Böcker av Charles Welch

This book is a comprehensive and authoritative history of one of the oldest and most prestigious livery companies in London, the Worshipful Company of Pewterers. Based on original documents, registers, and records kept by the company since the Middle Ages, the book provides a detailed account of the origins, development, and activities of the company, as well as its interaction with the broader social, economic, and political forces of the times. The history of the Pewterers illuminates the wider history of craft guilds, the metalworking industry, and the urban environment of London. The book is an essential reference for scholars, collectors, and anyone interested in the material culture and social history of England.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

A feared predator is hunting Gianna Ricci and it's only a matter of time before she is found. Gianna knows the newest killer from the murder club is pursuing her. She doesn't know who sent this newest enemy, or any of the other murderers - but she's about to find out. Deep secrets will soon be exposed, shattering Gianna's life. Those closest to us are supposed to love and protect us. Gianna thought that was the world she knew. Now, she is slowly realizing she was wrong. As the serial killer named Alex closes in, Gianna has only one ally. Kalen McDonald is with her. He's watching over her, determined to end her nightmare. A final battle is brewing between Gianna, Kalen, and the murder club. Those behind her months of terror will be exposed and only the killer of killers can help her. While the clock counts down on Gianna's crisis, another situation develops.Someone has a special ability. He can see Kalen's special talents and craves them for himself.A dark and devious man is observing him, calculating his attack. This time, Kalen won't see it coming until it's too late.

A woman kills a man in the privacy of her home. It is self-defense. It is also the latest time she has had to defend herself against a killer from a secret murder club, of which she knows nothing about. Her name is Gianna Ricci, and she finds herself alone in the world with unseen enemies coming for her from every direction. Gianna knows she must move. She must get off her kitchen floor where her enemy lies next to her and escape her home before more like him arrive. Because there are more, more and more killers who all want the same thing - her death.Before she can move, her phone rings. The man on the other end of the line tells her he knows what happened in her home. He has somehow seen it. He also tells her she must get out. She must hide until he can get to her. Time is running short. The man tells her his name is Kalen McDonald, and he is calling to help her.Gianna doesn't know if she can trust him, but she has no choice. After the first round of Wicked Games, she has run out of people willing to lend a helping hand. She also doesn't know who Kalen McDonald is in his spare time, but she will soon find out.The Killer of Killers is on his way to help her. Together they will try to solve the mystery of the murder club and why this organization has Gianna in its crosshairs. They will also try to keep Gianna alive, for every passing moment, a new murdering psychopath is hunting her. What those killers don't know is the tables are turning. Soon, they will become the prey of the Killer of Killers.

Something has invaded the homeless community in Fort Collins, Colorado. Violence in the streets has escalated beyond control. Peaceful people have suddenly become angry and aggressive, harming those around them. For Kalen McDonald, the impact of this trend is personal. A local homeless man, a friend, has begun to spin out of control, and Kalen witnesses his out-of-control rage in person. What or who is behind the drastic change in the people who have typically lived invisible, behind-the-scenes lives?As Kalen begins to explore the strange events occurring in the streets, he becomes aware of a plot. It is a much more sinister happening than he had ever anticipated. When the people behind the crime against the innocent become aware of Kalen's involvement, they send ruthless killers after him and his family. With Agent Mitchell at his side, Kalen must navigate the truth behind the conspiracy, and find the creator, the hidden killer, while defending himself, his wife, and his son. As Kalen knows, serial killers come in many kinds of packages, from different walks of life. While the presence of the Radio Killer grows, Kalen will set a trap. He will fight for not only his survival but that of his precious family. A murderer is on the loose, and the Killer of Killers is hot on his trail.

The end of the world arrived at the same time that a massive blizzard hit the city of Colorado Springs. During the storm, people began losing their minds. These people instantly became giddy killers who laughed while they murdered. Every fiendish assault on normal people was hilarious, every death a cause for hysterics. No one was safe from them. They hunted the young and old alike. They soon became known as the laughers.As Reggie and his band of survivors attempt to settle into the cabin in the woods where they hope to remain hidden, a new horror is brewing. This one is of the human variety. A man, Jonah, is coming for them and he is not intimidated by the destruction of the laughers, or even the laughers themselves. Jonah is not scared by the new state of the world because he created it.He created the disease that has destroyed humanity and changed the majority of the earth's survivors into giddy killers.As Reggie and his friends are about to learn, Jonah and his security forces are coming to Colorado Springs, specifically to find them. Jonah wants them dead and is determined to see his mission through to the end unless of course they are first killed by the maniacal hunters who roam the city streets. Because around every corner, waiting for them is a - Laugher!

A man finds his happiest life in the world inside his coma. He also finds that the difference between heaven and hell can be a very thin line. A man wakes on a cold basement floor staring at two women who are bound to their chairs. Across the room, a dead man lies in a pool of blood. He cannot recall who they are or even his own name. The women beg the man to free them, but something seems wrong. Maybe it is he who needs to be freed. On a houseboat in the middle of a large lake, a retired couple experience a brief, strange flash of light. The next day, something tracks them from their boat to a nearby small town through the forest. What they find in the town is more horrifying than what awaits them on their return to the boat. Coming Up Short 3 is a new collection of tales of the macabre by the author of the award winning Within the Fog series. Warning: These stories will keep you up late at night, nervously chewing your fingernails, cringing at every little creak of your home. Our reality may not be what you have been led to believe.

The Whitecap Hotel is a former retreat, a vacationer's castle amongst the Rocky Mountain Peaks. The Whitecap has been closed for years now, a fading memory in a Colorado tourist town. Someone, though, is breathing new life into the Whitecap. This person has created a game and Kalen and Tisha McDonald have been invited. The game is a murder mystery party to be held in the heart of the hotel. Multiple past employees of the Whitecap will attend with Kalen and his wife to help solve a murder. The crime has been presented to them as a fictitious evening of clue solving - but is it? Is there something more developing as the evening progresses? Who is the real target of the game's creator? Kalen does not know, but he soon realizes a killer is among his cohorts for the evening. An invisible monster watches them, in the open, seeking to conceal a past crime. With no apparent means of escape, Kalen and Tisha must uncover the truth behind the game.While a coming battle with a killer builds, another murderous fiend is searching for Kalen. The Radio Killer is closer than ever and ready to strike. He is coming for Kalen. Soon, he will know all he needs to know to hunt the man the media knows only as - The Killer of Killers!

Kalen McDonald is a normal man with an exceptional gift and an unusual talent. Kalen has been blessed with a third sight. The visions that invade his mind show horrific scenes of death and murder. Kalen's talent is the countermeasure to the things he is shown. Over the years, Kalen has honed his skill in eliminating the perpetrators of the violent crimes he sees. Kalen is a serial killer in his own right. The profile of his victims is a simple one: Kalen murders killers.Now, Kalen finds himself saddled with an unusual accomplice in his pursuit of these murdering fiends. With his mind invaded by images of dead women who have had a third eye carved into their foreheads, Kalen must navigate the impact of an FBI agent as bent on revenge as he has become.His every desire is to solve the mystery of who is carving up these women while maintaining his normal life as a husband and father.Kalen has two problems. Another killer arises and this maniac is looking for him. Kalen must face the possibility that the hunter has become the hunted. While bracing for an ultimate battle, the killer Kalen seeks lurks much closer than he realizes.The pressure is building, and the deaths are mounting.Kalen and a gruff old FBI agent know the only solution to these terrors, the only path to survival, is the Killer of Killers.

The mysterious man known as the Radio Killer has figured out where Kalen McDonald and his family live.It is only a matter of time before he strikes.He needs Kalen to die. He cannot continue his depraved game of murdering prostitutes with the Kalen hunting him, promising to end his life and his sadistic game. As the Radio Killer draws ever closer, another man comes to the attention of Kalen. He is a man who has determined he must have a woman he desires. The lovely Shelby Marris is in his crosshairs.It does not matter that she has a boyfriend, or that she despises him. He wants her and he will move heaven and earth to have her. As these two situations converge, Kalen must balance his pursuit of the Radio Killer and saving Shelby's life, while making sure his wife, Tisha, and son, Brent, are safe. The tension mounts and the pressure builds. Kalen knows his duty and the task at hand. He is the protector of the innocent, the savior of those who cannot save themselves. While the circumstances grow more tedious, with the Radio Killer closing in, Kalen has a final card up his sleeve. The Radio Killer knows Kalen, but he doesn't know of his closest ally. Time is running short, very bad men are coming, but waiting for them is an evil much greater than they have ever known. Waiting for them is the man the media calls - The Killer of Killers.

The end of the world arrived at the same time that a massive blizzard hit the city of Colorado Springs. During the storm, people began losing their minds. These people instantly became giddy killers who laughed while they murdered. Every fiendish assault on normal people was hilarious, every death a cause for hysterics. No one was safe from them. They hunted the young and old alike. Joined by an old man and a teenage girl, Reggie must track his psychotic brother through the end of humanity and the raging storm. His brother, Mike, has kidnapped the woman he has only begun to love. Sheena reminds him of a woman he loved long before, who Mike murdered. He is determined not to lose another relationship to his brother, but to save Sheena, he must overcome the great adversity presented by those who cannot control their hysterical madness. The laughers are around every corner, in every shadow, waiting. What Reggie doesn't know is that the laughers are only the beginning of his problems, for someone is coming. A mysterious stranger arrives to warn them. He tells them of a dark force. It has been growing and spreading, in search of those who have escaped the laugher's disease. While Reggie and his new friends hunt Mike and try to save Sheena, an unstoppable force of evil is on its way to Colorado, and it has them in its sights.

Ancient evil arrived in a bank of fog and settled over the town of Wray, Colorado. Tom Benton lost everything to the evil that lives inside the fog. On the first night, Tom held out until the sun rose to chase away the vampire who lives in the fog. The monster vanished with a promise. Croatoan's promise was to return the next night to finish what he started. Over the centuries, no one has survived his evil, his complete destruction. Tom has escaped the horrific plans of Croatoan once with the aid of Sin, a teenaged boy who also lost everything. The consequences of victory were severe though. One bite from his son caused Tom to suffer the ravages of Croatoan's disease. As night falls, Tom and Sin can see the shroud of fog on the horizon. It returns to them, seeking what was at first denied. Tom waits for Croatoan's return, but he has a plan. He doesn't care about his own survival; he only wants to live long enough to see the end of the ancient vampire. Both Croatoan and Tom find fuel in their rage, their hatred of one another. Tom knows that anger and fear are the emotions that Croatoan craves, but he cannot help himself. The losses he has suffered have brought about the end of everyone he has ever loved. Will Tom's boiling fury fuel him to victory or cause a painful death at the hands of Croatoan? Tom waits with Sin, watching the fog arrive on the last night of their epic battle, swearing an end to the arriving evil. Croatoan arrives, but never alone. He brings others with him who are as intent on seeing Tom and Sin's death. Welcome to Death Within the Fog. There is no Salvation.

On the morning of Rachel's wedding anniversary, she finds her husband gone, and an envelope on his pillow. She is to solve the clue in the envelope to find the next clue. Each clue will lead to another until she finds her husband and her anniversary surprise. Excited to celebrate their day, she solves the first riddle and finds the next clue. As one clue leads to another, the tasks become harder and the clues hint at a more devious plan. A terrible reality dawns on her as she realizes she must complete the game to its end to save her marriage and possibly her life. Rachel's adventure is not the celebration she imagined, and the creator of the game has a different prize in mind. At the end of the game, he waits for her to complete his revenge. But who created the game? Why does he seek revenge? And who will be waiting for her at the end of her Scavenger Hunt?

A young boy has friends over to spend the night, but he is warned that he cannot allow the tragedies of the past to repeat themselves. A man struggling with sin returns to his cabin in the woods to face his demons and is instead confronted by his dead wife.The Antique Emporium is a store that appears out of nowhere to offer the finest of yesterday's household goods. It is run by a man as intent on selling his wares as he is devoted to filling the personal needs of his customers. But every antiquity comes with a warning. Sometimes the troubles we send away, stay away, and sometimes they return worse than they ever were. Coming Up Short 2 is a collection of 8 tales of the macabre by the author of the award winning Within the Fog series. Warning: These stories will keep you awake, nervously chewing at your fingernails, cringing at every little creak of your home. Our reality is not what we have been led to believe. There are things out there, in the shadows watching, waiting for us to come within reach, and they are hungry.