has also been a place of refuge for those fleeing persecution, never more so than before and after the Russian Revolution and the fall of the Romanov dynasty. For years, Russian aristocrats had enjoyed all Belle Époque Paris had to offer, spending lavishly when they visited. It was a place of artistic experimentation such as Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. But the brutality of the Bolshevik takeover forced Russians of all types to flee their homeland, sometimes leaving with only the clothes on their backs. Arriving in Paris, former princes could be seen driving taxicabs, while their wives who could sew worked for the fashion houses, their unique Russian style serving as inspiration for designers like Coco Chanel. Talented intellectuals, artists, poets, philosophers and writers struggled in exile, eking out a living at menial jobs. Some, like Bunin, Chagall and Stravinsky, encountered great success in the same Paris that welcomed Americans like Fitzgerald and Hemingway. Political activists sought to overthrow the Bolshevik regime from afar, while double agents plotted espionage and assassination from both sides. Others became trapped in a cycle of poverty and their all-consuming homesickness for Russia, the homeland they had been forced to abandon. This is their story"--- Subjects: Exiles; Political refugees; Russians; Russians; Russians; Russians;
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