Download or read book Life Behind the Wheel written by Clay Brooklin and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2015-07-22 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty years now running, uniform is turning gray, Resistance to the window not hindering the way. Windshield and wipers tuned to living key. The road to Bridgeton calling; its tree line speaks to me Clay Brooklin spends the majority of his days behind the wheel of a bus. In his first collection of poetry, he offers a whimsical glimpse into his daily observations as well as his imagination as he introduces several entertaining fictional characters. From a cotton ball highway to an eerie lake house and a misty fog in the early morning hours, Brooklin leads others down a poetic path where he paints a vivid picture of life and nature outside his bus window. Included are silly dillies that highlight an amusing group of characters that include Taylor the Nailer, whose rather hairy wife is a sailor; Gordon Morgan, who steals a pipe organ and uses it as a sled; and Cactus Clem, who climbs out on a limb to see how far he can go. In this unique collection of poetry, a New Jersey bus driver reflects on nature, people, and his surroundings as the world passes by his window.
Download or read book Life Behind the Wheel Volume Two written by Clay Brooklin and published by iUniverse. This book was released on with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When I come to the end of the line there’s no better feeling I find; bus driving nightmares now, are behind. Can’t wait to stretch my spine and unflatten my behind; thank you Lord for the end of the line. A shiny pants seat I acquired with time; cardigans and neck ties help to define occupational road’s-way, run numbers and lines. I learned defensive driving and my shoes keep a shine; my paten leathers dusted to a looking glass kind, thank you Lord and Savior for the end of the line.
Download or read book Never Stop Driving written by Larry Webster and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With glorious photography and sharp writing, Never Stop Driving presents the case for the mental and social benefits of driving and engaging with automobiles. It also shows you—from dreaming about a car to living with it—how to jump in and get the most from your machine. There’s never been a better time to go for a drive. As a nation, we are chronically overstressed, overworked, and not sleeping enough. Worse yet, our digital devices are taking ever increasing chunks of what remaining free time we do have. Activities that force us to engage with ourselves and the environment around us are needed more than ever. Might I suggest a spin in a four-wheeled escape pod? The car—the act of driving, repairing, maintaining—drives out distraction and demands we be “present.” Making the car a pursuit invites not just the freedom of the road, but the potential to connect with thousands of like-minded individuals as well as the pleasure of simply caring for the machine. Further, there’s the thrill of commanding an object that represents a high point of human ingenuity and design. Cars invite passion. The first step is embracing the itch and acting on it. Learn how to choose your perfect weekend car, hunt for it, and make the deal. Then, find peace in the wrenches with tips on taking the plunge into maintaining your ride, including how your car can be an opportunity to tear your kids away from their screens and strengthen your bond with them. Next, explore the joy of driving, from scenic byways to taking your car to its performance limit. You’ll also tour the various highlights of the driving life, like how to become an automotive archaeologist, the possibilities for those short on cash but high for adventure, the car as a social gathering point, and what the future with autonomous cars means for those who love to drive. Never Stop Driving shines some light on why we find these machines so captivating, offering some inspiration and validation, and finally inviting those who are curious but haven’t made the leap to get in the car. Let’s roll.
Download or read book Secret Society written by Talon Devlin and published by . This book was released on 2022-04-04 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You see trucks on the road every day, but have you ever wondered what life was really like for truckers? What the "job" really entails? "How hard is that really?" "It's just driving...right?" This book gives a rare glimpse into the true lifestyle of a professional driver and just what it takes to operate a CMV. While not all-inclusive, you will find a wealth of information showing not only what it is like but also how certain things in the trucking industry are done. Whether it be out of curiosity or an interest in the industry, this book can help quell your thirst for the knowledge known only to those in the industry. So set your brakes, recline your seat, and enjoy the sneak peek into the Secret Society: Life behind the Wheel.
Download or read book Unveiling Life behind the Wheel London Road Rape Allegation Incident written by Rose Ross and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-05-13 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the vibrant night city life of cosmopolitan london or other big cities, when partying is over, its time to think of how to get home. There is no single form of transport which is safe; the safety is relative to many factors. Thankfully,Paddy and Claire Wise have it all under control, as their blue chip company had booked their transport through a local mini cab firm. They sneak in their friend Monique, so is their assumption still valid? When considering an issue which lingers in the minds of most females, or people who feel responsible over their female acquaintances or relatives, the biggest fear is of rape and of course the possible consequences. If this is the only issue in mind, who do you entrust yourself or your loved one to? On top of the list especially at night time would be a black cab or through a licensed minicab office. If booked strictly in accordance to the law, the second option would be the most desirable one, and possibly the safest. Following media coverage on this topic, especially that recently involving the serial black cab rapist, one is left with a number of unanswered questions. Compliance with law is important. Anything however short of self respect, respect for others and the law would be self deception. Looks are deceiptful, who has all these qualities. Possibly, it's safest to be sober when using transport outside that provided by known acquaintances, remain alert through out the journey, if uneasy, end your journey when safe to do so, pay pro rata or if necessary full amount, and call somebody known to you to come and pick you up. Always trust your instincts than live to regret. Find out What happens to Monique.I guarantee its not what you think, is a surprise.
Download or read book Zen Driving written by K.T. Berger and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-07-13 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zen Driving can make each driving experience enjoyable, whether it’s a daily hour-long drive to work, or a ten-minute run to the local Safeway. You may well ask, what is Zen driving? The Japanese word zen literally means meditation, and meditation means being fully aware, fully in touch with your surroundings. When you are in a meditative state, you are in your natural self, your Buddha self—and you can do it while driving. But why Zen driving? The purpose of Zen Driving, the book, is to introduce you to your natural self, which is what remains when you still your mind and ignore your chattering ego. When you do this, you gain confidence in your ability, and finally you are that ability. The frustrations of other drivers cutting you off or causing you to sit through two red lights because they’re too timid to make a left turn on yellow will no longer make your blood pressure explode. Zen Driving will teach you to look, simply observe without qualification, and then make your move. Zen driving is effortless, spontaneous, nondeliberate. It is being one with the road. And in turn, driving becomes a pathway to consciousness, an activity that clears the mind and soothes the soul, something to take with you all those other times when you’re not behind the wheel.
Download or read book Spent behind the Wheel written by Julietta Hua and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2021-12-21 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring professional passenger driving and the gig economy through feminist theories of labor Are taxi drivers in today’s era of the ride-hail app performing care work akin to domestic and household labor? So argue the authors of Spent behind the Wheel. Bringing together sociological and legal perspectives with feminist theoretical insights, Julietta Hua and Kasturi Ray examine the case study of contemporary professional passenger driving in the United States. On the one hand, they show, the rise of the gig economy has brought new attention to the industry of professional passenger driving. On the other hand, the vulnerabilities that professional drivers experience remain hidden. Drawing on interviews with drivers, labor organizers, and members of licensing commissions, as well as case law and other published resources, Hua and Ray argue that working for ride-hail companies like Uber and Lyft shares similarities with driving for taxi companies in the impact on driver lives. Lyft and Uber sell the idea of industry disruption, but in fact they entrench long-standing modes of extracting the reproductive labor of their drivers for the benefit of consumer lives. Reproductive labor—conventionally understood as feminized labor—is extracted, but masked, behind the masculinized, racialized bodies of drivers. Professional driving is thus best understood alongside domestic and other gendered service work as reproductive labors devalued and often demonetized to benefit the national economy. Spent behind the Wheel is a must for readers interested in critical studies of technological change and the gig economy, showing how drivers’ capacities are drained for the benefit of riders, corporations, and the maintenance of the racial state.
Download or read book Semi Queer written by Anne Balay and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long-haul trucking is linked to almost every industry in America, yet somehow the working-class drivers behind big rigs remain largely hidden from public view. Gritty, inspiring, and often devastating oral histories of gay, transsexual, and minority truck drivers allow award-winning author Anne Balay to shed new light on the harsh realities of truckers' lives behind the wheel. A licensed commercial truck driver herself, Balay discovers that, for people routinely subjected to prejudice, hatred, and violence in their hometowns and in the job market, trucking can provide an opportunity for safety, welcome isolation, and a chance to be themselves--even as the low-wage work is fraught with tightening regulations, constant surveillance, danger, and exploitation. The narratives of minority and queer truckers underscore the working-class struggle to earn a living while preserving one's safety, dignity, and selfhood. Through the voices of drivers from marginalized communities who spend eleven- to fourteen-hour days hauling America's commodities in treacherous weather and across mountain passes, Semi Queer reveals the stark differences between the trucking industry's crushing labor practices and the perseverance of its most at-risk workers.
Download or read book The Man Behind the Wheel written by Caleb Peterson and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this intimate, heartfelt memoir that takes you through a roller-coaster of emotions, you will meet Caleb Peterson, the author of this book, who, at a very early age, was diagnosed with high-functioning autism. When he was little, he fell in love with big trucks, and his deepest desire in life was to be a truck driver. It was a dream most thought were impossible, because his autism had become a series of many roadblocks. These roadblocks also made it very difficult for him to live life independently as well as developing proper social skills. But with the help of his mother as well as other people in his life, he undertook one of the most challenging journeys one could ever see in life. This journey was full of laughter, sorrow, joy, pain, and heartache. So in this book, you will laugh, cry, cheer, and smile as you take a walk with him, watching as he cleared each roadblock along the way in order to finally reach his goals.
Download or read book Never Stop Driving written by Larry Webster and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With glorious photography and sharp writing, Never Stop Driving presents the case for the mental and social benefits of driving and engaging with automobiles. It also shows you—from dreaming about a car to living with it—how to jump in and get the most from your machine. There’s never been a better time to go for a drive. As a nation, we are chronically overstressed, overworked, and not sleeping enough. Worse yet, our digital devices are taking ever increasing chunks of what remaining free time we do have. Activities that force us to engage with ourselves and the environment around us are needed more than ever. Might I suggest a spin in a four-wheeled escape pod? The car—the act of driving, repairing, maintaining—drives out distraction and demands we be “present.” Making the car a pursuit invites not just the freedom of the road, but the potential to connect with thousands of like-minded individuals as well as the pleasure of simply caring for the machine. Further, there’s the thrill of commanding an object that represents a high point of human ingenuity and design. Cars invite passion. The first step is embracing the itch and acting on it. Learn how to choose your perfect weekend car, hunt for it, and make the deal. Then, find peace in the wrenches with tips on taking the plunge into maintaining your ride, including how your car can be an opportunity to tear your kids away from their screens and strengthen your bond with them. Next, explore the joy of driving, from scenic byways to taking your car to its performance limit. You’ll also tour the various highlights of the driving life, like how to become an automotive archaeologist, the possibilities for those short on cash but high for adventure, the car as a social gathering point, and what the future with autonomous cars means for those who love to drive. Never Stop Driving shines some light on why we find these machines so captivating, offering some inspiration and validation, and finally inviting those who are curious but haven’t made the leap to get in the car. Let’s roll.
Download or read book The Long Haul A Trucker s Tales of Life on the Road written by Finn Murphy and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “There’s nothing semi about Finn Murphy’s trucking tales of The Long Haul.”—Sloane Crosley, Vanity Fair More than thirty years ago, Finn Murphy dropped out of college to become a long-haul trucker. Since then he’s covered more than a million miles as a mover, packing, loading, hauling people’s belongings all over America. In The Long Haul, Murphy recounts with wit, candor, and charm the America he has seen change over the decades and the poignant, funny, and often haunting stories of the people he encounters on the job.
Download or read book Behind the Wheel written by Janet S. Wong and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-six poems look at various aspects of driving, including passing the written driver's test, being pulled over by a cop, and having an accident, and treat them as metaphors for life.
Download or read book NEVER STOP DRIVING written by LARRY. WEBSTER and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Driving Lessons Life Behind the Wheel written by Erwin Shulten and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a couple of years early retirement, the author returned to work in his late 50s, driving private hire cars as a chauffeur. Thus, the driver becomes the listener, and these are some of the stories of the customers in the back seat. Many of the customers are people who can no longer drive because of injury, a lack of confidence, infirmity or simply by being in a place where they do not wish to drive. Many of them also have a need to discuss important aspects of their lives with a listener.'As drivers, we tend to witness anger, hurt, intolerance and other emotions, apart from pure physical pain or the frustration of physical limitations. We also get to hear about football, grandchildren, fishing and politics.The accidental role of the driver as a listener is accentuated by the physical positioning within the vehicle. There is little eye contact between the parties, a physical separation within the same space exists yet an ability to establish a two-way conversation also presents. I had always thought that this was due to the insular nature of being in a vehicle and the non-judgmental nature of a stranger listening. Friends or family members as listeners may have expectations or prejudicial information and experience and may not be as impartial. I liked the idea that not being face to face and not having the normal eye contact feedback allows personal conversations to occur in a car more easily than if we were to meet a stranger at a coffee shop. This makes me think that counsellors may be able to do better work in a car than within an office.'
Download or read book Bill Sherk Behind the Wheel 3 Book Bundle written by Bill Sherk and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2016-05-28 with total page 867 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rubber meets the road in Bill Sherk’s well-loved series of automotive books, a must-read for fans of classic and, er, “classic” cars. Includes 60 Years Behind the Wheel: From rumble seats and running broads to power tops and tailfins, Bill Sherk captures the thrill of motoring in Canada from the dawn of the twentieth century to 1960. Old Car Detective: Canada’s very own "Old Car Detective" Bill Sherk presents 80 of his favourite stories from all 10 provinces, spanning the years from 1925 to 1965. I’ll Never Forget My First Car: Bill Sherk describes in vivid detail the trials and tribulations of those brave souls who threw caution to the wind and money down the drain: They went out and bought their very first cars.
Download or read book Growing up and Getting Old Behind the Wheel written by William Schiff and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-29 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witty and softly sardonic, William Schiffs autobiographical romp describes his lifelong travels from early childhood to the Golden Years. Growing Up and Getting Old Behind the Wheel: An American Auto Biography is framed in a web of Americana, including cars he has ridden in, driven, modified, and even stolen. The span of his story is peppered with allusions to the locales, books, films, music, and social politics of the times he has experienced. He describes his youthful descent with friends into light criminalityhis incarceration, and his ultimate salvation and redemption through America's universities, rather than through its Churches. He sketches his menial jobs as a youth, as well as his later roles as student, university professor, parent, behavioral scientist, and retiree. If youve lived in America between 1940 and today, youll want to come along on the engrossing scenic drive through his vivid memories.
Download or read book Jesus Take the Wheel written by Stuart Migdon and published by Stuart Migdon. This book was released on 2008 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stuart Migdon propels readers on a two-month journey that will literally transform the way they lives their lives. Rich insights from the author's own life mixed with wisdom gleaned from teh pages of Scripture combines to make reading this book an adventure that will be looked forward to each day.