After Glow (Ghost Hunters, Book 2)

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Para-archaeologist Lydia Smith has spent her entire adult life digging into the past, and building a career. But all that changes when she finds herself lost in the catacombs below the city, with no memory of how she came to be there. Now it's her own past that is eluding her; and the secret of what happened to her will endanger everything she's worked to rebuild, including her new marriage to Emmett London, who has a dangerous past of his own to overcome.

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"The followup to her bestselling After Dark. Para-archaeologist Lydia Smith has spent her entire adult life digging into the past, and building a career. But all that changes when she find herself lost in the catacombs below the city, with no memory of how she came to be there. Now it's her own past that is eluding her; an the secret of what happened to her will endanger everything she's worked to rebuild, including her new marriage to Emmett London, who has a dangerous past of his own to overcome."

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Write more Jayne!.......2007-10-02

I loved the Orchid series books she wrote. And then I really enjoyed the two books in this series. It was different, but same kind of interesting setting as the Orchid series. For years I've been checking back at book stores hoping she has written more in these series. But no such luck for me.

Follow up to "After Dark" and another good fun outing.......2007-04-14

This book follows "After Dark" which includes the same characters and describes how Lydia Smith and Emmett London met. It isn't necessary to have read the first book to understand this one (in fact I read this one first and didn't have any difficulties in understanding what's going on) but it does rather give away some of the events in the first book, if you haven't yet read it.

The events in After Glow take place a month after the end of the previous book. Lydia is still working in Shrimpton's museum, is continuing her relationship with Emmett London, and is getting along quietly with her life after the excitement of the murders and the discovery of the dreamstone jar in the previous book. However she finds herself at the scene of another death - this time a former professor of archaeology who appears to have overdosed on drugs. As she waits for the police to arrive Emmett London meets up with her and she discovers that the head of the Cadence Guild, the local Ghost Hunter organisation which sometimes seems rather like its own private army, has been shot. Emmett is now acting head of the Guild, for reasons which he eventually explains to Lydia.

The first section of this book is taken up with Lydia coming to terms with Emmett's position in the Guild. She's not sure about their relationship - how seriously he takes it - and has strong misgivings about the Guild. But when she discovers there's a threat to Emmett's safety with this new position she does all she can to protect him, involving some surprising actions. The threads of events start to click together for Lydia and she realises the death of the Professor might have something to do with her 'Lost Weekend', a 48 hour amnesia that she experienced 7 months ago and which put an end to her highbrow career. When events get nasty Lydia has to fight for her safety and freedom as well as understanding more about her relationship with Emmett.

Jayne Castle (aka Jayne Ann Krentz and Amanda Quick) is good at writing books that are well paced and interesting. Her worldbuilding in this book isn't brilliant - there are a lot of irritating repetitions of things like "rez" to apparently show it's a different type of world but the whole underlying Ghosts and Traps ideas are enough and some of her writing seems to be rather silly. Still, the characters are good, particularly Lydia who is feisty and honest and appealing, and the relationship with Emmett isn't the main focus of the book, there's more about the plot and whodunit aspect to keep the reader's attention. It's a worthy sequel to the previous book and one that I can recommend.

The "after glow" after reading After Glow.......2007-02-10

I really, really liked this book. It picks up just weeks after the events in After Dark which can be read in the book Harmony. The main reason I am so enthusiastic about this book is that After Dark took me into a completely new genre and After Glow has made me an avowed "Harmonic".

This futuristic/romantic/mystery was a delight for me from beginning to end. Since I had already read After Dark it was fascinating to find that Jayne Castle had written this book as if the first book had been an installment, not a separate writing. All the lovely characters were there (except for those killed off in the first book, of course!) with Lydia and Emmett moving directly into their second adventure. As a futuristic novel I am happy to say that I had no trouble coming up with my concept of what the "world" (both above and below ground) looked like. That is pretty important as I have never ventured into any alien landscapes in my reading material. As a romantic novel I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the relationship between Lydia and Emmett mature. Some reviewers did not find favor with the lack of descriptions for the physical relationship side for this couple. As for me, I have a great imagination and appreciate Ms Castle giving me the opportunity to utilize it and fill in the blanks myself. Minute descriptive details are not always welcomed. As a mystery novel it was quite good. I consider myself a huge fan of mysteries and I was satisfied with this plotting. The author threw in a double blind but there is only so much she could do to draw attention away from the villian of the piece. Still, I kept on reading and I think that is what the author wants to hear.

All in all, a lovely book. An absorbing book, and a book which makes me want to read more about those folks of Harmony.

Dust bunnies!.......2006-08-24

2nd in Castle's books about Harmony, a colonized planet that has been cut off from Earth, this is another "dust-bunny" book. It follows After Dark - and continues the story of Lydia Smith, former professor and current curator, and her Ghost Hunter boyfriend Emmett London, who is trying desperately to avoid the life of Guild Master. Lydia and Emmett get caught up in guild business when the local guild master checks himself into a hospital after an attempt on his life, and Emmett has been selected as the stand-in until his recovery. Lydia, as usual, winds up in the midst of trouble when she walks into a meeting to find the other person dead of an apparent overdose. Emmett and Lydia, accompanied by Fuzz, a dust bunny, follow the clues and mazes while dodging ghost attacks to find the links to all of the mysteries, and their own happiness. You definitely want to read After Dark first, and follow it with Ghost Hunter.

Yet another failure.......2006-05-11

the story from "After dark" gets a second wind. Now Emmet has to act as guild boss and Lydia manages to "save" him from peril by marrying him. The same idiotic problems of a love affair spiced with two-three rather boring sex scenes, the worst use of an alien enviroment ever to be found in a book.
Still, a beautiful cover. Too bad, again.
Not recommended.

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After Glow
Jordana Daniels
Manufacturer: Paradise Press, Inc.
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000PDJLN4

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After-Glow
Sherwood E. Wirt
Manufacturer: Zondervan Publishing House
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000S82ULG

The After-glow of a Great Reign (Dodo Press)

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The After-glow of a Great Reign (Dodo Press)
A. F. Winnington Ingram
Manufacturer: Dodo Press
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Binding: Paperback

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1901 publication consisting of a series of addresses about the reign of Queen Victoria, by the Reverend Arthur Foley Winnington Ingram, Bishop Suffragan of Stepney, and Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral.

After-Glow: The excitement of Being Filled with the Spirit

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After-Glow: The excitement of Being Filled with the Spirit

Manufacturer: Zondervan Publishers
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000CDPQBS

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"Sherwood E. Wirt, a jounalist who has seved with the Billy Graham evangelistic team on six continents, here records God's unexpected working on a much smaller scale - the scene of his own inner life."

Darkness & Dawn Volume 3 - The After Glow (Classic Science Fiction & Fantasy)

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Darkness & Dawn Volume 3 - The After Glow (Classic Science Fiction & Fantasy)
George, Allen England
Manufacturer: Leonaur Ltd
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1846770386

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Darkness & Dawn - Volume 3 - The Afterglow The Classic Novel of a New America. Somewhere near the Great Lakes, 1000 years from now. 500 miles below our planet's surface tribes of near human albino warriors eke out an existence in a hostile environment. They tell stories of a golden age, of sunlight, of art and culture; but such tales are mere myths ---- until a man and a woman with god-like abilities arrive and promise to lead them towards the surface, towards the light and to a new life of plenty.

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The Dog (After-Glow Essays, #3)

Manufacturer: University of London Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: B000CRMVNK

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Examination of Ancient Egyptian names found in England.

Ghost Hunters Series - 4 Book Set - After Dark, After Glow, Ghost Hunter, & Silver Master (Ghost Hunters/Harmony, Vols 1 thru 4)

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Ghost Hunters Series - 4 Book Set - After Dark, After Glow, Ghost Hunter, & Silver Master (Ghost Hunters/Harmony, Vols 1 thru 4)
Jayne Castle , and Jayne Ann Krentz
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000WPCSNA

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Set of 4 paperbacks in Jayne Castle's Ghost Hunter series: After Dark, After Glow, Ghost Hunter, & Silver Master.

Hundreds and Hides (After-Glow Essays, 11)

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Hundreds and Hides (After-Glow Essays, 11)

Manufacturer: University of London Press, Ltd.
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Binding: Hardcover Comic
ASIN: B000CRMUL8

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Cornish place names are traced to Egyptian roots.

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Rejuvenescence, (The After-glow essays)
J. Rendel Harris
Manufacturer: University of London Press
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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In her extraordinary novels Into the Wilderness and Dawn on a Distant Shore, award-winning writer Sara Donati deftly captured the vast, untamed wilderness of late-eighteenth-century New York and the trials and triumphs of the Bonner family. Now Donati takes on a new and often overlooked chapter in our nation’s past—and in the life of the spirited Bonners—as their oldest daughter, the brave and beautiful Hannah, comes of age with a challenge that will change her forever. Masterfully told, this passionate story is a moving tribute to a resilient, adventurous family and a people poised at the brink of a new century.

It is the spring of 1802, and the village of Paradise is still reeling from the typhoid epidemic of the previous summer. Elizabeth and Nathaniel Bonner have lost their two-year-old son, Hannah’s half brother Robbie, but they struggle on as always: the men in the forests, the twins Lily and Daniel in Elizabeth’s school, and Hannah as a doctor in training, apprenticed to Richard Todd. Hannah is descended from healers on both sides—one Scots grandmother and one Mohawk—and her reputation as a skilled healer in her own right is growing.

After a long night spent attending to a birth, Elizabeth and Hannah encounter an escaped slave hiding on the mountain. She calls herself Selah Voyager, and she is looking for Curiosity Freeman—a former slave herself, one of the village’s wisest women and Elizabeth’s closest friend. The Bonners take Selah, desperately ill, to Lake in the Clouds to care for her, and with that simple act they are drawn into the secret life that Curiosity and Galileo Freeman and their grown children have been leading for almost ten years. The Bonners will do what they must to protect the Freemans, just as Hannah will protect her patient, who presents more than one kind of challenge. For a bounty hunter is afoot—Hannah’s childhood friend and first love, Liam Kirby.

While Elizabeth and Nathaniel undertake a treacherous journey through the endless forests to bring Selah to safety in the north, Hannah embarks on a very different journey to New-York City, with two goals: to learn the secrets of vaccination against smallpox, a disease that threatens Paradise, and to find out what she can about Liam’s immediate past and what caused him to change so drastically from the boy she once loved. The obstacles she faces as a woman and a Mohawk make her confront questions long avoided about her place in the world.

Those questions follow her back to Paradise, where she finds that the medical miracle she brings with her will not cure prejudice or superstition, nor can it solve the problem of slavery. No sooner have the Bonners begun to rebound from their losses—old and new—than they find themselves confronted by more than one old enemy in a battle that will test the strength of their love for one another. Hannah faces the decision she has always dreaded: will she make a life for herself in a white world, or among her mother’s people?

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Following Into the Wilderness and Dawn on a Distant Shore, Lake in the Clouds is the third book in the Wilderness series by Sara Donati.

It is the spring of 1802, and the village of Paradise is still reeling from the typhoid epidemic of the previous summer. Elizabeth and Nathaniel Bonner have lost their two-year-old son, Hannah's half brother Robbie, but they struggle on as always: the men in the forests, the twins Lily and Daniel in Elizabeth's school, and Hannah as a doctor in training, apprenticed to Richard Todd. Hannah is descended from healers on both sides -- one Scots grandmother and one Mohawk -- and her reputation as a skilled healer in her own right is growing.

After a long night spent attending to a birth, Elizabeth and Hannah encounter an escaped slave hiding on the mountain. She calls herself Selah Voyager, and she is looking for Curiosity Freeman -- a former slave herself, one of the village's wisest women and Elizabeth's closest friend.

The Bonners take Selah, desperately ill, to Lake in the Clouds to care for her, and with that simple act they are drawn into the secret life that Curiosity and Galileo Freeman and their grown children have been leading for almost ten years.

The Bonners will do what they must to protect the Freemans, just as Hannah will protect her patient, who presents more than one kind of challenge. For a bounty hunter is afoot -- Hannah's childhood friend and first love, Liam Kirby.

While Elizabeth and Nathaniel undertake a treacherous journey through the endless forests to bring Selah to safety in the north, Hannah embarks on a very different journey to New-York City, with two goals: to learn the secrets of vaccination against smallpox, a disease that threatens Paradise, and to find out what she can about Liam's immediate past and what caused him to change so drastically from the boy she once loved. The obstacles she faces as a woman and a Mohawk make her confront questions long avoided about her place in the world.

Those questions follow her back to Paradise, where she finds that the medical miracle she brings with her will not cure prejudice or superstition, nor can it solve the problem of slavery. No sooner have the Bonners begun to rebound from their losses -- old and new -- than they find themselves confronted by more than one old enemy in a battle that will test the strength of their love for one another. Hannah faces the decision she has always dreaded: will she make a life for herself in a white world, or among her mother's people?

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The Bonner saga continues.......2007-08-16

I enjoyed Hannah's story and some of the subplots in this novel which is the 3rd in the Wilderness series. Hannah is one of my favorite characters and she faces many decisions and challenges for a young lady in 1800. She has always seemed mature and confident for her age, but she really becomes an adult in this book. This story takes place in Paradise and New York city. There are some weaknesses which have been mentioned by other reviewers. It is not a perfect story and several people are killed off by an epidemic, but I still would like to continue reading the series to follow certain characters. I have never been a big fan of Elizabeth, so I am glad Ms. Donati is concentrating on other characters now. I particularly enjoy everything about the Mohawk and other Indian charachers.

Great read.......2006-03-18

This is the third in the series by Sara Donati. All three are excellant books and she follows the story line extremely well from the beginning of the series. Having lived and grown up in the area in which the story takes place, I am familiar with locales, etc. Very well done!

Captivated...........2006-01-27

Since reading Sara Donati's Lake in the clouds i have been astounded once again with how well she can write. During reading the book I would sometimes find myself lost in the book and losing track of time. I felt like i was actually their with them. Not as one of the characters but just being around them all. At other times i would be mad as an ox at the deception of jemima southern kuick, Never knew i could want to throttle someone through a book :D. And sometimes i would nearly cry for hannah when it seemed the scarlet fever attack on the town would never end and the heartbreak that it brought her and Elizabeth back from her memeorise from when robbie died from a different sickness that hit the town a while back. Anyways any one who is going to read this book i give a huge thumbs up but you really must start from into the wilderness otherwise your going to be very confused. Beautiful work by Sara Donati canr't wait to read the 4th book and for the 5th one to come out!

A well-written, complex novel that held my interest.......2005-06-26

Though I know this was the third in her series, it was the first one I've read, and I LOVED it. For me, it was accurate enough historically, regarding people's views of other people. I'm afraid I just could not become attatched to characters who looked down on others because of their ethnicity, etc. And if I don't care about the characters, the story won't interest me. It seemed to me that the "heroes" of this story tend to demonstrate many qualities to which we should all aspire; treating people fairly, whether we agree with their morals or not.

I found the story itself to be extrememly interesting and diverting. It was so wonderfully complex I don't even have the words to describe it, although I have been known to compare it to the novels of Pat Conroy, another favorite author of mine.

A wonderful read.......2005-02-05

I loved Into The Wilderness, but was not impressed at all with Dawn on a Distant Shore. I was given Lake in the Clouds as a gift, and I have to say that Ms. Donati redeemed herself fully from the DOADS debacle. LITC is a great read - exciting, emotional and beautifully written. I highly recommend it and can't wait for the next book to come out in paperback!

Down Comes the Rain (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)

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Where Does It Come From?

Down Comes the Rain (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)
Franklyn M. Branley
Manufacturer: HarperTrophy
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0064451666

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After rain comes down, the sun comes out and dries the puddles. But the water isn't gone. The heat from the sun has turned it into water vapor-it has evaporated. Eventually, this moisture in the air condenses to form new clouds. Soon the rain will fall again. Read on to find out all the ups and downpours of the water cycle!

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Where Does It Come From?.......2000-04-10

Down Comes The Rain is an excellent book that introduces to young children the formation of rain and where it actually comes from. It also discusses the transformation of water into ice and also the evaporation of water. Children can understand the book through its simple terms and colorful illustrations. Rain is just one of the many things that young children often wonder about. It is a very good book that can be added to any elementary classroom when discussing a unit on weather or simply to have at home to read togther on rainy days! Many hands-on activities, such as putting a teaspoon of water into a saucer and coming back to see that it has evaporated into the air, can be done by using this book. I have added this book to my list that I plan to use in the classroom!

Hudson River Journey: Images from Lake Tear of the Clouds to New York Harbor

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Hudson River Journey: Images from Lake Tear of the Clouds to New York Harbor
Joanne Michaels
Manufacturer: Countryman Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0881505943

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This stunning photographic journey follows the path of the Hudson River from north to south, through the Catskills and the surrounding valley region, all the way to New York City.

Bursting with historical, cultural, and natural abundance, the Hudson River Valley region has captured the imaginations and the hearts of generations of writers, artists, and adventurers. Now two Hudson Valley natives have teamed up to capture the beauty and the passion of this special region.

More than 100 full-color photos lavishly display the varied terrain from the sheer, abrupt cliffs of the Shawangunk range to the quiet, tidal backwaters along the river and the serene mystique of the fertile countryside. From covered bridges to lighthouses, from ice climbing to bucolic vistas, there is something here for every set of eyes. Photos are gracefully complemented with rich text from one of the region's most experienced and dedicated travel writers. 95 color photographs, appendix.

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Excellent Book.......2006-11-05

I bought this book as a gift for my wife, who is orginally from the Hudson Valley. She loves it.

Gorgeous.......2004-01-27

This is a fantastic celebration of the Hudson River and its environs. Beautifully photographed, with just the right amount of narration, interestingly told. A unique feature is the addition of driving directions to each one of these exquisite places, at the end of the book. Very nicely done overall!

Flying cloud,: And one hundred and fifty other old time songs and ballads of outdoor men, sailors, lumber jacks, soldiers, men of the Great Lakes, railroadmen, miners, etc

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Flying cloud,: And one hundred and fifty other old time songs and ballads of outdoor men, sailors, lumber jacks, soldiers, men of the Great Lakes, railroadmen, miners, etc
Michael Cassius Dean
Manufacturer: Norwood Editions
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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A book party at top of the line

Gateway to the Clouds
Alan Sweeney , and Judy Sweeney
Manufacturer: Tribute Books
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Binding: Paperback

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Gateway to the Clouds is a story of the Scranton, Dunmore, Moosic Lake Railroad. From narrow and standard gauge steam railroading to the electric trolley, readers will ride the pages of this interesting segment (1902-1926) of Northeastern Pennsylvania history. The authors tell the story of the dream of two Irish immigrants to find a place that would allow for recreation and serve as an escape after a strenuous work week.

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A book party at top of the line.......2006-12-01

by Terry Bonifanti, The Scranton Times-Tribune, Namedropper

Alan and Judy Hennemuth Sweeney were partying with pens in hand Friday evening at their Moosic Lake summer home.

The Green Ridge residents were signing copies of their new book, "Gateway to the Clouds: The Story of a Short Line Railroad, the Scranton, Dunmore, Moosic Lake Railroad - 1902-1926," which has just been published by Tribute Books of Eynon.

"Gateway to the Clouds" is a history book and its proceeds will benefit the Lackawanna Historical Society, Alan said.

"It's a story very few people remember in our generation, maybe two generations past," he said, of his and Judy's book on the small railroad designed "expressly to bring people from the valley where they worked up to the Gateway to the Clouds," an amusement resort at Moosic Lake.

Along with the Sweeneys' daughters, Kara and Rachel, those at the book-signing party hosted by Susan Hennemuth and the Moosic Lake Women's Club, included: Alyn and Judy Scheatzle, Michael Crowley, Karen and Mike Yeager, Vito and Elaine Geroulo, Pete and Ann Shorten, Mike and Mary Gunning, Richard and Jane McLaughlin, Richard and Mary Jo McArthur, T.C. Connelly, Joe and Ellen McGrath, Frank and Layla Kane, Peggy and Jack Kubash, Ann Divivo, John, Cathy and Pinsey Butler, Karen and Pat Dempsey, Bill and Lynn Taylor, Pete and Nancy Votas and Nancy Luciani.

A story on the Short Line is a natural for the Sweeneys. Alan is president of the historical society and chairman of the Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority. Judy grew up at Moosic Lake. A retired Scranton elementary school teacher now working for Keystone College's education department, Judy is the author of a six-book series called Blending Language Skills. Alan also has co-authored (with Cheryl Kashuba and Darlene Lanning-Miller) "The History of Scranton" for Arcadia Press which is due out in October.

The Hudson, from Lake Tear of the Clouds to New York Harbor.

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The Hudson, from Lake Tear of the Clouds to New York Harbor.
Manuel, Komroff
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0070353077

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The Hudson: From Lake Tear of the Clouds to New York Harbor.
Manuel. Komroff
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
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ASIN: B000SV1UGY

I Wander'd Lonely as a Cloud: The Lake Poets

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I Wander'd Lonely as a Cloud: The Lake Poets
Robin Langley Sommer
Manufacturer: Dovetale Books
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Lake in the Clouds, Pt. A
Sara Donati
Manufacturer: Books on Tape
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Binding: Audio Cassette

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ASIN: 0736686843

NABOKOV'S DOZEN-Spring in Fialta+Forgotten Poet+First Love+Signs & Symbols+Assistant Producer+Aurelian+Cloud, Castle, Lake+Conversation Piece 1945+That in Aleppo Once+Time and Ebb+Scenes from the Life of a Double Monster+Mademoiselle O+Lance (COLLECTED STORIES OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST WRITERS)

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NABOKOV'S DOZEN-Spring in Fialta+Forgotten Poet+First Love+Signs & Symbols+Assistant Producer+Aurelian+Cloud, Castle, Lake+Conversation Piece 1945+That in Aleppo Once+Time and Ebb+Scenes from the Life of a Double Monster+Mademoiselle O+Lance (COLLECTED STORIES OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST WRITERS)

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