Parker Publishing Company

Parker Pub. Co.
Parker Pub. Co.
Formation	1951
Dissolution	2003
Legal status	Inactive
Headquarters	West Nyack, NY; (or Englewood Cliffs, NJ)
Official languages	English
Parent org.	Prentice-Hall Inc.

Parker Publishing Company, Inc. was a New York corporation, a wholly-owned and directly managed subsidiary of Prentice Hall, officially based in West Nyack, N.Y. with business operations in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Parker's catalogue generally focused on subject matter in the genres of how-to guides, self-help and positive thinking, varieties of unorthodox medicine, parapsychology, and other fringe subjects from the 1960s through the 1980s. As with its parent company, Parker was sold along to Gulf+Western (Simon & Schuster) in 1984, and then to Pearson Education in 1998, which oversaw the shuttering of both Parker and Prentice.

Authors

Adrian V. Clark ("Psycho-Kinesis")
Al G. Manning ("Helping Yourself with ESP")
Alfred J. Cantor ("Unitrol")
Ann Bodenhamer Martin ("Metabionics")
Anna Billion ("New Zarrow Miracle Psychic Healing Power")
Anthony Norvell ("Telecosmic Power")
Carlson Wade ("Enzyme-Catalyst Diet")
Catherine Ponder ("Pray and Grow Rich")
David V. Lewis ("Psychic Advantage")
David Troncoso ("Mystic Vibrasonics")
Evelyn M. Monahan ("Meta-Cosmic Projection")
Frank Rudolph Young (Cyclomancy, Psychastra, "Yoga for Men Only")
Harriet A. Boswell ("Master Guide to Psychism")
Howard E. Hill ("Think Like a Millionaire and Get Rich")
J. V. Cerney ("Acupressure", "Water Therapy")
Joseph Murphy ("Cosmic Mind Power", "Telepsychics")
Joseph J. Weed ("Psychic Energy")
Kingdon L. Brown ("Cosmosis")
Merlyn Cundiff ("Kinesics")
Muriel Noyes Gillchrest ("Power of Universal Mind")
Myron S. Allen ("Psycho-Dynamic Synthesis")
Nandor Fodor ("Between Two Worlds")
Paul J. Leighton ("Delta Mind Dynamics")
R. Eugene Nichols ("Mental Cybernetics")
Reese P. Dubin ("Telecult Power")
Robert B. Stone ("Power of Miracle Metaphysics")
Scott Reed ("Psycho-Command Power")
Sidney Petrie (The Carbo-Cal Diet, "Hypno-Dietetics")
Theodor Laurence ("Psychosymbology")
Tom C. Lyle ("Pragma-Psychics")
Tyler G. Hicks ("Magic Mind Secrets")
Vernon Howard ("Psycho-Pictography")
Walter Delaney ("Ultra-Psychonics")

Selected Publications

1960s

Howard, Vernon (1961), The Magic Power of Command Transmission, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Cerney, J. V. (1964), How To Develop A Million Dollar Personality, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Casselberry, William S. (1964), How to Work Miracles in Your Life: The Golden Secret of Successful Living, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Fodor, Nandor (1964), Between Two Worlds, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Young, Frank Rudolph (1965), The Laws of Mental Domination: How to Master and Use Them for Dynamic Life-Force, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Murphy, Joseph (1965), The Amazing Laws of Cosmic Mind Power, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Cantor, Alfred J. (1965), Unitrol: The Healing Magic of the Mind, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Cantor, Alfred J. (1965), Ridding Yourself of Psychosomatic Health-Wreckers, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Howard, Vernon (1965), Psycho-Pictography: The New Way To Use the Miracle Power of Your Mind, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Gillchrest, Muriel Noyes (1965), The Power of Universal Mind, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Norvell (1965), Norvell's Dynamic Mental Laws For Successful Living, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Young, Frank Rudolph (1966), Cyclomancy: The Secret of Psychic Power Control, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Petrie, Sidney; Stone, Robert B. (1966), Martinis and Whipped Cream: The New Carbo-Cal Way to Lose Weight and Stay Slim, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Murphy, Joseph (1966), Your Infinite Power to Be Rich, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Manning, Al G. (1966), Helping Yourself with E.S.P., West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Wade, Carlson (1966), Helping Your Health with Enzymes, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Allen, Myron S. (1966), Psycho-Dynamic Synthesis: The Key to Total Mind Power, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Hill, Howard E. (1966), Energizing the Twelve Powers of Your Mind, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Ponder, Catherine (1966), The Dynamic Laws of Healing, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Young, Frank Rudolph (1967), The Secrets of Personal Psychic Power, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Petrie, Sidney; Stone, Robert B. (1967), How to Strengthen Your Life with Mental Isometrics, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Cantor, Alfred J. (1967), Dr. Cantor's Longevity Diet: How To Slow Down Aging and Prolong Youth and Vigor, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Young, Frank Rudolph (1968), Psychastra: Key to Secret ESP+ Control, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Cerney, J. V. (1968), Stay Younger, Live Longer: Through the Magic of Mental Self-Conditioning, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Clark, Adrian V. (1968), Cosmic Mysteries of the Universe, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Weed, Joseph J. (1968), Wisdom of the Mystic Masters, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Howard, Vernon (1968), The Power of Your Supermind, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Hill, Howard E. (1968), How to Think Like a Millionaire and Get Rich, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Ponder, Catherine (1968), Pray and Grow Rich, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Young, Frank Rudolph (1969), Yoga for Men Only, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Cerney, J. V. (1969), Thirteen Steps to New Personal Power, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Murphy, Joseph (1969), Infinite Power for Richer Living, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Wade, Carlson (1969), Carlson Wade's Gourmet Health Foods Cookbook, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Brown, Kingdon L. (1969), The Power of Psychic Awareness, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Howard, Vernon (1969), Pathways to Perfect Living, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Boswell, Harriet A. (1969), Master Guide to Psychism, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.

1970s

Murphy, Joseph (1970), Secrets of the I Ching, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Nichols, R. Eugene (1970), The Science of Mental Cybernetics, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co. — later editions include the subtitle How to Lead a High-Voltage Life
Dubin, Reese P. (1970), Telecult Power: The Amazing New Way to Psychic and Occult Wonders, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Lyle, Tom C. (1970), The Magic Power of Pragma-Psychics, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Young, Frank Rudolph (1971), The Secret of Spirit-Thought Magic, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Norvell (1971), Meta-Physics: New Dimensions of the Mind, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Norvell (1971), Mind Cosmology, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Murphy, Joseph (1971), Psychic Perception: The Magic of Extrasensory Power, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Wade, Carlson (1971), The Natural Laws of Healthful Living: The Bio-Nature Health Rhythm Program, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Wade, Carlson (1971), Natural and Folk Remedies, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Brown, Kingdon L. (1971), Cosmosis: the Technique and Its Use in Daily Living, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Hicks, Tyler G. (1971), Magic Mind Secrets for Building Great Riches Fast, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Murphy, Joseph (1972), Miracle Power for Infinite Riches, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Manning, Al G. (1972), Helping Yourself with White Witchcraft, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Nichols, R. Eugene (1972), The Science of Higher Sense Perception, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Reed, Scott (1972), Miracle of Psycho-Command Power: The New Way to Riches, Love and Happiness, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Lewis, David V. (1973), The Miracle of Instant Memory Power, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Petrie, Sidney; Stone, Robert B. (1973), Hypno-Cybernetics: Helping Yourself to a Rich, New Life, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Norvell (1973), The $100,000 Dream and How To Make It Come True, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Clark, Adrian V. (1973), Psycho-Kinesis: Moving Matter with the Mind, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Weed, Joseph J. (1973), Psychic Energy: How to Change Desires into Realities, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Murphy, Joseph (1973), Telepsychics: The Magic Power of Perfect Living, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Petrie, Sidney; Stone, Robert B. (1974), Fat Destroyer Foods: The Magic Metabolizer Diet, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Laurence, Theodor (1974), Satan, Sorcery, and Sex, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Murphy, Joseph (1974), The Cosmic Energizer: Miracle Power of the Universe, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Hicks, Tyler G. (1974), How to Borrow Your Way to a Great Fortune, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Cerney, J. V. (1975), Acupressure - Acupuncture Without Needles: The Miracle of Chinese Healing Through Your Fingertips, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Cerney, J. V. (1975), Modern Magic of Natural Healing with Water Therapy, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Manning, Al G. (1975), Miracle Spiritology, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Delaney, Walter (1975), Ultra-Psychonics: How to Work Miracles with the Limitless Power of Psycho-Atomic Energy, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Cerney, J. V. (1976), Handbook of Unusual and Unorthodox Healing Methods, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Stone, Robert B. (1976), Power of Miracle Metaphysics, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Laurence, Theodor (1976), Miracle Power of Believing, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Laurence, Theodor (1976), Helping Yourself With Psychosymbology, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Bibb, Benjamin O.; Weed, Joseph J. (1976), Amazing Secrets of Psychic Healing, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Manning, Al G. (1976), Helping Yourself with Psycho-Cosmic Power, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Manning, Al G. (1976), The Miracle of Universal Psychic Power: How to Pyramid Your Way to Prosperity, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Leighton, Paul J.; Gregory, James (1976), Delta Mind Dynamics, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Troncoso, David (1976), Mystic Vibrasonics: The Technique and How to Use It for a Wondrous New Life, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Young, Frank Rudolph (1977), Zodic Force Control: Secret of Miracle Healing and Long Life, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Cerney, J. V. (1977), Dynamic Laws of Thinking Rich, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Norvell (1977), Universal Secrets of Telecosmic Power, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Norvell (1977), Alpha-Psychics: Mystic Path to Perfect Living, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Billion, Anna (1977), The New Zarrow Miracle Psychic Healing Power, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Stone, Robert B. (1978), The Magic of Psychotronic Power, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Laurence, Theodor, ed. (1978), The Parker Lifetime Treasury of Mystic and Occult Powers, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Norvell (1978), The Oriental 7-Day Quick Weight-Off Diet, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Wade, Carlson (1978), Healing and Revitalizing Your Vital Organs, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Cundiff, Merlyn (1978), Kinesics: The Power of Silent Command, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Young, Frank Rudolph (1979), The Yogatronic Diet: Amazing New Way to a Youthful, Trim Body, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Lewis, David V. (1979), Psychic Advantage: Key to Controlling People and Situations, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Manning, Al G. (1979), Helping Yourself with the Power of Gnostic Magic, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Cantor, Alfred J. (1979), Doctor's Cantor's Secrets of Self-Revitalization, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Wade, Carlson (1979), Miracle Rejuvenation Energizers: Keys to a Vigorous and Abundant Life, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Dubin, Reese P. (1979), Miracle Medicine Foods, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Billion, Anna (1979), Kundalini: Secrets of the Ancient Yogis, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Hill, Howard E. (1979), Nine Magic Secrets of Long Life, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.

1980s-90s

Stone, Robert B.; Stone, Lola (1980), Hawaiian and Polynesian Miracle Health Secrets, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Manning, Al G. (1980), Moon Lore and Moon Magic, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Norvell (1981), Mystical Power of Universal Healing, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Laurence, Theodor (1981), The New Miracle Dynamics: Amazing Power for Daily Living, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Martin, Ann Bodenhamer (1981), Metabionics: The Mystic Power of the Mind, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Petrie, Sidney; Stone, Robert B. (1983), Helping Yourself with Autogenics, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Carlson, Wade (1985), Eat Away Illness: How to Age-Proof Your Body With Antioxidant Foods, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co.
Carlson, Wade (1992), Inner Cleansing: How to Free Yourself From Joint-Muscle-Artery-Circulation Sludge, New York: Parker Pub. Co.

Press Coverage

"Prentice Hall, Inc. Charged With False Advertising", Gazette and Daily (York, PA): 6, 17 Sept. 1959, https://www.newspapers.com/image/72459425/

Resources

Parker Publishing Fan Club, parkerpublishing.weebly.com, http://parkerpublishing.weebly.com/