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English
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It's November 1991. Nirvana's in the tape deck, George H. W. Bush is in the White House, and movie-obsessed college student Charlie Jordan is in a car with a man who might be a serial killer. Josh Baxter, the man behind the wheel, is a virtual stranger to Charlie. They met at the campus ride board, each looking to share the long drive home to Ohio. Both have good reasons for wanting to get away. For Charlie, it's guilt and grief over the shocking...
Author
Publisher
Woodhall Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 223 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"At the age of thirty, LaRue Cook thought he had achieved the "American Dream"--A cushy job at ESPN; a long-term relationship; friendship and respect from his colleagues within the cutthroat industry of sports media. Still, he felt troubled and restless, attempting in vain to live up to the journalistic legacy of his late father, the man whose early death he'd never reconciled. And so he left. He moved from Connecticut back to his native Tennessee,...
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
228 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes the history of Uber and the startup?s rapid growth, including its contributions to on-demand economy and the mobile revolution while also fighting politicians and tax companies all around the world and the company?s expansion into vastly different industries.
Publisher
Freestyle Digital Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young man hits rock bottom as a ride share driver when his car breaks down, his life changes when he magically gets new things every day in his car. If he can only figure out what's causing it.
Author
Publisher
Gildan
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 audio file (07 hr., 33 min., 09 sec.))
Language
English
Description
Based on award-winning technology ethnographer Alex Rosenblat's firsthand experience of riding over 5,000 miles with Uber drivers, daily visits to online forums, and face-to-face discussions with senior Uber employees, Uberland goes beyond the headlines to reveal the complicated politics of popular technologies that are manipulating both workers and consumers.
7) Ride with me
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Language
English
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"As a driver for her local ride share app, Charlie Owens loves what the open road gives her: freedom, extra cash for an epic road trip, and a path to getting out of her sleepy town ... But when a routine post-party pick-up ends with Charlie crashing into Andre, her school's notorious party boy, she's forced to make a deal to drive him anywhere he needs to go, anytime, until his car can be repaired ... But Andre's charm wins over Charlie's passengers,...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xiv, 158 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Offers a comprehensive and engaging handbook for current and prospective rideshare drivers. Learn how to: decide between Uber and Lyft, maximize passengers and profits, maintain a five-star rating, keep safe, interact appropriately with passengers, and navigate legal matters and tax codes. Campbell explains all this and much more, while also including funny, shocking, and bizarre tales from the road. Whether you are thinking about becoming a driver,...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Musa and his sister travel to a Zanzibar beach in a shared minibus which, despite Musa's protests, gets loaded with everything from a man and his bicycle to ten swimmers.
10) Afterlift
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books, a division of Dark Horse Comics LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ride-share driver Janice Chen has enough to deal with, from annoying passengers to overbearing parents. But when she picks up a pair of mysterious passengers who are pursued by otherworldly forces, Janice realizes that her already-terrible day might be headed straight to hell."--
11) The pick-up
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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When Mari and her stepsister Sierra share a ride to a music festival with two brothers, T.J. and Tyler, Mari and T.J. are instantly attracted to each other, but Mari is only in Chicago for a weekend with her father's new family, and eventually she will have to return to her increasingly abusive mother, unless she can overcome her reservations about dating and maybe arrange to stay in Chicago permanently.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"Ten years ago, the idea of getting into a stranger's car, or walking into a stranger's home, would have seemed bizarre and dangerous, but today it's as common as ordering a book online. Uber and Airbnb have ushered in a new era: redefining neighborhoods, challenging the way governments regulate business, and changing the way we travel. In the spirit of iconic Silicon Valley renegades like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, another generation of entrepreneurs...
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