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Sales Rank: 175041
Category: Book
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Studio: Chronicle Books
Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
Label: Chronicle Books
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 6.2 x 4.2 x 1
ISBN: 0811811654
Dewey Decimal Number: 081
EAN: 9780811811651
ASIN: 0811811654
Publication Date: April 1, 1996
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Product Description
A collection of wit, pearls of wisdom, pithy quotes, and observations on life from New York's premier philosophers is accompanied by black-and-white portrait photographs of the contributors, New York cab drivers. IP.
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 Just like Riding in a Taxi February 5, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Taxi Driver Wisdom offers a glimpse into the world of the New York cabbie through lots of blunt advice, and photos of what drivers witness on a daily basis--cars in garages, crashes, street scenes, and tourist landmarks. The book is handsomely bound with thick padded covers, with duotone images printed on thick postcard-weight pages. Each photo measures 2 x 3 inches, and is accompanied by "advice" in large bright yellow text. The presentation has a "straight in your face" feel to it, similar to how a stereotypical new york cabbie might dispense some advice to you. rkchin. http://www.tenementcity.com/books_photo1.html
 the best coffee table book! August 25, 2003
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
well... I found this book about two or three years ago Since then, I can't find a better book to replace it from my collections. Normally books only stay on the table for one month or so, but this one actually stays there ever since I got a copy of it. Many great sentences in it!
 Behind the Plexiglass, not much. September 16, 2002
4 out of 13 found this review helpful
If you stand at a bookshop cash register you will most likely see `Taxi Driver Wisdom' along with `The Tao of Elvis' or `The Little Book of Belches' or `You and the True Meaning of Crop Circles'. Publishers love these little volumes placed as they are near the register for casual purchase. Why anyone should think that taxi drivers have any great insight on life is beyond me, mostly average guys doing an average job. Like barbers they deal with a captive public so this book could just as easily be called `Barber Shop Wisdom'. I was expecting something much funnier and wry instead of the shallow observations that fill these pages. Another reviewer has referred to "lots of bumper sticker wisdom", quite right, once through the carwash and it's gone. All these taxi driver `thoughts' are dressed up in a pretty sumptuous package though, thick black hardback covers and each spread has a black-and-white street scene photo on the left with a bright yellow page on the right for the type, all on glossy paper. The book comes with the ultimate pretension, a faux yellow silk bookmark, just in case the readers lose their place in the unnumbered pages. I'll end this review with a thought from Jean De La Bruyere (1645-1696) `The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth'. Now that's what I call wisdom!
Check your mind July 9, 2002
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Taxi Driver Wisdom (TDW) is one of the most impressive books I've met through my nearly 40s. I've been traveling a lot, being European and having seen a piece of USA, my experience is - TDW through the eyes of mostly non-US reflects the present reality as if you'd examine it under a microscope. The great thing is - results of this examination in our times of globalization is applicable for US the same way as for the rest of the world. Take this: "TO PREPARE YOURSELF FOR MARRIAGE YOU MUST THINK - I AM GOING TO BURY THIS PERSON."
If you like this - you would like also "New York Vertical" by Horst Hamman - e.g.: "WE WILL PROBABLY BE JUDGED NOT BY THE MONUMENTS WE BUILD BUT BY THOSE WE HAVE DESTROYED." Have a nice day!-) Or at least - try2 ... :-)
Caveat Emptor March 23, 2002
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Taxi Driver Wisdom in itself may be an oxymoron, however as a taxi driver myself, I found it to be funny and thought provoking, and lacking in some of the more baser universal truths.
I drive a taxi in Toledo Ohio. The Glass City is not New York, but we do have our share of people who do give you a unique outlook on life. Recently, I began asking myself exactly WHY I do this instead of going to Law School. The plain and simple answer is..."No two days are exactly alike". That is the lure of cab driving; Every day presents a new set of challenges and problems that must be dealt with.
Taxi Driver Wisdom is a cute book. I highly recommend it to anyone who has ever rode in, or driven a cab. But, dont expect EVERY cab driver to impart wisdom on demand. There are some out there who would have trouble finding thier [behind] with both hands.
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