8pak Taxi Driver Wisdom

Download or read book 8pak Taxi Driver Wisdom written by Risa Mickenberg and published by Chronicle Books (CA). This book was released on 1996-04-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hail a taxi cab, open the door to a burst of easy listening music, breathe in the poppy air freshener, lean over the seat, and say hello to the next Jean Paul Sartre or Kahlil Gibran. "Taxi Driver Wisdom" takes readers behind the Plexiglass curtain with pearls of wisdom from the most multicultural, multiethnic, multireligious group of philosophers ever assembled: New York Cab drivers. Atmospheric black and white photographs are paired with pithy quotes from downtown Descartes and freeway Foucaults-and bound with a faux leather cover just like the finest cab upholstery. Cheaper than an ashram and less of a hassle than Freudian analysis, "Taxi Driver Wisdom" is the shortest possible route to enlightenment. You may never want to take the bus again.