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Taxi (English edition)

2012-03-15
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Book Synopsis Taxi (English edition) by : Khaled Al Khamissi

Download or read book Taxi (English edition) written by Khaled Al Khamissi. This book was released on 2012-03-15. 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.

Taxi Driver

2019-07-25 Art
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Release : 2019-07-25
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 451/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Taxi Driver by : Amy Taubin

Download or read book Taxi Driver written by Amy Taubin. This book was released on 2019-07-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Schrader was in meltdown in 1972. Drinking heavily, living in his car, he was hospitalised with a gastric ulcer. There he read about Arthur Bremer's attempt to assassinate Alabama Governor George Wallace: the story was the germ of his screenplay for Taxi Driver (1976). Executives at Columbia hated the script, but when Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, who were flying high after the triumphs of Mean Streets (1973) and The Godfather Part II (1974), signed up, Taxi Driver became too good a package to refuse. Scorsese transformed the script into what is now considered one of the two or three definitive films of the 1970s. De Niro is mesmerising as Travis Bickle – pent-up, bigoted, steadily slipping into psychosis, the personification of American masculinity post-Vietnam. Cybill Shepherd and Jodie Foster give fine support and Scorsese brought in Bernard Herrmann, the greatest of film composers, to write what turned out to be his last score. Crucially, Scorsese rooted Taxi Driver in its New York locations, tuning the film's violence into the hard reality of the city. Technically thrilling though it is, Taxi Driver is profoundly disturbing – finding, as Amy Taubin shows, racism, misogyny and gun fetishism at the heart of American culture. In her foreword to this special edition, published to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the BFI Film Classics series, Amy Taubin considers Taxi Driver anew in the context of contemporary politics of race and masculinity in the US, and draws on an exclusive interview with Robert De Niro about his memories of making the film.

Taxi!

2020-03-17 History
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Release : 2020-03-17
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 805/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Taxi! by : Graham Russell Gao Hodges

Download or read book Taxi! written by Graham Russell Gao Hodges. This book was released on 2020-03-17. 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.

Hailing Taxi

1988-01-01 Taxi (Television program)
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Release : 1988-01-01
Genre : Taxi (Television program)
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Book Synopsis Hailing Taxi by : Frank Lovece

Download or read book Hailing Taxi written by Frank Lovece. This book was released on 1988-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

My Little Yellow Taxi

2006 Juvenile Nonfiction
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Release : 2006
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Synopsis My Little Yellow Taxi by : Stephen T. Johnson

Download or read book My Little Yellow Taxi written by Stephen T. Johnson. This book was released on 2006. 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.

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