My Ox Is Broken! Roadblocks, Detours, Fast Forwards and Other Great Moments from Tv's 'the Amazing Race'
by Castro, Adam-Troy; Gaghan, Billy; Gaghan, CarissaFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-08-11
Publisher(s): 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 Vacation | p. 1 |
| Introduction | p. 5 |
| The Rules | p. 15 |
| The Real Rules | p. 21 |
| Is the Race Real? | p. 27 |
| Moments We See Again and Again (Part One) | p. 33 |
| The Vomit Chapter | p. 39 |
| Racers, We Hardly Knew Ye | p. 43 |
| Who's the Boss? | p. 45 |
| The Single Best Racer in the Show's History | p. 47 |
| A Taxonomy of Players | p. 49 |
| Through Strangers' Eyes | p. 53 |
| Race 1, the Expensive Cup of Tea | p. 61 |
| The Guidos Take a Bow | p. 87 |
| Brennan Swain (of The Young Lawyers) Makes His Case | p. 97 |
| Moments We See Again and Again (Part Two) | p. 109 |
| Race 2, the Ballad of Wil and Tara | p. 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 Off | p. 153 |
| It's Her Party, and She'll Cry if She Wants To | p. 179 |
| Moments We See Again and Again (Conclusion) | p. 189 |
| Race 4, Not the Usual Bunch of Clowns | p. 195 |
| Fixing the Race | p. 219 |
| When the World Is Your Big Top | p. 225 |
| Race 5, "My Ox is Broken!" | p. 237 |
| Colin on the Care and Feeding of Tanzanian Cabbies | p. 265 |
| Marshall Fixes Us a Slice | p. 275 |
| Race 6, Dysfunctional Follies | p. 285 |
| A Dear Jon Letter | p. 311 |
| Jonathan Speaks. Doesn't Yell. Speaks | p. 317 |
| Race 7, Chasing Rob and Amber | p. 327 |
| Race 8, Bringing the Kids | p. 357 |
| The Race 8 That Would Have Pleased Us | p. 383 |
| Visiting the Gaghans | p. 387 |
| New Combinations | p. 397 |
| The Most Jaw-Dropping Errors Ever Made by Racers | p. 399 |
| The Smartest Moves Ever Made by Racers | p. 411 |
| The Most Endearing Racer Moments | p. 417 |
| Race 9, "T-Tow, My Ass!" | p. 427 |
| Further Viewing | p. 457 |
| And for the Truly Obsessive | p. 459 |
| About the Author | p. 472 |
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