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Every Tool's a Hammer

Life Is What You Make It

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Every Tool's a Hammer

By: Adam Savage
Narrated 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.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2019 Adam Savage (P)2019 Simon & Schuster UK Entertainment & Celebrities Celebrity Heartfelt Inspiring Thought-Provoking

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Critic 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)
'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)
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I found a new way to approach things and to achieve my goals. will be listening to it again

Inspiring

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I've followed Adam Savage for many years and followed his advice and ideology in my own tiny workshop. This book is almost a bible of how to set up, run and utilise ideas and thought processes in your own creative way. It will certainly change, not only how I work on my own projects, but how I approach my own daily life too.

Inspiring

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It's a biography and so much more!

You can take it as just a biography or you can become consumed by it, then it becomes an insight to a new world of working and thinking or an instructional self-help book to become more productive.
The way Adam reads it just gives it a whole new dimension and personally I think reading it in your own head just wouldn't do it justice.

Fantastic!

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I loved it, I'm inspired to finish my Saturn 5 model that's been sitting half done in my shed for 18 months. After I tidy the place up haha thanks Adam👍

great book

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Been a fan of Adam since Mythbusters and I watch all of his Tested videos on YouTube and decided to listen to this too. I’m so happy that I have. The best way I can describe this one is like having a amazing uncle who has lived a awesome life give you a few pointers on what ways you could do things and what directions in life you could take but doesn’t come across as condescending.
Thank you Adam Savage for this gift.

Informative and heartwarming

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Probably because I am about the same age as Adam Savage, I found that I truly connected with this book, both as maker and personality, through the many pop culture and experiencial references. I have never read a book that had so much of me in it but which also taught me how much more there still is to discover and learn. Great Job!

Resonating on so many levels.

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Always been a fan of Adam Savage and this book is so interesting, the narration is lovely as its read by Adam himself which bring a whole new level to it.

Wonderful book, excellent narration

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Granted I haven’t “made” a lot of things, I’m a model maker but I will get into prop making soon, however the parts about list making and their benefits, tools and starting with cheap ones until you find out if you actually need it and about “future me” and “past me” are all things I have done, do and will do more of.

I really enjoyed this book, it was nice to hear about Adams journey from a kid to where he is now. I don’t want to sound cliché but I feel like he was writing my story too in a lot of ways.

I would definitely listen to anything else that Adam found the time to write.

Thank you for this Mr Savage this will be the first of many visits to your book.

Like looking in a mirror !!!

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This is a fantastic book by a fantastic maker, person, and role model. This book has not only inspired me but changed my outlook on life!

Everything you expect and more!

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If you need motivation or guidance look no further this is the makers guide. Thank You. Adam Savage

A Makers Dream

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