The Diary of a Taxi Driver in Finland: Real Finns and Finnish Life through the eyes of a taxi driver


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Probably the first book about real life in Finland written by a local taxi driver. The book will reveal the real life of Finland and the nature of finns through the eyes of a local taxi driver. The stories in this book vary from really pleasant ones to unpleasant and dangerous. In the latter you will meet, among others, agressive people who needed a police assistance. The full-length book includes several photos, maps, tens of useful phrases in Finnish and over 80 references about different persons and places from Finland. The book is not recommended to estetics and for persons under the age of 18. A version of full-length book will be available on April 6th.




Views from a Cab


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This book is a collection of the most memorable moments in a Brisbane cab driver's fifteen year long career that began at the time of the Brisbane Expo 88' all the way to and after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001. Having just arrived in Australia as an asylum seeker, fleeing the East European communist party for his outspoken views, George, a former photographer and landscape artist, arrives in Brisbane, Australia with nothing more than the shirt on his back and the dream to start a new life and find work. Straight away, he encounters the first major obstacle: the language barrier. Unable to secure a job in his old profession, and desperate to provide for his family, George turns to the highly sought after profession of taxi driving which is in high demand due to the flocks of international visitors arriving for the World Expo 88'. As the story develops, we get to know George better, and as his English skills improve, he begins to communicate more and more with his passengers who begin to tell him the most outrageous, intimate and secret stories in their lives. On the way, he manages to have a few outrageous incidents of his own with drunk, abusive, and sometimes seductive passengers who try to take advantage of him. The book is an insight into the lives of the average Brisbane cab drivers and how they deal with the daily pressures of their profession and the risks involved with it. George is no longer driving a cab and is semi retired. He is my father, and he lives in Brisbane's Southside in Springwood.




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


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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.




Metered Moments


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Conversations have the incredible power to connect people. Even a seemingly simple chat can transform a stranger into someone you’ll remember for the rest of your life. Almost no one knows better the power that conversations hold than taxi and ride share drivers; it’s a profession that gives you unparalleled opportunities to meet interesting people from all walks of life and strike up an exchange with them. In Metered Moments, Join Nipun Sharma as he takes you on a journey through the twenty-two most memorable stories from his many years of experience as a driver in the Vancouver area. These stories are heartwarming, humorous, and occasionally outrageous, yet always carry potent life lessons and reminders of the fact that we’re all human beings looking for connection. The car is here—come along for the ride, and get ready to feel the magic of human connection.




Taxi Driver—The Ill Fated Lad


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This book is a real life story about the beauty of life when you have a wonderful income, which ultimately gave me a glamorous lifestyle. I had a lavished apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where I was always entertaining my friends and their friends. Sometimes my friends and I would use limousine just for the night out. At the end of my company contract and after about another six months without income, I sold my condominium at a reasonable price and relocated to Jersey City in New Jersey. I lived in a spacious apartment for another five months without income, then I decided to drive a yellow cab. I went to TLC for my hack license to enable me to drive a taxi. I registered with a taxi company in Brooklyn, and I became a taxi driver. Driving the taxi and continuing my job hunting at the same time was daunting. With too many summonses from police officers and TLC inspectors within a period of about four years taxi driving, my license was revoked. No more taxi driving, no more income. And my life became too miserable.




Taxi Life


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this book tells the tales of everyday taxi life, the ups and downs of being a taxi driver, the good and the not so good, what life is like on the road over a ten year period and why i started taxi driving for the love of my wife.




Hack


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In her late 20s, Plaut decided to honor a long-held secret ambition by becoming a New York City taxi driver. With wit and insight, she recreates the crazy parade of humanity that passes through her cab and shows how this grueling work provides her with a greater sense of self.




Taxi Driver-The Ill Fated Lad


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The book is about a real live story of the beauty of life when I had a wonderful income which ultimately gave me a glamorous lifestyle. I had a lavished apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan where I was always entertaining my friends and their friends. Sometimes me and my friends would use limousine just for the night out. At the end of this company, and about six months without income, I sold my condominium at a reasonable price and relocated to Jersey City in NJ. I lived in this spacious apartment for another five months without income, I decided to drive a yellow cab. I went to TLC for my license to enable me to drive a taxi. I registered with a taxi company in Brooklyn and I became a taxi driver. Driving taxi and continued job hunting at the same time was daunting. Too many summonses from Police Officers and TLC Inspectors within a period of about four years taxi driving, my license was revoked. No more taxi driving, no more income and life became too miserable. Vic K. A is a college graduate from a reputable university right here in New York City. I have a BBA in Banking and Finance and a minor in Accounting. I also have a two year certificate from the American Institute of Banking (AIB) in New York City. I have been working in the finance/accounting profession for almost thirty years. I have worked permanently for four huge corporations, not because I wanted to jump from one firm to the other, but because I was downsized along the way. My first job was with big brokerage firm on Wall Street that filed for bankruptcy decades ago that left almost twenty one thousand employees jobless. There had been too many moments of trials and tribulations over the years that finally have brought life back to me. I am at the my retirement age and currently living in my home in Queens New York.




Taxi Driver the Ill Fated Lad


Book Description

This book is a real life story about the beauty of life when you have a wonderful income, which ultimately gave me a glamorous lifestyle. I had a lavished apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where I was always entertaining my friends and their friends. Sometimes my friends and I would use limousine just for the night out. At the end of my company contract and after about another six months without income, I sold my condominium at a reasonable price and relocated to Jersey City in New Jersey. I lived in a spacious apartment for another five months without income, then I decided to drive a yellow cab. I went to TLC for my hack license to enable me to drive a taxi. I registered with a taxi company in Brooklyn, and I became a taxi driver. Driving the taxi and continuing my job hunting at the same time was daunting. With too many summonses from police officers and TLC inspectors within a period of about four years taxi driving, my license was revoked. No more taxi driving, no more income. And my life became too miserable.




Driven


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Shortlisted for the Bressani Literary Prize • A Globe and Mail Book of the Year • A CBC Books Best Canadian Nonfiction of 2021 In conversations with drivers ranging from veterans of foreign wars to Indigenous women protecting one another, Di Cintio explores the borderland of the North American taxi. “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.