What Would MacGyver Do? True Stories of Improvised Genius in Everyday Life Hardback - 2006
by Brendan Vaughan
In the spirit of the bestselling Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook comes a clever collection of true stories celebrating real-life 'MacGyverisms'
You're driving on a deserted road when your car dies. Your cell phone isn't getting service. All you have on hand are a gum wrapper and a wire hanger.
Or maybe you're living in a building without central air conditioning in July. You can't afford an AC; all you have access to are a fan and a bucket of water.
In such times of desperation, many have called upon the symbol of all that is inventive, the hero who awed thousands with his cool, quick wit: What would MacGyver do? they ask..
For anyone who's ever wished they could channel the 1980s action-adventure icon comes this clever collection of forty-five true stories, commemorating the use of improvised genius to solve everyday problems. Inspired by television's Angus MacGyver (played by Richard Dean Anderson), a secret agent who relied on his brains and scientific prowess not to mention duct tape and a Swiss Army knife to save the day, 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). 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.
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IF YOU SOMEHOW BOUGHT THIS BOOK WITHOUT KNOWING WHO MacGyver is-well, God bless you.
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- Title What Would MacGyver Do? True Stories of Improvised Genius in Everyday Life
- Author Brendan Vaughan
- Binding Hardback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 208
- Language EN
- Publisher Hudson Street Press, New York
- Date October 19, 2006
- ISBN 9781594630248
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