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Author : E Eddy Proulx
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0228836034

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Memoirs of a Winnipeg Cab Driver by E Eddy Proulx Pdf

Cab drivers! What a strange lot! Why would anyone want to drive a hack for a living? Other than being capable enough to safely operate a vehicle, you don't need any special skills or training. You don't need a university degree in the humanities, though you may become a qualified human affairs expert after driving a cab for several years. Cabbies must be the most misunderstood creatures in the world! Why else would they do what they do? Without it being said, a cab driver works twelve hour shifts on a routine daily basis. They often get assaulted, and even more often than not, they get ripped off. Society as a whole views cabbies as individuals with the same I.Q. as a lava lamp, who only drive a taxi because they can't get a job anywhere else, and, they probably have a criminal record too! They get screamed at, threatened, spat on, slapped, punched, kicked, stabbed, and tragically, some get murdered. What person in their right mind would want to take on this kind of a life when they could earn a lot more money with a lot less aggravation and abuse by simply donning a pair of dark glasses and selling pencils on any street corner? I drove a taxi in the city of Winnipeg for about twenty years for Red Patch Taxi. These memories are my memories and I am gladly sharing them with you, the reader. My biggest thanks go out to the city of Winnipeg and to all of its citizens whom I found to be the friendliest people anywhere! I hope that these stories of mine will move you emotionally, either with a smile, a laugh or a tear. Winnipeg, thanks for the memories! Savour the stories!

Author : Charles Vidich
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351503075

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New York Cab Driver and His Fare by Charles Vidich Pdf

Using information derived from research and interviews with cab drivers, Vidich has written a basic work on New York City cab drivers (hacks) that also provides passengers (fares) with a survival manual. Cab drivers are quoted by newspaper columnists, politicians, and at dinner parties; yet a hard look at the profession and its role in the transportation system of the city has been completely lacking. Vidich brings out in clear language the conflicts between the cab driver's position as a dispenser of a public service and his needs as a working person subjected to violence and pressure. It is difficult to imagine a more enjoyable introduction to an industry whose members are a folk tradition. At the same time, this book provides insight into the history and sociology of an important urban institution. It is a book about cab drivers everywhere; and cab drivers and fares in all cities have a new handbook in this volume.

Author : Alf Townsend
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-29
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780752484846

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Black Cab Story by Alf Townsend Pdf

In his new book, well-known London cabbie Alf Townsend tells us the complete story of the black cab, from its origins in the seventeenth century to the brand new taxis which now grace the capital’s streets.The history and development of the black cab is explored here in Alf’s straightforward writing style, alongside ninety colour and black and white images.This is a light-hearted romp through the world of ‘the knowledge’, the vehicles, the streets of London and the cabbies themselves, and is full of juicy snippets and fascinating quotes which will be of great interest to anyone who loves this London icon.

Author : United States. Federal Aviation Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Air traffic control
ISBN : UOM:39015038617430

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Consolidated Cab Display/Remote Maintenance Monitor System by United States. Federal Aviation Administration Pdf

Author : W.R. Mertens
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2000-12-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781462815708

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Don't Call Me a Cab! Call Me a Therapist! by W.R. Mertens Pdf

"Dont Call Me A Cab! Call Me A Therapist! is certainly not an Oprah Book Club winner, but it doesnt pretend to be..Mertens aims to entertain and he certainly succeeds" - Meghan Stephens - Lake Central Scout Newspaper Book Review, IN (5-02-02) "Dont Call Me A Cab! Call Me A Therapist! explores a mans bizarre relationships formed with others" - Larry McCarthy, The Times Newspapers Book Review, IN (5-27-01) "In most books, main characters usually have names, not in W.R. Mertens book....refreshing change" - Herald-News Book Review, IL (6-15-01) "The man has neighbors who host teenage parties with scantily clad - sexy girl dancers as entertainment - a great book!" - C. Claessens, Chicago, IL Following in the style of the late Erma Bombeck, his book, outling the sometimes serious, sometimes very humourous trip by a young man to his therapists couch, spouts off about various problems, relatives, friends and best of all, his employment at a community college. The main character, who is never named in the book, nor is the therapist, tells his "doctor" whats troubling him. He goes on to talk about everything from having relatives which he really cant deal with, but trys to. His aunt and grandmother are among some of the more humourous characters in the first section of the book, where the aunt is akin to Adolph Hitler and the grandmother wears cooked spaghetti in meat sauce ever so attractively on her head during a visit from her parish priest. Other characters abound in this delightful book of wisdom and insight into what could possibly be a normal, dysfunctional family, but its not. The parish priest is a loony, grandmothers housekeeper is to be believed, and the mans employer/supervisors are either drunken fools, openly gay or just out and out related to the mob in a mixed web of corruption. "A delightfully enjoyable book, funny but sad at the same time" - E. Kallay of IN.

Author : Fergus Hume
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547768784

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THE MYSTERY OF A HANSOM CAB (British Mystery Series) by Fergus Hume Pdf

The Mystery of a Hansom Cab is a mystery novel, which takes place in Melbourne, Australia. It focuses on the investigation of a homicide involving a body discovered in a hansom cab, as well as an exploration into the social class divide in the city. The city of Melbourne plays a significant role in the plot and, as the author describes: "Over all the great city hung a cloud of smoke like a pall." Fergus Hume (1859-1932) was a prolific English novelist. His self-published novel, "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab", became a great success. It eventually became the best selling mystery novel of the Victorian era, author John Sutherland terming it the "most sensationally popular crime and detective novel of the century".

Author : Mike Rhodes
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781398116115

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Midlands Half-cab Buses by Mike Rhodes Pdf

With rare and previously unpublished photographs exploring the final years of Midlands half-cab buses.

Author : Marcus Pfister
Publisher : NorthSouth Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 073584111X

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The Yellow Cab by Marcus Pfister Pdf

Jack, the little yellow taxi, used to be the fastest, brightest taxi around and traveled the city as if he had wings. If only he could fly. But something magical happens when Jack sees a bus that says, “Come to Brazil.” Before Jack knows it, he’s flying over the Brazilian rainforest and his new customers are macaws and howler monkeys! Jack couldn’t be happier, playing pass-the-coconut. But their fun comes to a halt when big bulldozers and cranky cranes start chopping down the rainforest. Why don’t you come back to the city and leave the forest alone? With a blink of an eye, Jack is back in the city. Could those be the same bulldozers he saw in the rainforest? Jack isn’t sure until he spies a coconut on the park bench and smiles to himself…anything is still possible.

Author : Tom Frias
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-21
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781480920156

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Real Cab Stories by Tom Frias Pdf

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?

Author : Fergus Hume
Publisher : LA CASE Books
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume Pdf

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.

Author : Stephen Gerard Sawyer,Darryl K. Brogan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Mine safety
ISBN : PSU:000029752850

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A Testing Procedure for the Certification of Underground Protective Cabs and Canopies by Stephen Gerard Sawyer,Darryl K. Brogan Pdf

Author : Caroline Breault
Publisher : Boom! Studios
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-23
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781613989487

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Nuclear Winter Vol. 1 by Caroline Breault Pdf

It’s been nine years since an accident at a nuclear power plant plunged Montreal into an eternal winter; the city is now blanketed 365 days a year in radioactive snow. Life goes on for folks like Flavie Beaumont, a mail courier on snowmobile who’s carved out a pretty normal life for herself despite mutant rivals, eclectic urban wildlife, and unrelenting meteorological events of unprecedented force. It turns out surviving nuclear winter is hard... but surviving your twenties is even harder! This original graphic novel is perfect for fans of Giant Days.

Author : R. Douglas
Publisher : Springer
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002-07-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230554566

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Liquidation of Empire by R. Douglas Pdf

In 1945, Britain emerged as one of the 'Big Three' victors of the Second World War. Most people, in Britain and elsewhere, seem to have assumed that the British Empire would endure for a very long time to come. Yet within twenty years British power and influence had been enormously reduced. This book studies the causes and course of the process.

Author : P. Clavin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1995-12-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230372696

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The Failure of Economic Diplomacy by P. Clavin Pdf

Based on new archival research, this is the first comprehensive study of the failure of international co-operation to combat the Great Depression. The book explores the impact of protectionism, reparations and war debts, as well as the more well known disagreements on monetary issues which, together, helped to prolong the most profound economic depression of the twentieth century. The economic and diplomatic lessons drawn from this period by the major powers - particularly German intelligence as to the deep divisions in Anglo-American economic relations - also provide an important contribution to understanding the origins of the Second World War and the diplomatic and economic order created in its aftermath.

Author : David Omissi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349147687

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The Sepoy and the Raj by David Omissi Pdf

This is the first scholarly study of the subject for twenty years, and the only one based on extensive archival research. The Indian Army conquered India for the British, and protected the Raj against its enemies within and without. In this evocative and compassionate work, David Omissi examines the origins, motives and protests of the several million Indian peasant- soldiers who served the colonial power.