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What Is Religion?

Richard Curtis

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The Client from Hell and Other Publishing Satires

Richard Curtis

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How to Be Your Own Literary Agent: An Insider's Guide to Getting Your Book Published

Richard Curtis

How to Be Your Own Literary Agent is the most practical and thorough guide to book publishing for writers. Richard Curtis, a top literary agent for more than twenty-five years, provides a comprehensive overview of the publishing process, from submissions to contract negotiations to subsidiary rights to marketing and beyond. In this completely revised and expanded edition, Curtis takes into account the enormous changes in the publishing world over the past ten years. Included are new sections on what the electronic revolution means to you, and how to take advantage of it; the new breed of literary agents: how to find them and interest them in your work; how you can have a say in your book's design, cover art, jacket copy, and promotion; what author and agent organizations can do for you; how book chains and the superstores affect your chances of getting published; and why the American Booksellers Association convention is important to you. No other book provides such detailed and accessible information. For novices and veteran writers alike, How to Be Your Own Literary Agent takes the mystery out of getting the best deal possible and ensuring happy publication.

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Other editions: Softcover - 2003

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Dancing With Dogs: A Step-By-Step Guide to Freestyle

Richard Curtis

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Love Actually

Richard Curtis

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How to Get Your E-Book Published: An Insider's Guide to the World of Electronic Publishing

Richard Curtis; W. T. Quick; William Thomas Quick

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Other editions: Hardcover - 2002

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The $3 Turnover

Richard Curtis

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Dispensing Justice Locally: The Implementation and Effects of Midtown Community Court

Richard Curtis; David Rottman; Brian Ostrom; Michele Sviridoff; National Institute of Justice (U.S.); State Justice Institute (U.S.)

Communities today are finding that the excess of low-level crime, such as soliciting prostitution, is affecting quality of life. New York City created The Midtown Community Court to combat these problems in an efficient and reasonable manner and to address the concerns and needs of citizens outside of the traditional court system. The Midtown Community Court is a pilot project implemented in New York by the National Center for Courts, the Center for Court Innovation, and John Jay College of Criminal Justice to identify how the court system could resolve many of the problems that plagued the Midtown community.
This book shows the significant impact and success that can be accomplished when courts are designed to meet the needs of the community regardless of traditional proceedings. The presentation of this unique approach marks the way for courts and ancillary justice agencies of all sizes to work together to build community confidence and assure not only quality of life but quality of justice.

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Death in the Crease

Richard Curtis

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Hubris and the Presidency: The Abuse of Power by Johnson and Nixon

Richard Curtis

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Conversations With Screenwriters

Richard Curtis; Susan Bullington Katz; Sherman Alexie; Mike Leigh; Anthony Minghella; Horton Foote; Callie Khouri; Atom Egoyan; Frank Darabont; Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Susan Bullington Katz, in conversation with some of the top screenwriters working today, gives us an insider's look into the art, craft, and business of screenwriting.

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Notting Hill

Richard Curtis

The writer, the star, and the producer of "Four Weddings and a Funeral" have teamed up again for another marvelous romantic comedy. With an original screenplay by Richard Curtis, and directed by Roger Michell ("Persuasion"), few film projects have been as enthusiastically anticipated as "Notting Hill." Julia Roberts stars as Anna Scott. She's the perfect woman and the greatest movie star to walk the earth. Hugh Grant is William Thacker. He's a small-time bookseller in London's Notting Hill. This definitively unlikely pair are brought together in a hilarious and touching alliance making this the kind of love story for which Richard Curtis is so famous. Now this comprehensive film tie-in brings us Curtis' brilliant screenplay, exclusive material on the making of the film, a wealth of stunning film stills and behind-the-scene photos, and a very funny afterword by Hugh Grant.

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This Business of Publishing: An Insider's View of Current Trends and Tactics

Richard Curtis

Veteran literary agent Richard Curtis takes a critical look at the changing face of publishing and offers a provocative and insightful interpretation of lessons learned from more than thirty years in the business. He examines every aspect of the publishing world, from the big houses to the small presses, from today's authors and editors to the techno-agents of the twenty-first century, discussing: the escalating damage caused by the consignment system; the changing wholesale business and its threat to authors, editors, and agents; the disenfranchisement of authors and editors by large publishing mergers and acquisitions; the electronic media revolution and the identity crisis for writers, editors, and agents; and the "blockbuster mentality" and the increased dependence of publishers on big-name authors. Curtis provides an engaging and clever read for authors, editors, agents, and anyone in publishing. This Business of Publishing confronts the big picture of publishing today, calling for an industry-wide reformation of the way books are merchandised.

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The Bean Scrapbook: Mr. Bean's Exploits in America

Richard Curtis; Robin Driscoll; Rowan Atkinson

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Mr. Beans Scrapbook: All About Me in America

Richard Curtis; Robin Driscoll; Andrew Clifford

This masterpiece is about me and my best friend, David, in lovely Hollywood. It is a different world over there, I can tell you! Please read it carefully because I sweated blood writing it (LITERALLY!)Signed, Mr. Bean

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Bean: The Script Book

Richard Curtis; Robin Driscoll

So desperate are Mr. Bean's employers at the Royal National Gallery to get rid of him that they resort to pretending he is an eminent art critic and send him to America on a cultural exchange. "Bean," the film, is the hilarious tale of Mr. Bean's adventures while staying with the Langley family in California. In addition to the script, this unique companion to the movie "Bean" includes a foreword by director Mel Smith, together with Richard Curtis's diary charting the embryonic stages in the development of the film and Robin Driscoll's views of the filming in LA. Other gems include a selection of early parts of the script that did not make it into the final cut, and a unique insight into the Mr. Bean character in his earliest incarnation, in the early 1980s, when he was known as Mr. Smith. Lavishly illustrated with stills from the film and behind-the -scenes photographs, Bean: The Script Book is a must for the film buffs and Mr. Bean fans alike.

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The Mouthpiece

Richard Curtis; Edgar Wallace

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Four Weddings and a Funeral: Three Appendices and a Screenplay

Richard Curtis

The hilarious, Oscar-nominated screenplay that features six old friends, a tongue-tied priest, four drunken receptions, a poetic eulogy, and the role that made Hugh Grant the world's favorite bumbling bachelor.

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Mastering the Business of Writing

Richard Curtis

This is an unusual opportunity for aspiring and established professionals to benefit from an insider's straightforward take on the business of being a writer. A leading literary agent covers approaching the various markets, negotiating successful contracts, benefiting from agents, handling legalities, and strategies and skills that will benefit writers in today's publishing market.

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Four Weddings and a Funeral

Richard Curtis; Mike (Drt) Newell; Hugh (Act) Grant; Andie (Act) MacDowell; Polygram Filmed Entertainment; Channel Four Films; Working Title Films

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Four Weddings and a Funeral: Four Appendices and a Screenplay

Richard Curtis

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Theseus: The King Who Killed the Minotaur

Richard Curtis; Tony Robinson

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Beyond the Bestseller: A Literary Agent Takes You Inside the Book Business

Richard Curtis

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Other editions: Hardcover - 1989

Who's Had Who: An Historical Rogister Containing Official Lay Lines of History from the Beginning of Time to the Present Day

Richard Curtis; Simon Bell; Helen Fielding

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Who's Had Who: In Association with Berk's Rogerage an Historical Rogister Containing Official Lay Lines of History from the Beginning of Time to the Present Day

Richard Curtis; Simon Bell; Helen Fielding

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