PRAISE FOR THE THOR CHALLENGE
To say Michael Gurnow is a Renaissance man underplays what other Renaissance men have done.
Richard Solomon
Takin' Care of Business on WCWP 88.1 FM, New York
Takin' Care of Business on WCWP 88.1 FM, New York
I'm excited about the new Thor movie; I'm even more excited about the Thor Challenge. Looks like Thor and Loki are getting a brother!
Lee Priest
Mr. Universe 2013
Mr. Universe 2013
Amazing! As a child, I wanted to be the Hulk and Gurnow does the same with the God of Thunder, Thor.
Andy Polhill
Mr. Universe 2012
Mr. Universe 2012
With the Thor Challenge, you get to watch an Average Joe become a Norse god before your very eyes! Being a long-time comic book fan, seeing a real-life connection between a superhero and bodybuilding is very, very cool.
Joe Pietaro
MuscleSport Magazine
MuscleSport Magazine
Inspiring! Watching Gurnow’s transformation from dweeby pencil-pusher to chiseled god will make you want to go out and find your own inner superhero.
Anna Victoria
Fit Body Guides
Fit Body Guides
PRAISE FOR NATURE'S HOUSEKEEPER
A wild and hilarious masterpiece. Michael Gurnow's eco-comedy Nature's Housekeeper made me think of the Cullinan. Not a single 540-carat diamond but rather 540 one-carat diamonds. A treasury of mind-expanding adventures, full of wisdom and sudden insights, that will take you by surprise.
Daniel Quinn
Author of Ishmael and The Story of B
Author of Ishmael and The Story of B
Laughing my survival a## off page-by-page, Nature's Housekeeper made me want to go live and work in the woods . . . oh wait a minute, that's what I do!
Les Stroud
Discovery Channel's Survivorman
Discovery Channel's Survivorman
Michael Gurnow gives us a laugh-out-loud, page-turning memoir with Nature’s Housekeeper and proof that a physical return to the outdoors can provide simplicity and fulfillment. This is a must-read for anyone looking to reconnect with nature or hoping to see wilderness through a different lens.
Jennifer Pharr Davis
National Geographic's 2012 Adventurer of the Year
National Geographic's 2012 Adventurer of the Year
Reading Nature’s Housekeeper is like sitting around the table sharing drinks and laughing with Thoreau, Herriot, Twain, Abbey, and Lenny Bruce. But be sure to wipe those laughter-sponsored tears from your eyes every once in a while because Gurnow’s adventure is nothing short of a hero’s journey that would make Joseph Campbell proud.
Brian King
Founder & Director
Wilderness Skills Institute
Founder & Director
Wilderness Skills Institute
Gurnow’s metamorphosis from urbanite to woodsman will leave you in stitches! Nature’s Housekeeper entertains every step of the way and may even leave you with a burning desire to get outside – or at least a burning desire to get rid of that poison ivy rash.
Lawton Grinter
Author of I Hike: Mostly True Stories from 10,000 Miles of Hiking
Author of I Hike: Mostly True Stories from 10,000 Miles of Hiking
Michael Gurnow’s Nature’s Housekeeper uses humor to communicate the why, where, and how of developing a deeper and richer understanding of humanity’s role in becoming better stewards of the Earth. It is definitely worth a read!
Buddy Huffaker
President & Executive Director
The Aldo Leopold Foundation
President & Executive Director
The Aldo Leopold Foundation
Nature's Housekeeper pulls off the difficult and unique feat of marrying comedy, wilderness philosophy, and practical trail work into one entertaining and informative whole. Packed with humorous incidents, stories, and comments, the book had me laughing out loud in several places yet at the same time the central tale of how a virulently anti-nature, city-loving college professor overcomes his loathing of wild places through reading Thoreau (backed up later by Annie Dillard and Aldo Leopold) and, 1960s style, drops out of academia to become a trail maintenance worker is moving and intellectually profound. Beyond the comedy there is great depth here and much to ponder.
Chris Townsend
British Mountaineering Council Ambassador
Outdoor Writers Guild Award winner
British Mountaineering Council Ambassador
Outdoor Writers Guild Award winner
With his acclaimed wit and clarity, Michael Gurnow synthesizes academic disciplines to awaken the reader, forcing his audience to reconsider two crucial areas—Nature (brutalized by us) and materialism (which brutalizes us). Read, rethink, change, and “regain paradise!”
Betty F. Cooper, Ph.D
Educator, activist, facilitator--Peace (Sustainability) and Restorative Justice
Educator, activist, facilitator--Peace (Sustainability) and Restorative Justice
Thoreau meets Hunter S. Thompson in Nature's Housekeeper, Michael Gurnow's witty addition to the naturalist shelf. Get ready to giggle, guffaw, and LOL all over your new Timberlands: Nature's Housekeeper follows one man's morph from hapless Ranger Ned into sly Deerslayer, from a wasp- and nettle- and pride-stung rube into a mind skinny dipping in the green outlands. And just like that Transcendentalist blue-jay Thoreau, Gurnow teaches you a D.I.Y. survival trick or three while making you laugh your copperheads off.
Ron Dakron
Author of Hello Devilfish!
Author of Hello Devilfish!
[Nature's Housekeeper] makes a profound statement about our lives and the choices we make. I give a very solid five stars to this inspiring comedy.
A uniquely fascinating personal story and a thoroughly absorbing read from first page to last, Nature's Housekeeper is a deftly written memoir replete with wit and wisdom, insights and all-too-human foibles.
PRAISE FOR THE EDWARD SNOWDEN AFFAIR
Sharply written and meticulously researched, The Edward Snowden Affair provides a fascinating look at the breaking of the NSA scandal and its implications. A must read.
Robert Gleason
Author of End of Days and The Nuclear Terrorist
Author of End of Days and The Nuclear Terrorist
The Edward Snowden Affair is a fascinating narrative. An ideal movie, the book reads like a political thriller with all types of James Bond plots, yet allows the reader to make a judgment on the current state of the evolving technological revolution.
Wilson Trivino
Pure Politics
Pure Politics
Gurnow's book is a well-documented, fresh and insightful analysis of the Snowden case. He deals in-depth with issues not found in Greenwald and Harding.
Richard Rashke
Author of Escape from Sobibor
Author of Escape from Sobibor
[The Edward Snowden Affair is] chock full of crucial information pertaining to civil liberties. There are important lessons in Gurnow's book every American should be aware of.
Howie Klein
Down with Tyranny
Former president of Reprise/Warner Bros. Records
Down with Tyranny
Former president of Reprise/Warner Bros. Records