Chater: 30 books

Outlines the main skills, techniques and practices for the job of the researcher. An easy to follow guide to production research, it will help the new researcher to understand the possibilities to be considered when undertaking research and the kind of questions that need to be asked at each stage...

A car looks as if it's hit a brick wall, but it hasn't impacted anything. The jewel thief inside is killed instantly, and paranormal detective Jamie Jarvis is put on the case. A short story.

A poetic journey through life, love, and romantic relationships.

Growing up Catholic in a family where the reforms of Vatican II are seen as the work of Satan. It is 1972, and Veronica Chater's parents believe that Vatican II's liberalization has corrupted the Catholic Church, inviting the Holy Chastisement—an apocalypse prophesied by three shepherds in...

On a dull grey morning in August, a boy climbing along the rocky shore near the resort town of Torbay in the south of England discovers a dead body in the surf. When he reports it to the police, he describes seeing a hooded figure atop the cliffs, beckoning him. With this testimony, paranormal police...

In a radical reinterpretation of how the mind works, an eminent behavioral scientist reveals the illusion of mental depth Psychologists and neuroscientists struggle with how best to interpret human motivation and decision making. The assumption is that below a mental “surface” of conscious...

In a post-apocalyptic world, there’s a million-to-one chance that Steve Vannevar can succeed where the rest of the Suicide Squad had failed. Succeed, that is, in traveling back in time—reaching back into the months or weeks before that first attack, and persuading the nations of the Earth to hold their fire for the sake of the human race. A short story

A humorous look at one woman's battle with a sewing project.

A frail creature crawls in from the heat of the desert, clinging to life. Bill and the town doctor try to communicate with the being, and soon discover that it's from another planet. It has journeyed to Earth to offer an astonishing treasure in exchange for the medicine that will cure the children of its world. A short story.

Payback's a bitch . . . literally. Mandy mysteriously shows up after she’d been missing for several days. But where was she? Numerous lab tests show no signs of trauma or abuse. There isn't a mark on her. Then her boyfriend Lance notices dramatic changes in her personality, not to mention...

In The Dark is a monstrous collection of all-new original terror tales from the darkest and most brilliant minds in comics and prose. Featuring an introduction by American Vampire, The Wake, and Severed writer Scott Snyder, and a frightful feature on the history of horror comics, through their rotten rise and dreadful decline by comic book historian Mike Howlett!

Between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, many thousands of Protestants fled religious persecution in France and the Low Countries. They became one of the most influential immigrant communities in the countries where they settled, and many families in modern-day Britain will find a Huguenot...

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The place of religion in the modern world has changed significantly over the past two decades. This has been partially reflected in the academic study of religion, but little, if at all, in religious education. In addition, the place of RE in schools has been the subject of intense debate due to changes...