In AUTUMN LEAVES Peter Haase presents a collection of more than thirty short stories, essays and poems. There are the heartwarming memories of his beloved hometown, Rostock, before it was destroyed during World War II and after rebuilding it to an important German seaport on the Baltic Sea. He tells some of the hilarious events that took place in Ecuador, his home for five years, before moving to New York. A sailor since early childhood, Peter spins a surreal tale of misfortune at sea in Sailor's Nightmare. He not only dreams up disaster stories of his boat life, but also shows his wild imagination and humor in Sea Raisins. While the episodes In the Sauna are the witty conversation of two friends, The Agent is written in the somber style of Franz Kafka. Confession of an Atheist as well as The Myth of Reincarnation, and others, declare the author's views on religion and spirituality. AUTUMN LEAVES shows Peter Haase's versatility in style and subject matters, from the sensitive to the absurd, from outrageously funny to dead serious.

Autumn Leaves

Literature & Fiction

Haase, Peter

Contemporary

Fiction Pub Inc

Peter Haase has always been fascinated with the ocean and with sailing. At the age of 57, he was at last able to fulfill his childhood dream. Early retirement from a major trading company in New York allowed him to embark on a life on the sea. He had an opportunity to sail around the world in a 42-ft. ketch. However her owner gave up after a month of island hopping in the Caribbean. Peter was unwilling to return to New York."I am changing my lifestyle," he had announced to his co-workers when he retired. And that lifestyle was sailing! From April, 1985, to May, 1986, Haase sailed on several boats, grew his sealegs, and lerned to sail, work and live on ocean yachts. In Call of the Sea, he shares his experinces - the boats, the weather, the islands and the people he encountered. After 14 months on boats in various conditions, in good and bad weather,with an assortment of people and two shipwrecks, Haase realized he must have his own boat in order to pursue a life on the sea. He found and bought the perfect boat on which he lived and sailed for 11 years. His second book, Eleven Years Afloat, is an account of his adventures, based on the logbooks of his sailboat, TRITON 3. Haase lives in Stuart on the east coast of Florida, where he remains near the water that he loves.

Call of the Sea

Sports & Outdoors

Water Sports

Haase relates in an unadorned, natural style his experiences on his own cruising boat, detailing life aboard "Triton 3" and sailing in the Caribbean, the Bahamas, the Atlantic coast and coastal waterways, Cuba, and the Florida Keys.

Eleven Years Afloat

La Maison Publishing, Inc.

Tess Castellano is petite. She has honey-colored eyes that gleam golden at dawn or in the evening by candlelight. Her open and frivolous laughter caused premature wrinkles at the corners of her eyes. Few men can resist her unbridled sensuality. Jorge Sanchez, of medium height and Latin good looks, is brilliant and determined. From the slums of Harlem, he rises quickly in the corporate world of New York and earns the respect of his coworkers and superiors. He and Tess meet at the headquarters of a large international mining company. Will their tumultuous love affair endure the hazards of their diversities? Will he be able to shed the memories of poverty and ignorance of his youth? Can Tess curb her insatiable lust for life? The perplexity of their lives is pushed to the limit when Jorge, on a business trip to South America, survives an airplane crash that leaves him severely handicapped. This story of passion and tribulations between two young people is set primarily in the City of New York.

Two in the City

Erotica

The Gang of Seven, A post-WWII Novel Seven young men, randomly thrown together at the end of World War II, live in an abandoned garden shack in a small town in Germany; they use the resources they can muster in order to survive the critical post-war years in their utterly devastated homeland. Stealing, dealing on the black market and smuggling across the frontier between East and West, they prepare for the new reality that emerges with the revival of the German economy. The Gang is dissolved and separately they integrate themselves into mainstream society. Rocked by intrigue, crime and scandals, they nevertheless reach respectable positions in the new West Germany. Unsolved murders, defection to Communist East Germany and Soviet Russia, suicide, gambling and prostitution touch the lives of the remaining members of the original Gang. The reunification of the two Germanys in 1990 brings prosperity to some, while others fall into despair or disgrace. A war of disastrous consequences and the revival of their homeland shaped the lives of the individuals in this novel. In their own unique ways, they each follow their ambitions with varying degrees of success. Bound by early experiences and adventures, a special friendship between them persists throughout their lives. This story, packed with adventures and misadventures, is the gripping account of a small group of people so real it might have-and probably has-happened in the lives of many who survived the war and its aftermath in the latter half of twentieth-century Germany.

The Gang of Seven: A Post World War II Novel

Outskirts Pr

The Bells of St. Luke - The Riverpoint crimes. Is Vince Ruperti a murderer? He doesn't believe so, but he is a deeply disturbed individual with a severe personality disorder. He hates Father Dominic, who molested him at an early age, and he wishes him dead. But is he capable of murder? The priest dies in a fall from a ladder while winding the ancient clock in the bell tower of St. Luke, and the investigation reveals that it was no accident. Vince is put on trial and found not guilty by reason of diminished mental capacity. After a short term in a mental institution, psychiatric evaluation deems him rehabilitated and he returns to his job as associate professor at the State College. When he discovers that Christine, his only friend since kindergarten, is involved in a sexual relationship with Sebastian, the new young priest, Vince is determined to put a stop to it. Father Sebastian is found bludgeoned to death and again Vince Ruperti is implicated. Although he never admits, even to himself, that he committed a crime, neither the psychologist nor his lawyer can save him from imprisonment in a penitentiary for the criminally insane. Behind bars, wracked by recurring phases of delusion alternating with sanity, confusion and paranoia, he determines to end it all. Will he find a way, in an institution where no sharp objects or blunt instruments, not even a belt or shoe laces are to be found?

The Bells of St. Luke

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Outskirts Press

Tess Castellano is petite. She has honey-colored eyes that gleam golden at dawn or in the evening by candlelight. Her open and frivolous laughter caused premature wrinkles at the corners of her eyes. Few men can resist her unbridled sensuality. Jorge Sanchez, of medium height and Latin good looks, is brilliant and determined. From the slums of Harlem, he rises quickly in the corporate world of New York and earns the respect of his coworkers and superiors. He and Tess meet at the Manhattan headquarters of Worldwide Industries Corporation. Will their tumultuous love affair endure the hazards of their diverse characters? Will he be able to shed the memories of poverty and ignorance of his youth? Can Tess curb her insatiable lust for life? Jorge loves her free spirit, which sometimes overwhelms him, and in his dark and gloomy moods he asks her, "Tess, what do you see in me?" This is the story of passion and tribulations between two young people, trying to overcome the hurdles of their differences. Set primarily in New York City, the story of Tess and Jorge culminates in the rugged wilderness of the South American Andes.

When Love Is Not Enough

Romance

Paranormal

This is the account of a young man who grew up in Germany during the period of the Third Reich. Under the doctrine of the Nazi regime and the influence it had especially for the young, the author nevertheless kept his sense of right and wrong. In vivid detail Peter Haase describes the war years and how they affected him and his family. He records Nazi propaganda, shortages, air raids and the descent toward final defeat, as seen by an adolescent between the ages of eleven and seventeen. Ten years of post war restlessness and struggle follow in the wake of the destruction of the German economy. The rebirth of his homeland does not give Peter the opportunity to build a prosperous future for himself. He decides to seek his fortune in a far-away land.

Rostock, City by the Sea: The Story of a Young German

Biographies & Memoirs

Memoirs

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