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“In the City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist (English Edition)”，作者：[Pete Jordan]

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Pete Jordan, author of the wildly popular Dishwasher: One Man’s Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States, is back with a memoir that tells the story of his love affair with Amsterdam, the city of bikes, all the while unfolding an unknown history of the city's cycling, from the craze of the 1890s, through the Nazi occupation, to the bike-centric culture adored by the world today

Pete never planned to stay long in Amsterdam, just a semester. But he quickly falls in love with the city and soon his wife, Amy Joy, joins him. Together they explore every inch of their new home on two wheels, their rides a respite from the struggles that come with starting a new life in a new country.

Weaving together personal anecdotes and details of the role that cycling has played throughout Dutch history, Pete Jordan’s In the City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist is a poignant and entertaining read.

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Harper Perennial
出版日期

2013年4月16日
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“A funny, engaging, and exhaustively researched tribute to Amsterdam’s unique biking history….Jordan is an honest, self-effacing narrator, and there’s much that’s lovably comic about his inauguration into Amsterdam cyclo-culture.” (Los Angeles Times)

“A charming and quirky book....Jordan’s portrait of bicycle culture in Amsterdam gives a fascinating account of a viable alternative to dependence on cars.” (Christian Science Monitor)

“This highly readable book illuminates the bicycle’s integral role in shaping both the psyche and the actual city of Amsterdam.” (Houston Chronicle)

“For anyone contemplating visiting or living in The Netherlands, In the City of Bikes is a must read.” (New York Journal of Books)

“Full of personal anecdote, self-deprecating humor, local lore and a history of cycling that positively bursts with enthusiasm, In the City of Bikes is both a memoir and an ode to bicycles (Shelf Awareness)

“[W]hat could have been a straightforward history [is] something more special: history that doesn’t feel like history--just an enjoyable story from start to finish….An excellent choice for bikers and those who appreciate how a city’s history can be changed by the simplest of passions.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“Jordan brings depth and color to a niche subject, delivering an engaging cultural history. By the end, readers will understand that the bike is to Amsterdam what the car is to America. Both are more than modes of transportation: they’re a substantial part of their riders’ identities.” (Publishers Weekly) --此文字指其他 kindle_edition 版本。

作者简介

Pete Jordan is the author of the memoir Dishwasher: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States. Pete's work has been featured on public radio's This American Life and in the New York Times. He lives in Amsterdam.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B008XOA7T4
出版社 ‏ : ‎ Harper Perennial (2013年4月16日)
出版日期 ‏ : ‎ 2013年4月16日
语言 ‏ : ‎ 英语
文件大小 ‏ : ‎ 1672 KB
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纸书页数 ‏ : ‎ 450页
> ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0061995207

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Bernie

If you're planning to spend time in Amsterdam, this book is for you

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This book is well-written and witty. It shows Amsterdam through the eyes of a recently arrived expat, who has a knack for seeing amusing details of everyday life and making the reader laugh. Easy reading; thoroughly enjoyable.

Darryl R. Morris

A well written and interesting history of bicycling in Amsterdam

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After my recent trip to Amsterdam I became interested in the city and its massive (by American standards) number of bicycle riders, so when I saw that the Kindle version of this book was on sale I bought it immediately and started reading it shortly afterward.

Pete Jordan, a self described "bike nut", was born in San Francisco and spent a decade there and in Portland, Pittsburgh and other American cities before he decided to move to Amsterdam with his new wife to pursue a graduate degree in urban planning at the University of Amsterdam. The focus of his studies was an examination of the history of bicycling in the city, the often lawless mind set of its bicyclists and bike thieves, and how they impacted the development and culture of the Dutch capital.

This book starts at the end of the 19th century, when bicycles first became available and affordable to ordinary citizens, and continues through the present. Amsterdam's compact size and consequent lack of space for parking cars, its narrow streets, the high cost of automobiles and gasoline, and the more relaxed pace of life in the tiny country of the Netherlands compared to the massive and spread out United States were all factors that led to the proliferation of bicycles in and outside of the city. Amsterdammers then and now embrace their bicycles as extensions of their own bodies, and any laws or pleas to restrict their usage or their right of way on the roads were met with indifference and were often ignored, most notably during the Nazi occupation in World War II when German officials attempted repeatedly to impose order on the cyclists but failed miserably.

In relating the story of Amsterdam's cyclists Jordan provides an interesting history of the city itself, which, like its cyclists, cannot be separated from its bicycles. He intersperses his and his family's experiences as bicyclists, beginning with his first collision with a bicyclist upon his arrival to the city, and including his son's initiation as a stunt cyclist, his wife's training as a bicycle mechanic, and his own development as a bicycle historian.

In the City of Bikes is a well written and very interesting book, which gave me greater insight into and appreciation of the bicycling culture of my newest favorite city, and enhanced my knowledge of the history of the Dutch capital.

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sanda

Good Information and Cause

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The author provides much interesting material and promotes the biking mindset effectively. At times his research reports seemed overly detailed and repetitive.

PPO

Bikes verses Cars

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While this book was researched beyond what I had expected in anticipation of reading this book, I was not prepared for the tone of the story. It surprised me that there had always been conflicts between bicyclists and car drivers. Having toured Amsterdam five years ago, I was well aware of the narrow streets and numbers of bicycles on the streets.

Nick

Most enjoyable read.

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This narrative provides a lot of humor and insight into the bicycling culture of Amsterdam and the Dutch
attitude that brought it about.

I haven't been to Amsterdam in decades and this book brought back so many memories, like time-traveling back to the mindset of a young person on his own in Amsterdam, hearing all the sounds of a two-wheeled metropolis whizzing by, in front, and at times directly at one.

Also included is a very informative history of the German occupation and what the Netherlands went through at the hands of its "big Aryan brothers."

If you've got any interest at all in things Nederlandsen, this book is a must.

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