Ron Howard
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With the perspective of time and success--Ron as a filmmaker, producer, and Hollywood A-lister, Clint as a busy character actor--the Howard brothers delve deep into an upbringing that seemed normal to them yet was anything but. Their Midwestern parents, Rance and Jean, moved to California to pursue their own showbiz dreams. But it was their young sons who found steady employment as actors. Rance put aside his ego and ambition to become Ron and Clint's...
2) The Boys
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Happy Days, The Andy Griffith Show, Gentle Ben—these shows captivated millions of TV viewers in the ’60s and ’70s. Join award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard and audience-favorite actor Clint Howard as they frankly and fondly share their unusual family story of navigating and surviving life as sibling child actors.
“What was it like to grow up on TV?” Ron Howard has been asked this question throughout his adult life. in The Boys, he and his...
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We often make small ethical compromises for "good" reasons: We lie to a customer because our boss asked us to. We exaggerate our accomplishments on our résumé to get an interview. Temptation blindsides us. And we make snap decisions we regret.
Minor ethical lapses can seem harmless, but they instill in us a hard-to-break habit of distorted thinking. Rationalizations drown out our inner voice, and we make up the rules as we go. We lose control of...
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This book is an integrated work published in two volumes. The first volume treats the basic Markov process and its variants; the second, semi-Markov and decision processes. Its intent is to equip readers to formulate, analyze, and evaluate simple and advanced Markov models of systems, ranging from genetics and space engineering to marketing. More than a collection of techniques, it constitutes a guide to the consistent application of the fundamental...
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This book is an integrated work published in two volumes. The first volume treats the basic Markov process and its variants; the second, semi-Markov and decision processes. Its intent is to equip readers to formulate, analyze, and evaluate simple and advanced Markov models of systems, ranging from genetics and space engineering to marketing. More than a collection of techniques, it constitutes a guide to the consistent application of the fundamental...
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Sherlock Holmes volume 26
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When Holmes and Watson find a baby on their doorstep, it turns out to be the daughter of a missing French scientist. Soon, the baby is kidnapped, leaving Holmes to embark on a mission to find the child and avoid an international scandal.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 8
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The only clue left at the site of a pair of grisly murders is a chicken's foot. Baffled, Inspector Lestrade seeks Sherlock Holmes' assistance in the case.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 24
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After a boy flees his compartment on a train, he suddenly disappears into thin air. Although his governess believes that he has simply run away, Holmes has other suspicions. Holmes' inquiry into the matter leads him to a nearby circus.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 23
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English
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When a serial killer is sentenced to death, he issues a threat stating that he will kill Sherlock Holmes before he himself is executed.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 18
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English
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Sherlock Holmes helps Scotland Yard track down a killer who has been leaving three thistles beside each woman he has murdered.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 21
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English
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Sherlock Holmes races against time to discover the location of a bomb that was planted somewhere in London by an extortionist.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 32
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English
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A condemned man that is scheduled to hang the following day uses his last request to ask Sherlock Holmes to prove his innocence of the murder for which he is about to be executed.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 30
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After a notorious criminal is killed by a milk-wagon, Lestrade finds a coded message in the man's clothing, and asks Holmes to decipher it. The investigation leads Holmes to assume the dead man's identity and travel all the way to Paris.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 25
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Alex, an advice columnist, believes a young woman named Susan should break up with her violent fiance, who is also pretending to be wealthy to hide his true intentions stemming from his desire to acquire his intended bride's fortune.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 10
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English
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Sherlock Holmes tracks down a criminal who uses a young girl to lure victims into empty houses, where they are then murdered.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 5
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After Dr. Watson believes he has seen a ghost, Sherlock Holmes is set upon a case that leads to a crime committed in an art museum.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 17
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Sherlock Holmes helps one of Dr. Watson's old friends by discovering the source of an odd noise in the man's home, but in doing so, Holmes uncovers a deeper, more serious, mystery.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 35
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Malcolm MacGregan seeks Holmes's assistance in solving the mystery of a ghost who never fails to prevent the sale of an ancestral painting.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 31
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After Sir Charles Farnsworth is found dead in his castle, a clause inserted into his will firmly requests that his death only be investigated by Sherlock Holmes. Testing reveals traces of arsenic in Farnsworth's body, and suspects abound.

