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9781932100914

My Ox Is Broken! Roadblocks, Detours, Fast Forwards and Other Great Moments from Tv's 'the Amazing Race'

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  • ISBN13:

    9781932100914

  • ISBN10:

    1932100911

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-08-11
  • Publisher: Smart Pop
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Summary

The Amazing Race is a reality show like no other and it has the best set around. Best-selling novelist, Adam-Troy Castro, explores The Amazing Race in "My Ox is Broken!" one of the first books ever published about one of the best reality television programs on the air. From Thailand to Greenland, this show has consistently gone where no other show has gone before, and Castro continues the excitement of the Race in a book that is funny, entertaining, and unique-just like the show itself.

Author Biography

Adam-Troy Castro is the author of several Spider-Man novels, including Spider-Man: Secret of the Sinister Six and Tangled Strings. He has been nominated five times for the Nebula Award, twice for the Hugo Award, and once for the Stoker Award. He lives in Miami.

Table of Contents

Introduction: What We Did on Our Summer Vacationp. 1
Introductionp. 5
The Rulesp. 15
The Real Rulesp. 21
Is the Race Real?p. 27
Moments We See Again and Again (Part One)p. 33
The Vomit Chapterp. 39
Racers, We Hardly Knew Yep. 43
Who's the Boss?p. 45
The Single Best Racer in the Show's Historyp. 47
A Taxonomy of Playersp. 49
Through Strangers' Eyesp. 53
Race 1, the Expensive Cup of Teap. 61
The Guidos Take a Bowp. 87
Brennan Swain (of The Young Lawyers) Makes His Casep. 97
Moments We See Again and Again (Part Two)p. 109
Race 2, the Ballad of Wil and Tarap. 115
Did Tara Throw the Race?p. 141
Moments We See Again and Again (Part Three)p. 147
Race 3, Stop the World, She Wants to Get Offp. 153
It's Her Party, and She'll Cry if She Wants Top. 179
Moments We See Again and Again (Conclusion)p. 189
Race 4, Not the Usual Bunch of Clownsp. 195
Fixing the Racep. 219
When the World Is Your Big Topp. 225
Race 5, "My Ox is Broken!"p. 237
Colin on the Care and Feeding of Tanzanian Cabbiesp. 265
Marshall Fixes Us a Slicep. 275
Race 6, Dysfunctional Folliesp. 285
A Dear Jon Letterp. 311
Jonathan Speaks. Doesn't Yell. Speaksp. 317
Race 7, Chasing Rob and Amberp. 327
Race 8, Bringing the Kidsp. 357
The Race 8 That Would Have Pleased Usp. 383
Visiting the Gaghansp. 387
New Combinationsp. 397
The Most Jaw-Dropping Errors Ever Made by Racersp. 399
The Smartest Moves Ever Made by Racersp. 411
The Most Endearing Racer Momentsp. 417
Race 9, "T-Tow, My Ass!"p. 427
Further Viewingp. 457
And for the Truly Obsessivep. 459
About the Authorp. 472
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