Nicholas Oliver Books

A miscellany of actual patents for wonderfully bizarre inventions, Brilliantly Bad is a salute to what the human mind can achieve - even if it probably shouldn't.

Mindfulness in Music is a joyful exploration into the meditative nature of music and its holistic beauty.

Mindfulness in Sound encourages us to reconsider the importance of natural sound in our daily lives through simple meditations.

The Piano in Black and White is for everyone with an unrequited love for the piano. It will entice beginners to climb a few important rungs up the ladder, coax the fainthearted to play more and welcome back those who previously gave up. Packed with inspiration and advice, this book demystifies the process of learning the piano. There are easy-to-follow lessons with photographs and fingering guides, online audio and unique features such as finger Pilates and the ten-by-five" practice method. By the end of the book you will be able to play twelve beautiful pieces, making this an unmissable book for all would-be pianists! "

Examination of welfare during the last years of the Poor Law, bringing out the impact of poverty on particular sections of society - the lone mother and the elderly.

Having escaped the clutches of Mother in Poundsfield, Joe Rat is back, now working as a sweeper in the more upmarket Lomesbury Square. However, Alec Harvey has other ideas - he's jealous of the kindness his father shows Joe and the relationship Joe seems to have with this exciting man from Canada.

Set in the underbelly of Victorian London's East End, JOE RAT follows the fortunes of a tosher, Joe, who lives by scavenging in the sewers around the area of Whitechapel. With gangs lurking round every corner and a life spent in the rat-infested tunnels below the streets, Joe needs more than a prime piece of tosh to change his fortunes .