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What Would MacGyver Do?: True Stories of Improvised Genius in Everyday Life - Brendan Vaughan
What Would MacGyver Do?: True Stories of Improvised Genius in Everyday Life
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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... show more
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.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780452289291 (0452289297)
Publisher: Plume
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
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meganbaxter
meganbaxter rated it
2.0 What Would MacGyver Do?: True Stories of Improvised Genius in Everyday Life
I'm sure this is palatable in small, website-sized doses. But as a collection of stories, it's an utter failure. Most are not even that interesting, and one-half to two-thirds don't seem to remotely approach the lofty ambitions of the title - they're people figuring out fairly obvious solutions to p...
Murder by Death
Murder by Death rated it
3.0 What Would MacGyver Do?
I love love love MacGyver and was very excited to get this book. While all of the stories were entertaining, quite a few of them would not strictly fall under the category of "MacGyverisms". Still, a few are sheer genius and the book was a quick, entertaining read with moments of "wow, that's geni...
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