John Howard

Enhance system reliability with reference configurations Effectively use Solstice DiskSuite or VERITAS Volume Manager to manage your boot disk Speed system recovery operations Boot Disk Management examines the life cycle of the Solaris Operating Environment (OE) and its boot disk. Recommendations and methods for selecting hardware and partitioning the Solaris OE boot disk are presented in detail. Additionally, this book provides recommendations for...

"Increase intimacy, connection, and love with this illuminating, science-based guide to creating meaningful and lasting relationships"-- When it comes to building a better relationship with your partner, touch and connection matter so much more than the words that you say. Howard explains why verbal communication may not elicit the connection you seek, and offers ways to practice and form new habits that can nurture love, care, safety, comfort, and...

A young woman singing in night clubs wants to join the opera. She comes up with a plan to get publicity by pretending to be a wild bird girl from Africa. Everything is going as planned until people she knows recognize her.

Following his parents' separation, a rebellious teenage boy is sent to live with his father for the summer and work at the local marina to gain some form of discipline. The idyllic tourist town offers little solace for him, however, and Ben's problems grow increasingly disturbing when he makes a chilling discovery about the family renting the house next door.

A humorous look at the ages of man. Includes eras through the French Revolution.

Fleeing war-torn China, a small planeload of people are hijacked to an idyllic valley in the Himalayas where time has virtually stopped. There Conway, a British diplomat, falls in love with a beautiful woman, and is asked to remain in Shangri-La as its new leader.

A has-been movie director (Mel Brooks) intends to make a comeback by making a silent movie, and in the process, save his film studio from a takeover by a New York-based conglomerate.

Australian satirist Yahoo Serious writes, directs and stars in a zany reworking of the life of Albert Einstein. In this off-the-wall farce, Einstein (Serious) hails from Tasmania and, watching bubbles in a glass of beer, has a brilliant insight on how to split the beer atom. He leaves for the mainland with his profound discovery, romances Marie Curie and creates rock 'n' roll, which becomes his truly earth-shattering breakthrough.

Carmen, Meredith's free-spirited niece, breezes into town and quickly confides in her aunt that she is both pregnant and on the run from the law. Three chefs storm into town to testify against Carmen, who posed as a restaurant critic in order to obtain free meals. Feeling a little insecure in the kitchen herself, Laura approaches Diver Dan for a few cooking lessons.

An invitation to the annual magistrate's dinner dance confirms Laura's suspicion that she is single in a world designed for couples. At least it encourages her to invite Dan, but her ego is battered when he surrenders himself with a pile of unpaid fines, choosing a jail sentence over a date with her. Karen questions how well she knows her parents when they return to town as born-again hippies.