What Would MacGyver Do? : True Stories of Improvised Genius in Everyday Life Paperback - 2007
by Brendan Vaughan
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- Paperback
In the spirit of the bestselling "Worse-Case Scenario Survival Handbook" comes a clever collection of true stories celebrating real-life "MacGyverisms."
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- Title What Would MacGyver Do? : True Stories of Improvised Genius in Everyday Life
- Author Brendan Vaughan
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 208
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York
- Date 2007
- Features Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0452289297I4N00
- ISBN 9780452289291 / 0452289297
- Weight 0.35 lbs (0.16 kg)
- Dimensions 7.57 x 6.55 x 0.46 in (19.23 x 16.64 x 1.17 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Resourcefulness, Inventions
- Dewey Decimal Code 600
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Summary
A clever collection of true stories celebrating real-life ?MacGyverisms?
For anyone who?s ever wished they could channel 1980s action-adventure icon Angus MacGyver?a secret agent known for relying on his brains, scientific prowess, duct tape, and a Swiss Army knife to save the day?this unique collection commemorates the use of improvised genius in everyday life. The ?MacGyverisms? recounted range from the concrete (using Chex Mix to provide traction in an icy parking lot) to the intangible (saving a relationship with the perfect turn of phrase). Divided by theme, the book features over forty true accounts in all?some by well-known writers, including Chuck Klosterman and A. J. Jacobs, most by ordinary people.
Edgy, entertaining, and smirk-to-yourself funny, these masterfully told stories reveal that, with a little luck and a lot of ingenuity, you can ?MacGyver? yourself out of virtually any predicament.
For anyone who?s ever wished they could channel 1980s action-adventure icon Angus MacGyver?a secret agent known for relying on his brains, scientific prowess, duct tape, and a Swiss Army knife to save the day?this unique collection commemorates the use of improvised genius in everyday life. The ?MacGyverisms? recounted range from the concrete (using Chex Mix to provide traction in an icy parking lot) to the intangible (saving a relationship with the perfect turn of phrase). Divided by theme, the book features over forty true accounts in all?some by well-known writers, including Chuck Klosterman and A. J. Jacobs, most by ordinary people.
Edgy, entertaining, and smirk-to-yourself funny, these masterfully told stories reveal that, with a little luck and a lot of ingenuity, you can ?MacGyver? yourself out of virtually any predicament.
From the publisher
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IF YOU SOMEHOW BOUGHT THIS BOOK WITHOUT KNOWING WHO MacGyver is-well, God bless you.