Michael L Schmicker | Author

Michael L Schmicker
A long-time admirer of E.B. White

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PUBLISHED: May.01.2005

The Gift: ESP: The Extraordinary Experiences of Ordinary People

Can some people really see the future, read other peoples’ minds, or psychically observe distant events unfold, as they happen, even when they take place hundreds or even thousands of miles away from them? Yes, they can, declares clinical psychologist Dr. Sally Rhine Feather, daughter of the late, renowned ESP researcher Dr. J.B. Rhine, whose pioneering laboratory experiments at...

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PUBLISHED: Oct.25.2011

Even the Smallest Crab Has Teeth: 50 Years of Amazing Peace Corps Stories: Volume Four: Asia and the Pacific

Even The Smallest Crab Has Teeth: 50 Years of Amazing Peace Corps Stories: Volume Four, Asia & The Pacific is the last of a series of four handsome anthologies celebrating and recording Peace Corps’ accomplishments and contributions to the world through its first half century of life. In this final edition, Editor Jane Albritton reserved for herself the daunting task...

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PUBLISHED: Nov.10.2010

The Listener

This brief requiem for a mother and her passing is a spiritual classic - a touching, moving meditation on the transformative healing power of listening. "From my mother, I learned that listening doesn't require a college degree, professional training or expensive, sophisticated equipment. We can do it without a penny to our name, and do it whatever our age. We can do it...

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PUBLISHED: Oct.15.1997

Old McDonald'san's Farm

In Japan, pigs go "buu buu" and dogs go "wan wan!" And ducks don't quack...they say "gaa gaa!" With this entertaining, cross-cultural version of "Old McDonald's Farm," children four to ten replace Western barnyard sounds with their Japanese counterparts — a fun, memorable lesson in a foreign culture and language. They learn Japanese...

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PUBLISHED: Jun.01.2006

The Universe Wants to Play

The anthology editor chose Hakim Bey's wonderful phrase "The Universe Wants to Play" as the unifying theme for the articles in this volume, the 12th of the Anomalist Journal. Since it first appeared in 1994, this highly praised non-fiction anthology has had as its focus maverick science, unexplained mysteries, unorthodox theories and strange talents. Sex Serial Killers...

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PUBLISHED: Apr.01.2001

Best Evidence

A national Gallup Poll found 93 percent of Americans believe in one or more paranormal phenomena that Science can't explain and won't accept. Chances are, you're one of them. Despite being reared on Science and skepticism, as we begin the 21st century people of every country and culture continue to experience paranormal phenomena that “shouldn’t” exist. Veteran journalist and...

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Michael's Latest Blogs

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Apr.27.2012 - 1:46 pm

Psychic Secrets of the Famous

Thanks to Amazon, old books don’t die. They’re available for sale online in near perpetuity. Some end up like those lonely paperbacks left behind on the bookshelf of a summer...

Dec.09.2011 - 12:48 pm

Travelers Tales

Santa came early this year. I just received my copy of "Even the Smallest Crab Has Teeth: 50 Years of Amazing Peace Corps Stories". I contributed a tale about my nights spent at...

Oct.31.2011 - 6:10 pm

"Stump the ESP Skeptic" VIII: Watching a Strangulation

It’s Halloween night, so we'll share with you this woman's truly scary story: “Five years ago I was being strangled. I won’t go into the painful details, but...

Oct.24.2011 - 11:19 am

"Stump the ESP Skeptic" VII: Suicide Watch

“Due to a series of bad relationships in my life, and to my rundown state of health, I just couldn’t see any sense in my life going on. With my thoughts running round and round in...

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Oct.06.2011 - 6:36 pm

In response to: "Stump the Skeptic" III: Psychic Twins

Thanks for sharing

Aloha Dolores. Thanks for sharing your story, and congratulations on your Chaucer writings. Canterbury Tales has always...

Oct.06.2011 - 10:58 am

In response to: Vampires, Werewolves, and Witches, Oh My! Paranormal Romance for $0.99! (10/28/2011 – 11/03/2011)

Hope your Halloween sales are strong!

Terry: Good luck with your werewolf series, and the promotion. It's a great month for all books paranormal! Aloha,...

Jul.25.2011 - 1:06 pm

In response to: Gil Scott-Heron

Bob, I'll check it out.

May.12.2011 - 11:20 pm

In response to: Working It Out

well written

Aloha Barbara: Well told -- hard, fast, honest, humorous, with a survivor's undrstanding of the inevitable necessity...

Dec.24.2010 - 1:55 pm

In response to: A Little Help From My Friends?

How could I miss Cecilia?

Barbara: Great suggestions. Consider them added. From my clock, it looks like Santa should be arriving very soon in...

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Oct.24.2011

Even the Smallest Crab Has Teeth: 50 Years of Amazing Peace Corps Stories: Volume Four: Asia and the Pacific

Published by http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/pc-writers/2011/10/24/review-of-even/

Even The Smallest Crab Has Teeth: 50 Years of Amazing Peace Corps Stories: Volume Four, Asia & The Pacific is the last of a series of four handsome anthologies celebrating and...

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Video: Ghostbusters trailer

Video: Paul Theroux on Writing

Video: Peace Corps in Thailand

About Michael

Michael Schmicker is a veteran business journalist, member of the Society for Scientific Exploration, member of the Board of Advisors for the Rhine Research Center, and nationally-known writer on scientific anomalies. His latest book is The Gift, ESP: The...

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