The most absurd, hilarious, and ridiculous travelogue ever told, by two hit-TV comedy writers who raced each other around the world--for bragging rights and a very expensive bottle of Scotch
It started as a friendly wager: two old friends from The Harvard Lampoon, Steve Hely and Vali Chandrasekaran now hotshot Hollywood scribes, challenged each other to a race around the globe in opposite directions. There was only one rule: no airplanes. The first man to cross every line of longitude and arrive back in L.A. would win Scotch and infamy. But little did one racer know that the other planned to cheat him out of the big prize by way of a ride on a quarter-million-dollar jet pack. What follows is a pair of hilarious, hazardous, and eye-opening journeys into the farthest corners of the world. From the West Bank to the Aleutian Islands, the slums of Rio to the steppes of Mongolia, traveling by ocean freighter and the Trans-Siberian Railway (pranking each other mercilessly along the way), Vali and Steve plunge eagerly and ill-prepared into global adventure. The Ridiculous Race is a comic travelogue unlike any other, an outrageous tale of two gentlemen travelers who can't wait to don baggy cardigan sweaters, clench corncob pipes between their teeth, and yell at their sons, "You lazy bums When we were your age, we raced around the world without airplanes "This was a great read that teaches how to implement different techniques in your life and manage your anger. It offers great advice as well as personal accounts. I learned things from this book that have helped me in my everyday life.
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I was skeptical about this book and probably wouldn’t have bought it if not for the recommendation of a friend. It has already had an impact on my relationships with the people around me and my relationship to anger in meaningful ways and I only finished it yesterday. It’s billed as a book for people socialized female, but I would recommend to anyone of any gender. A helpful look at how anger manifests and how our patterns...
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I read this book about 10 years ago and have been recommending it since. Recently, in speaking with a friend who is doing the dance with another, I decided to order the book again for myself. The book was as vibrant and helpful the second time around and because I am a different person with different issues, I was able to receive the information from a new place. Don't think you have to be angry with a capital A, to get...
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I was truly able to relate to the family situations and common anger responses discussed in this book. I soon came to realize how I have been mishandling my anger for most, if not all, of my adult life. The author discusses our need to discontinue those anger responses that haven't been working for us thus far in particular situations and to step back and assess the true reasons for our anger. She then helps us think through...
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Many years ago someone recommended that I read this book but I didn't bother. I thought "Yeah right, another self-help book. I don't think so!" I was so wrong. This book dares to take on that ugly, taboo emotion: ANGER! If you never learned good solutions for understanding and dealing with your anger, this is a book you need to read. It is filled with insight about anger. It also offers constructive solutions for getting rid...
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