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Every Tool's A Hammer

Life Is What You Make It

Read by Adam Savage

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* THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER * THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *

‘An imperative how-to for creativity…I adore this book’ Nick Offerman

Adam Savage – star of Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters and one of the most beloved figures in science and tech – shares his golden rules of creativity, from finding inspiration to following through and successfully making your idea a reality.

Every Tool’s a Hammer is Adam Savage’s chronicle of his life as a maker. Through stories from forty-plus years of making and moulding, building and breaking, this book is a toolbox of problem solving, complete with a shop’s worth of notes on the tools, techniques and materials he uses most often.

This book will save you a few mistakes (and maybe fingers), as well as help turn your curiosities into creations. You will find everything you need to inspire you to build, make, invent, explore and – most of all – enjoy the thrills of being a creator.

About The Author

Photograph by Michael Shindler

Adam Savage was the co-host of the hit show MythBusters on the Discovery Channel from its inception through its end, spanning fourteen years and nearly 270 hours of television. Currently, he produces and stars on Tested.com's YouTube channel and is filming two new Discovery Channel shows: MythBusters Junior and Being Savage. He lives in San Francisco with his wife, twin boys and their two amazing dogs. Every Tool's a Hammer is his first book.

About The Reader

Photograph by Michael Shindler

Adam Savage was the co-host of the hit show MythBusters on the Discovery Channel from its inception through its end, spanning fourteen years and nearly 270 hours of television. Currently, he produces and stars on Tested.com's YouTube channel and is filming two new Discovery Channel shows: MythBusters Junior and Being Savage. He lives in San Francisco with his wife, twin boys and their two amazing dogs. Every Tool's a Hammer is his first book.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK (May 30, 2019)
  • Runtime: 7 hours and 45 minutes
  • ISBN13: 9781471188121

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Raves and Reviews

'Adam has drawn for us an imperative how-to for creativity that goes well beyond scissors, saws and glue, to include vulnerability, self-confidence and self-deprecating humour. I am aware of no human outside of fiction more qualified to pen this rousing paean to making. I adore this book'

– Nick Offerman, Star of Parks and Recreation

'Careful, close, often repetitive work lets the brain wander back and forth, from the micro-task literally at hand to the bigger problems, solutions, insights and emotions that we usually drown out with stimulus. Believe me when I say: when you’ve made as many Blade Runner blasters as Adam Savage has, you’ve learned a lot about yourself. Adam has stocked up a lot of deep thought and deeper wisdom: about how to make things large and small, decisions large and small, and how to make sure you’re making the things that matter. Consider this book as a 3D print out of Adam’s brain, and be glad you have it'

– John Hodgman, Bestselling author of The Areas of My Expertise

'This book is creative rocket fuel. Adam is a master maker, and this might be his greatest creation yet - a funny, vulnerable and soulful dive into the beautiful mind of passionate artist. It’s about making stuff, but there is also philosophy, insight, and, most of all, inspiration. This book is so cool!'

– Ed Helms

'Artists, inventors, and creators of every stripe will find Savage’s work inspiring and informative, while Mythbusters fans and others will savor his many amusing “making” foibles and misadventures'

– Booklist

'A personal look at the importance of creativity in all walks of life'

– The Verge

'The handyman dad will love this book...Adam Savage challenges readers to take a deeper look at what inspires them when it comes to 'making and molding, building and breaking' offering his own tips and tricks along the way about his favorite techniques and tools'

– O, the Oprah Magazine

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