Every Tool’s a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It by Adam Savage
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“An imperative how-to for creativity.” —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 a chronicle of my life as a maker. It’s an exploration of making and of my own productive obsessions, but it’s also a permission slip of sorts from me to you. Permission to grab hold of the things you’re interested in, that fascinate you, and to dive deeper into them to see where they lead you.
Through stories from forty-plus years of making and molding, building and breaking, along with the lessons I learned along the way, this book is meant to be a toolbox of problem solving, complete with a shop’s worth of notes on the tools, techniques, and materials that I use most often. Things like: In Every Tool There Is a Hammer—don’t wait until everything is perfect to begin a project, and if you don’t have the exact right tool for a task, just use whatever’s handy; Increase Your Loose Tolerance—making is messy and filled with screwups, but that’s okay, as creativity is a path with twists and turns and not a straight line to be found; Use More Cooling Fluid—it prolongs the life of blades and bits, and it prevents tool failure, but beyond that it’s a reminder to slow down and reduce the friction in your work and relationships; Screw Before You Glue—mechanical fasteners allow you to change and modify a project while glue is forever but sometimes you just need the right glue, so I dig into which ones will do the job with the least harm and best effects.
This toolbox also includes lessons from many other incredible makers and creators, including: Jamie Hyneman, Nick Offerman, Pixar director Andrew Stanton, Oscar-winner Guillermo del Toro, artist Tom Sachs, and chef Traci Des Jardins. And if everything goes well, we will hopefully save you a few mistakes (and maybe fingers) as well as help you turn your curiosities into creations.
I hope this book inspires you to build, make, invent, explore, and—most of all—enjoy the thrills of being a creator.
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About the Author
Adam Savage is a maker, designer, television host, producer, husband, and father. He was the cohost of all 278 hours of MythBusters on the Discovery Channel for fourteen years and host of its 2019 spinoff MythBusters, Jr., as well as several other TV shows. He also makes stuff and tells his stories on his website Tested.com. He lives in San Francisco with his wife, twin boys, and two amazing dogs. Every Tool’s a Hammer is his first book.
| Product details Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Atria Books (May 7, 2019) Language: English ISBN-10: 1982113472 ISBN-13: 978-1982113476 Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 9 inches Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds |
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Formation: A Woman’s Memoir of Stepping Out of Line by Ryan Leigh Dostie
One of Bookriot‘s “Best Books of the Summer”: Cheryl Strayed’s Wildmeets Anthony Swofford’s Jarhead in this powerful literary memoir of a young Army recruit driven to prove herself in a man’s world.
Raised by powerful women in a restrictive, sheltered Christian community in New England, Ryan Dostie never imagined herself on the front lines of a war halfway around the world. But then a conversation with an Army recruiter in her high-school cafeteria changes the course of her life. Hired as a linguist, she quickly has to find a space for herself in the testosterone-filled world of the Army barracks, and has been holding her own until the unthinkable happens: she is raped by a fellow soldier.
Struggling with PTSD and commanders who don’t trust her story, Dostie finds herself fighting through the isolation of trauma amid the challenges of an unexpected war. What follows is a riveting story of one woman’s extraordinary journey to prove her worth, physically and mentally, in a world where the odds are stacked against her.
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An Amazon Best Book of June 2019: Until I read Formation: A Woman’s Memoir of Stepping Out of Line, I hadn’t realized that I’d grown habituated to the simplistic, single-hump emotional rollercoaster of most memoirs. Ryan Leigh Dostie’s story of her life so far—raised in a matriarchal cult in Connecticut, joining the army to pursue her love of languages, her sexual assault by a fellow solider, deployment in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and the crippling aftershocks of PTSD—flings the reader around so many unsettling corkscrews as well as breathtaking highs and lows that you may stagger when you flip the final page. The core of Dostie’s story is not her tour in Iraq; nor is it the military itself, which she admits she often loved. The assault, followed by the army’s determination that her accusation is “unsubstantiated” despite evidence to the contrary, claws away at Dostie’s confidence and self-worth, propelling her along dangerous paths. But Formation is a war memoir, too. Her stories about battle and occupation will sound familiar to regular readers of the genre, as will the psychological impacts that gut the soldiers on the ground. When a male soldier tells her, “I don’t think I can ever love again,” she’s terrified of this insight even as numbness swells inside her as well. True life rarely hews to a predicable narrative structure, and Dostie refuses to perpetuate that myth, penning a memoir that inspires, terrifies, enrages, and prompts triumphant fist-pumping all at once. —Adrian Liang, Amazon Book Review
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“Urgent and necessary.”―–Esquire, Best Books of the Summer
“FORMATION is a brilliant addition to the memoirs of war. With grounded and elegant prose Dostie narrates her harrowing journey into combat and through the violet quagmire of Military Sexual Trauma. We should all read this heroic and timely book.”―Anthony Swofford, New York Times bestselling author of Jarhead
“Raw, explosive…Dostie writes powerfully…In the sparse landscape of war memoirs by female soldiers, Dostie’s resolute, literary account of her five years in the army sets a benchmark.”― Publishers Weekly
“Though I knew it would be urgent, compelling, and excellent from the first page, Formation was a much more expansive book than I even could have suspected: a riveting, enraging memoir from an author of remarkable toughness and emotional range. This is an unflinching and honest account of war, of homecoming, and of what happens when a woman reports an assault and the institutions around her try to smother the truth.”―Phil Klay, National Book Award-winning author ofRedeployment
“Formation grabs us by the collar and never relents, much like Dostie herself, whose path to independence gets paved with blood and sacrifice. Her gripping memoir lays bare the pain of proving yourself in a man’s world, but also the rich rewards. Most of us will probably never go to war, but Dostie’s story speaks to a daily struggle many of us face: the battle to believe in ourselves.”―Sarah Hepola, New York Times bestselling author of Blackout
“An essential telling of one woman’s account of training and combat: staggeringly beautiful, gutsy, and harrowing. Dostie has written the rare memoir that is destined to be a classic. I couldn’t put this book down and I never wanted it to end.”―Christa Parravani, bestselling author of Her: A Memoir
“This is a fierce memoir of survival-a visceral and vital portrait of what it takes to thrive as a woman in a man’s world. Time is long overdue for the world to hear Ryan Leigh Dostie’s remarkable story of resilience in the face of the unspeakable.”―Susannah Cahalan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Brain on Fire
“Vital, brutal and absolutely compelling…A significant standout.”―Marilyn Dahl, Shelf Awareness
“Here is the war memoir re-invented. Dostie offers a beautiful, soulful, and astonishingly fresh take on the war in Iraq, and a deeply original book. Formation should be a must read at West Point, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and all points in between.”―Jake Halpern, New York Times bestselling author of Bad Paper
“[An] unquestionably inspiring story traversing the personal and public battlefields of sexual assault in the armed forces…Each of these narratives deserves to be heard.― Kirkus
| Product details Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (June 4, 2019) Language: English ISBN-10: 1538731533 ISBN-13: 978-1538731536 Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.1 x 9.2 inches Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds |
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The Psychology of Safety Handbook 2nd Edition
You cannot improve your organization’s safety performance to enviable levels without addressing human behavior and attitude effectively. The only comprehensive reference on the psychology of the human dynamics of safety, The Psychology of Safety Handbook shows you how to apply psychology to improve safety and health in your organization. Dr. Geller provides theory, procedures, and tools to guide your organization’s long-term continuous improvement.
Based on Dr. Geller’s bestselling The Psychology of Safety, this new and expanded Handbook gives you everything you need to decrease the frequency and severity of accidental injuries in your organization. He covers all areas of psychology directly relevant to understanding and influencing safety-related behaviors.
Engineering interventions and government policy have made their mark on injury reduction. Now it is time to work with the human dynamics of injury prevention. The cause of most injuries can be attributed to at-risk behavior or insufficient safe behavior. The Psychology of Safety Handbook not only teaches principles and practical procedures for improving safety-related behaviors, but also illustrates how to increase people’s willingness to use these techniques to create a Total Safety Culture.
For more than three decades, Professor E. Scott Geller has taught and conducted research as a faculty member of Virginia Tech’s Department of Psychology. In this capacity he has authored more than 250 research articles and over 50 books or chapters addressing the development and evaluation of behavior-change interventions to improve quality of life. He has authored seven books on managing behaviors and attitudes for occupational health and safety, including The Psychology of Safety and Working Safe.
Dr. Geller is Senior Partner of Safety Performance Solutions, a leading training and consulting firm helping companies empower their employees to achieve a Total Safety Culture. He has been awarded Fellow status by the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the World Academy of Productivity and Quality. Moreover, Scott Geller has been honored with three university-wide teaching awards – every one offered by Virginia Tech.
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Editorial Reviews
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“This book is a must read for all safety professionals who desire to influence individuals and organizations for improving performance” -Samuel J. Gualardo, CSP, President, American Society of Safety Engineers “This is a book for people who want to get things donefor people who want to save lives. The approach works.” -William A. Smith, Ph.D., Academy for Educational Development “the most comprehensive and state-of-the-art review of what is an incredibly complex and often frustrating subject for safety professionals and managers alike.” -Richard Lack, Safety and Protection Services, Cheyenne, Wyoming “This book is vintage Scott Geller – full of insight, practical examples, and genuine concern for protecting the safety and health of others.” -Don Lisman, VP, Hoescht Fibers and Specialty Chemicals “Scott Geller knows more about the psychology of safety than anyone[he] shows how to create a culture that values actively caring. It should be required reading for every safety professional, every manager, and every employee.” -Terry E. McSween, Ph.D., President, Quality Safety Edge, Houston, Texas “Dr. Geller teaches us that safety is really in our own hands for ourselves and those around us.” -Morris E. Chafetz, M.D., 1995 Inductee into the Health and Safety Hall of Fame International
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- Hardcover: 560 pages
- Publisher: CRC Press; 2 edition (December 21, 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1566705401
- ISBN-13: 978-1566705400
- Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 1.2 x 10.2 inches
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Praise for City of Girls:
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“Elizabeth Gilbert—the best-selling writer, matron saint of divorced women, modern symbol of follow-your-bliss wisdom, believer in magic, and Oprah approved contemporary guru—has decided to go back in time… Ultimately, Gilbert wants us to question all the judgement society tosses at women like Vivian—and to question the nagging voice inside every girl telling her to be good.” –Cosmopolitan “City of Girls is more than a love letter to New York—it’s a colorful portrait of what it means to be part of a theater company, or more accurately, to become a ‘theater person’… Gilbert brings the reader into every moment happening just behind the curtain.” –Bust Magazine”It’s a spellbinding novel about love, freedom, and finding your own happiness.” – PopSugar “Perfect…a page-turner with heart complete with a potent message of fulfillment and happiness.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Reading City of Girls is pure bliss, ……
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