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AW Schade

AW Schade

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@awschade Florida
A Marine, Vet 1966/67, retired exec, author: "Looking for God within the Kingdom of Religious Confusion" [One man's mystical and educational journey to find the truth about God.] 

Also, "The Demons of War are Persistent."[A free story of prolonged PTSD written to help Vets/Families accept and break stigma of PTSD]

A Shadow in Yucatan

A Shadow in Yucatan

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<p>A mythical jewel of a story… A true story told on a beach in Yucatan, A Shadow tells Stephanie's story but it was also the story of the golden time. Its nostalgia sings like cicadas in the heat.</p><p>An American ‘Under Milkwood’, this distilled novel of the Sixties evokes the sounds, music and optimism on the free-wheelin streets and parks of Coconut Grove. You can hear Bob Dylan still strumming acoustic; smoke a joint with Fred Neil; and Everybody’s Talkin is carried on the wind.</p><p>Stephanie, a young hairdresser living in lodgings finds herself pregnant. Refused help from her hard Catholic mother in New York, unable to abort her baby, she accepts the kindness of Miriam, her Jewish landlady, whose own barren life spills into compassionate assistance for the daughter she never had.</p><p>The poignancy of its ending, its generosity and acceptance, echoes the bitter disappointment of those of us who hoped for so much more, but who remember its joy, and its promise, as though untarnished by time.</p>

Story Behind The Book

Eloquently weaving fiction and facts, “Looking for God within the Kingdom of Religious Confusion” is a captivating, comparative, and enlightening tale of one man seeking to find God through the doctrines and discord between and within Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Secularism. What he eventually will discover, transforms his life forever! Creative nonfiction; educational, captivating and to some, controversial. ‘Looking for God within the Kingdom of Religious Confusion' is not to proclaim I have found all the answers. It is simply one man’s fictional journey [based on religious and secular facts] to find his individual solution regarding God, religion and secular beliefs. His journey seeks answers to questions, such as; does God truly exist? If so, whose side is He on - Jews, Christians, Muslims, or one of hundreds of other religions? How accurate are the scriptures, and which ideology should I follow? As well, why God allows disasters, death, molestation, starvation, and other inhuman atrocities to be committed in His name? Or, are Atheists correct, and religion is man’s ancient tool for controlling mankind? “Looking for God... is entertaining, educational, factual, and offers those individuals seeking God, or other spirituality, the recognition they are not alone. Sankara Saranam, author of the acclaimed book; ‘God without Religion’ said of this story; "…this book is then both a bridge to nonfiction works that discuss religion in greater depth, as well as a map out of the confusion religions have wrought in the name of one God.” My story is not intended, nor attempts, to change the readers beliefs. It is simply one man's journey to find his answers, and open his mind.

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<p style="margin:6pt 0in;"><font face="Arial, Geneva, sans-serif"><font size="4"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:10pt;">&quot;…this book is then both a bridge to nonfiction works that discuss religion in greater depth and a map out of the confusion that religions have wrought in the name of God.&quot;</span> -- <strong><em><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:9pt;">Sankara Saranam: Author of &quot;God Without Religion&quot;</span></em></strong></font></font></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Geneva, sans-serif;"><font size="3"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:10pt;">&quot;An engaging, educational journey to find the truth about God and Religion&quot;</span> -- <strong><em><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:9pt;">Rick Sigel: Author “Retail Marketing for Dummies, and The Essential Online Solution&quot;</span></em></strong></font></span></p> <p style="margin:6pt 0in 0pt;"><font face="Arial, Geneva, sans-serif"><font size="4"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:10pt;">&quot;Schade's eloquent and engaging approach to a highly debatable subject matter compels the reader to become involved in the work.&quot;</span> -- <strong><em><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:9pt;">Editors Choice Award iUniverse … 1st edition</span></em> </strong></font></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6pt;"><font size="4"><font face="Arial, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">“Schade has combined, so eloquently, the facts of many major global religions and woven them into a tender, inspiring and heartfelt novel.”</span><span style="font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';"><span>  </span></span><strong><em><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';font-size:9pt;">Catherine Bradford: Host The Wellness Roadshow - Searching for the Whole Being</span></em></strong></font></font></p> <p><font size="4"><font face="Arial, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:10pt;">&quot;Extremely well written, Schade's prose is priceless, and his subject matter forces each of us to explore beneath the surface of man's purpose and direction in difficult times.&quot;</span> -- <strong><em><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:9pt;">Denise M. Clark: Author and Editor &quot;</span></em></strong></font></font></p>