Experience the life-changing power of David Curtis with this unforgettable book.

Mania is tough on the way up, and tougher when the euphoria wears off. Especially when you’ve no idea who’s talking sense anymore.Nineteen-year-old Zebedee is determined to stay sober, but can’t tolerate his meds. In a desperate bid for something to kill the pain, he makes a deal with the Devil that puts his life at risk.Searching for a way to save his soul, Zebedee seeks advice from his unruly friends at AA. But he’s coming to realize the only spirit he can trust is the on...

A bipolar poet and his teenage son set off on a journey to locate the beating heart of America in the vast empty spaces of the Great Basin. A border crossing that pits our duo against federal officialdom; a freeway choked with cars that have a mind of their own; an image of freedom erased to make way for a shopping mall. But us the skies get wider, the dreams grow taller: angels drop feathers as they fly overhead, and a wizard blows a harmonica tune into the endless desert...

Florence and Achilles may have met at a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous, but the steps they take through life could hardly be more different. As they drive up to Squampton they follow the spiritual practices established by a mutual friend, and arrive at a hesitant mutual accommodation. But was it thanks to their own efforts, or is there some protective force out there in the forest ensuring that they arrive safe from harm?

The baseball player on the subway train can hit like Joltin’ Joe. But only a small boy’s dreams can bring back the innocence and wonder of the nation’s unsurpassed hero.Seventeen new poems and prose fragments from what was once greatest city on earth. But where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Canadian icon Leonard Cohen has taken up residence in the Jewish Museum. Manhattan has come unmoored and is drifting away down the Hudson River. And these days even a Jersey boy can win the heart...

This is the story of two short-lived artist-run spaces that are associated with some of the most innovative developments in the arts in Britain in the late 1960s. The Drury Lane Arts Lab (1967–69) was home to the first UK screenings of Andy Warhol's twin-screen 3 hour film Chelsea Girls, challenging exhibitions (John and Yoko / John Latham / Takis / Roelof Louw), poetry and music (first UK performance of Erik Satie's 24-hour Vexations) and fringe theatre (People Show / Fr...

From the author of the best-selling art book, Sketching for the Absolute Beginner, and guest judge on Channel 5's Watercolour Challenge , Peter Cronin.Learn how to use traditional watercolour techniques to produce beautiful, contemporary paintings that are full of light, colour and life. Packed with inspirational finished paintings and step-by-step projects, this engag...

In recent years the use of film and video by British artists has come to widespread public attention. Jeremy Deller, Douglas Gordon, Steve McQueen and Gillian Wearing all won the Turner Prize (in 2004, 1996, 1999 and 1997 respectively) for work made on video. This fin-de-siecle explosion of activity represents the culmination of a long history of work by less well-known artists and experimental film-makers. Ever since the invention of film in the 1890s, artists have been attracted to the p...

She ain't gorgeous, she just looks that way.When Zebedee hooks up a with girl from Frankfurt on a beach on the Sea of Galilee, he assumes it's going to be just another holiday romance. But as the nights grow longer, and the time left before her flight home gets shorter, you begin to wonder if he might be in for the ride of his life.This collection of fourteen stories starts off looking a lot like fiction. But slowly it dawns on you, they might actually be about fiction. The...

Stunning watercolour title new in paperback.Leading watercolourist reveals the secrets behind his atmospheric, light-filled paintings. Watercolour is ideal for capturing the transient effects of light and, with compact and lightweight materials, is the perfect medium for plein-air painting. Leading watercolour painter David Curtis is a strong advocate of working on site, observing and capturing changing conditions and effects. In this beautifully illustrated book, he explains in det...

Artists’ Film offers a lucid, accessible account of artists’ unique contribution to the art of the moving image in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.International in scope and accessibly written by a renowned authority on the subject, Artists’ Film is an introductory guide to the exciting and expanding field of artists’ film and an alternative history of the moving image, chronicling artists’ ever-evolving fascination with filmmaking ...

One of the attractions of painting outdoors is the challenge of capturing the spirit of a place – changing light, weather and transient conditions demand particular painting skills if they are to be interpreted effectively.Leading painter David Curtis works on location, in all weathers, observing and capturing the subtle effects of light and mood. Oil paint is as good for painting on site as it is for large-scale painting in the studio; it is remarkably responsive; can be applied i...