Released on: June 23, 2008, 2:46 pm

Press Release Author: Arbor Books

Industry:

Press Release Summary: As another season of the hit international TV show Man vs.
Wild comes to an end, author Gary Garner can only smile, as for the past five years
he has taken part in his own wild adventures, surviving the world's most tough and
desolate areas.


Press Release Body: Mr. Garner, a vagabond for the twenty-first century and author
of the new book Through the Eyes of Madness, has much in common with Man vs. Wild
host Bear Grylls. Just like Bear, Mr. Garner has traveled across deserts and
mountains, and through all seven continents, with nothing more than his backpack and
his instincts to survive.

"In a spontaneous act, I abandoned all of my worldly possessions and became focused
on touring the world as a pauper," says Mr. Garner. "I just quit my job and embarked
on a global journey with nothing more than my backpack-and I never looked back."

During his exploration, he experienced:
. Witnessing a brutal murder on the South China Sea
. The wrath of an angry mob in the midst of a Nepalese civil war
. His own near-death at the heights of Mt. Everest
. Being ambushed and robbed in Costa Rica by very unusual suspects
. Countless other harrowing escapes that illustrated valuable and moving life lessons

Each chapter of Through the Eyes of Madness is richly detailed with real,
life-and-death adventures. Mr. Garner continually put himself in situations that
were seemingly un-survivable.

Mr. Garner had the chance to live amongst the Masaii Tribes in Africa, climb frozen
glaciers in New Zealand and explore parts of the world that most people only read
about in books or see on TV.

"These past few years have been so fantastic and life-altering that even I have
trouble believing it," admits Garner. "But that's why I kept the journals and
constructed the book in the way I did. Now, others can share in the adventure."

To learn more about the breakout book critics are hailing as "the most ingenious and
intriguing adventure book ever written," visit www.ThroughtheEyesofMadness.com, or
preview a video interview with the author at
http://www.ThroughtheEyesofMadness.com/Videos.htm.

To see an animated short film about Mr. Garner's journey that will be airing on
public television stations across the nation in coming months, please visit
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Oa81EgCFJGY or go to Fast Focus TV at
http:/www.fastfocus.tv/media.aspx?id=381.

HAPPENINGS: Mr. Garner has been invited as a VIP guest to the fiftieth anniversary
of the Grammy Awards. In addition, he debuted a film at Sundance and made a VIP
appearance at the Synchronized Green Initiative Concert Series. He is a Von Dutch
artist in residency and a lifestyle representative for KAVU clothing, and public
television stations nationwide air interstitials about his book.

ARTICLES/VIDEO/INTERNET: Mr. Garner and Through the Eyes of Madness have been
featured in cover stories in River Valley News and Kent Reporter. He has also been
the subject of a feature story in Park Record and profiled by New Eye Productions.
He is featured on the Eco Treadsetters Website, YouTube.com and Fast Focus TV. An
appearance on The Rude Awakening and other shows are to follow.

(Through the Eyes of Madness by Gary Garner; ISBN: 0-9798687-9-3; illustrated;
photos; $39.99; 398 pages; 8½" x 11½"; softcover; Integrated Technology Edge
Corporation)






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