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London Taxi: Rush Hour PRE-OWNED – Nintendo Wii $7.99 SynopsisYou pull up to the curb, the door opens and a passenger steps in. “Big Bend,” he says. You look back at him and simply tell him to hang on. After an exchange of looks, you slam the gas pedal to the floor and speed off down the street. Veering in and out of traffic, you notice a shortcut the park. Careening over the curb and through the lush green grass, your taxi flies at break-neck speed as people dive out of the way. You make a hard left back onto the street and cruise across the bridge. Just then you grab the emergency brake and spin the wheel to the right. Spinning perfectly in place, your passenger exits the vehicle and hands you a handsome tip. In Rush Hour, you have to do what it takes to make it there on time. London Taxi: Rush Hour lets you take control of authentic Austin FX4 taxis as you do whatever it takes to get your passengers to their destination quickly. Speed through the streets, weave in and out of traffic, cut through parks, tear through the Underground and pass legendary London landmarks. Use your Wii Remote to steer through the streets and arrive at your destination sooner than later to earn hefty tips and fares. Choose from four cabbies each with their own taxi and pick up passengers throughout London.

The Taxi-Dance Hall: A Sociological Study in Commercialized Recreation and City Life (University of Chicago Sociological Series) $26.31 First published in 1932, The Taxi-Dance Hall is Paul Goalby Cressey’s fascinating study of Chicago’s urban nightlife—as seen through the eyes of the patrons, owners, and dancers-for-hire who frequented the city’s notoriously seedy “taxi-dance” halls.Taxi-dance halls, as the introduction notes, were social centers where men could come and pay to dance with “a bevy of pretty, vivacious…

A Matter of Honor $4.42 It seems innocent enough. A disgraced British colonel bequeaths a mysterious letter to his only son. But the moment Adam Scott opens the yellowing envelope, he sets into motion a deadly chain of events that threatens to shake the very foundations of the free world.Within days, Adam’s lover is brutally murdered and he’s running for his life through the great cities of Europe, pursued not only by …

The Beautiful and Damned $12.99 Fitzgerald s second novel, The Beautiful and Damned provides a harrowing look at New York City s café society during the emergence of the Jazz Age. Experiencing this world through the eyes of Anthony Patch, a socialite in want of motivation, direction, and purpose, the reader is introduced to many of the social vices common to the 1920s and still common today. Addressing much of the elitism and…

Waiting for the Magic Bus: In Brooklyn, the B61 Never Comes (thepoliticker.observer)

How many buses must be plodding along the streets of New York right now,
showing up late, freezing out their riders as the weather turns toward winter?
Too bad for those riders they do not have warmhearted elected officials
preparing reports on their behalf. A pack of Brooklyn pols convened at a B61
bus stop at the corner of Forth Avenue and Ninth Street in Park Slope this
morning to take the M.T.A to task for failing riders of this lonesome shuttle.
"The results are clear and dramatic," said Councilman Brad Lander, whose
office produced the report. "More than half of B61's don't arrive on time
during rush hour, that's unacceptable and is failing riders." The report,
entitled "Next Bus Please" harnessed a gang of volunteers to gather the
information during the three month period of July to September this year,
surveying the peak hours. A bus failing to arrive on schedule may not be like
a unique occurrence, but for riders of the B61, the problems are particularly
acute. Last summer four bus routes in Red Hook were closed, with the only
consolation being the extension of the B61, and you don't have ...

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