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  1. Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide
    1. Rupert Holmes

    Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide

    THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

    A hilariously original crime fiction novel about a clandestine college for well-intentioned would-be murderers, perfect for fans of Janice Hallett and Richard Osman.

    € 14,95
  2. Alan Safier

    Alan Safier

    Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Alan Safier (b. June 3, 1949, in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.) is an American stage, television, and voice-over actor, as well as a singer and recording artist, who is currently touring the United States as George Burns in the one-man show Say Goodnight Gracie by Rupert Holmes. Alan Safier was born in Cleveland to Martha Wolk (1913-2007), a homemaker, and Samuel Safier (1910-1965), a pharmacist. He has two older brothers, Howard and Dennis. As a child, he was always interested in performing, writing and communications. At the age of 12, he began writing a newspaper that covered events on his small suburban street, Tolland Road, in Shaker Heights, Ohio; the monthly newspaper lasted for one-and-a-half years. He wrote a sports column for the school newspaper at Byron Junior High, was co-editor for the Mayfield High newspaper, and was a contributing editor for the Ohio University Post in Athens, Ohio.

    € 136,00
  3. Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations

    Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations

    Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations is presented by the Drama Desk, a committee of New York City theatre critics, writers, and editors. It honors the orchestrators of musical productions staged on Broadway, off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway, and for legitimate not-for-profit theaters.

    € 180,00
  4. Partners in Crime (Album)

    Partners in Crime (Album)

    Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Partners in Crime an album by Rupert Holmes, includes the hits "Him" and "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)", the latter of which was the Billboard #1 hit of December 1979 and January 1980; it was the only single to hold the #1 position in both years and in different decades.Rupert Holmes (born February 24, 1947) is an American-British composer, singer-songwriter, musician and author of plays, novels and stories. He is best known for his number one pop hit "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" and the song "Him", which reached the number 6 position on the Hot 100 U.S. pop chart, both in 1979; his 1985 Tony Award-winning musical Drood (originally The Mystery of Edwin Drood); and his 2007 Drama Desk Award-winning book for the Broadway musical Curtains.]

    € 136,00
  5. Where the Truth Lies
    1. Rupert Holmes

    Where the Truth Lies

    A Mystery
    € 32,95
  6. Where the Truth Lies

    Where the Truth Lies

    High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Where the Truth Lies is a 2005 Canadian/British drama film written and directed by Atom Egoyan. It stars Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth and Alison Lohman and is based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Rupert Holmes. The film alternates between 1957, when Martin & Lewis-like comedy team Lanny Morris and Vince Collins are at the height of their success, and 1972, when journalist Karen O'Connor is determined to unravel the mystery of a young woman found dead in their hotel suite. Immediately after hosting a 39-hour-long polio telethon in a Miami television studio, Morris and Collins fly north to discuss opening the showroom of a new Las Vegas hotel run by mobster Sally Sanmarco. In their Atlantic City hotel suite, the body of college student Maureen O'Flaherty is found in a bathtub, but since both men were en route to the hotel at the time she was murdered, neither is connected to the crime. Shortly after, their partnership is dissolved.

    € 116,00
  7. Come uccidere il tuo capo
    1. Rupert , Holmes

    Come uccidere il tuo capo

    'E quindi avete deciso di commettere un omicidio. Congratulazioni! Aver comprato questo libro è il primo, importantissimo passo verso la realizzazione di un progetto che vi renderà orgogliosi di voi stessi e che potrebbe conquistarvi l'ammirazione di amici e parenti, semmai dovessero venirne a conoscenza. Ma noi faremo in modo che non accada'. Chi, almeno una volta nella vita, di fronte a datori di lavoro meschini e opportunisti, non ha immaginato di far fuori il proprio capo? Un antico college dedicato alla secolare arte dell'omicidio e tre matricole che dovranno applicarsi a materie quali Avvelenamenti, Agguati, Occultamento di prove. Il libro più divertente e originale per aspiranti assassini mai scritto, pieno di giochi di parole, intrighi e colpi di scena. Per chi avesse deciso di dar seguito al diabolico proposito di compiere un delitto, nello specifico quello del proprio capo, il modo migliore è di immatricolarsi all'Accademia McMasters, esclusivo e segretissimo istituto dedicato alla raffinata pratica delle arti omicide. Per essere ammesso, oltre a pagare una retta salata, uno studente deve avere una ragione etica per uccidere qualcuno che non meriti altro destino che la morte. Una volta accettato, riceverà un'educazione da assassino senza pari, fino a discutere una tesi, obbligatoria, che consisterà nell'uccidere una persona la cui morte renderà il mondo un posto migliore e farla franca.

    € 32,50
  8. Accomplice
    1. Rupert Holmes

    Accomplice

    € 20,95
  9. How to murder your Boss - McMasters Handbuch zum Morden
    1. Rupert , Holmes

    How to murder your Boss - McMasters Handbuch zum Morden

    Ein Hogwarts für Mörder Willkommen im McMasters-Konservatorium für Angewandte Künste - einer luxuriösen, geheimen Hochschule, die sich der hohen Kunst des Mordens verschrieben hat und in der Studenten lernen, wie sie ihre verdienstvollsten Opfer am besten 'auslöschen' können.Auf dem Campus dieses 'Poison Ivy League'-Colleges - dessen Standort selbst denjenigen, die dort studieren, unbekannt ist - könnte man sich als Übungsziel eines Klassenkameraden wiederfinden ... und die obligatorische Abschlussarbeit besteht darin, mit dem perfekten Mord an jemandem davonzukommen, dessen Tod die Welt zu einem viel besseren Ort machen wird. In diesem Handbuch folgen wir drei Studenten des McMaster-Konservatoriums in den 1950ern, die nur ein Ziel vor Augen haben: ihre Vorgesetzten umbringen. Doch wenn man es nicht schafft, einen Mord zu begehen, ohne dabei erwischt zu werden, dann muss man wohl selbst dran glauben. Überaus humorvoll und genial geschrieben. Für alle, die schon das ein oder andere Mal darüber nachgedacht haben, den oder die Vorgesetzte, um die Ecke zu bringen.

    € 13,00
  10. Murder Your Employer
    1. Rupert Holmes

    Murder Your Employer

    The McMasters Guide to Homicide
    € 20,95
  11. Holmes, R: Rupert Holmes Songbook

    Holmes, R: Rupert Holmes Songbook

    € 21,50
  12. Miracle of The Music Man
    1. Mark Cabaniss

    Miracle of The Music Man

    The Classic American Story of Meredith Willson

    Music publisher Cabaniss (Music Business Essentials: A Guide for Aspiring Professionals) pens a lovely tribute to Meredith Willson (1902–84), highlighting his role as lyricist and composer for one of the most beloved and successful Broadway musicals, 1957’s The Music Man. While providing biographical context and setting the stage with tales of Willson’s youth in small-town Iowa, touring with the Sousa Band, and a stint under Toscanini as a flutist in the New York Philharmonic, the author focuses more on the genesis of the show (and its 1962 film version), whose undimmed popularity after 65 years attests to its universality. Entertaining vignettes about members of the creative team and their contemporaries as well as excerpts from interviews with Willson’s widow and associates abound. Descriptions of Willson’s other musical endeavors, a smattering of photos and copious chapter notes complement the main narrative. Cabaniss’ discussions of more recent revivals of The Music Man on stage and television and his comparisons with other significant musicals prove invaluable. Will appeal to anyone interested in The Music Man or the process of bringing to life a full-fledged musical entertainment in the mid-20th century United States.

    € 23,50