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"Hidden in a compartment of my grandmother's bottom dresser drawer was an old scrapbook. Pressed inside were photographs of a beautiful young woman and hundreds of newspaper clippings about vaudeville shows and the movie industry. This is how I learned about my great aunt, Ruby Adams. As a child, I combed through the items that chronicled her life as a vaudeville headliner--her success and her tragedy."

So begins this novel set in the Golden Age of Hollywood, Prohibition and vaudeville in San Francisco in 1925. Waiting in the Wings tells the story of Ruby Adams, a vaudeville actress...

Previous wage studies of the period before World War I found that real wages remained stable from 1890 to 1914 despite the continued growth of the economy. This study indicates that this conclusion was based on faulty statistics. Using new estimates of money wages and a new cost-of-living index, Mr. Rees shows that real wages rose considerably in this period, although less than in later years. His findings will require revision of the prevailing viewpoint.

Originally published in 1961.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make...

The second volume of this highly regarded reference source features the full text of nearly 150 of the most recent articles available from the National Cancer Institute, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institute on Aging, and other authoritative agencies. New chapters on stroke and musculoskeletal and connective tissue diseases have been added. Also, articles from 17 nonprofit organizations including the Leukemia Society of America, the National Parkinson's Foundation, and the Alzheimer's Association are included for the first time.

Rees Bryant shares over sixty years of ministry and missions experience in "From the Pulpit and the Pen," a collection of papers on Bible study and Christianity as well as a personal narrative and challenge.

Bryant's warmth and approachability make this guide to Christian life as comforting and accessible as it is encouraging and uplifting. Jesus and his incarnation, his teachings, death on the cross, burial, resurrection, ascension into heaven, and promise to return have strengthened and empowered Christians for centuries-through life's inevitable struggles, fears, and doubts....