Bøger om City of London

*NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*'An unforgettable story of greed, financial madness and moral decay' Rory Stewart'Hilarious, shocking and deeply sad - often in the same sentence' Sunday Times'The Wolf of Wall Street with a moral compass' Irvine WelshAn outrageous, white-knuckle journey to the dark heart of an intoxicating world - from someone who survived the trading game and then blew it all wide open'If you were gonna rob a bank, and you saw the vault door there, left open, what would you do? Would you wait around?Ever since he was a kid, kicking broken footballs on the streets of East London in the shadow of Canary Wharf's skyscrapers, Gary wanted something better. Something a whole lot bigger.Then he won a competition run by a bank: 'The Trading Game'. The prize: a golden ticket to a new life, as the youngest trader in the whole city. A place where you could make more money than you'd ever imagined. Where your colleagues are dysfunctional maths geniuses, overfed public schoolboys and borderline psychopaths, yet they start to feel like family. Where soon you're the bank's most profitable trader, dealing in nearly a trillion dollars. A day. Where you dream of numbers in your sleep - and then stop sleeping at all.But what happens when winning starts to feel like losing? When the easiest way to make money is to bet on millions becoming poorer and poorer - and, as the economy starts slipping off a precipice, your own sanity starts slipping with it? You want to stop, but you can't. Because nobody ever leaves.Would you stick, or quit? Even if it meant risking everything?Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, March 2024

Empati er bøgernes særlige kraft!En fascinerende, inspirerende og varm fortælling med stærkt budskab om, at bøger bidrager med empati og forståelse for andre mennesker, kulturer og tider.Den lidt nørdede enspænder, gymnasieeleven Rintaro Natsuki, er vokset op hos sin bedstefar. Da bedstefaren pludselig dør, arver Rintaro hans antikvariat. Rintaro skal bo hos sin tante og er nødt til at sælge antikvariatet. Men få dage inden flytningen, dukker der pludselig en rødstribet kat op. Og den kan tale! Og så vil den have Rintaro til at hjælpe med at redde nogle bøger … Rintaro bliver hvirvlet ind i en magisk verden af portaler, labyrinter og mysterier, og med sig på sin dannelsesrejse har han både katten og pigen Sayo, som han går i klasse med.Hvad skal Rintaro stille op for at redde bøgerne? Og værre endnu: Hvad skal han gøre for at redde Sayo, da hun bliver bortført?Fascinerende japansk univers for unge og voksne. Med et strejf af Studio Ghibli-stemning.Oversættelsesrettighederne til Katten, der ville redde bøgerne er solgt verden over.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith meets The Fugitive in this propulsive thriller about a woman in a race against time to clear her name and find her husband’s murderer.

In 1931, the English designer Gerald Summers and his partner Marjorie Butcher opened their business, Makers of Simple Furniture, in London. Until 1940, the company produced hundreds of ingenious plywood designs that helped define the idea of the modern interior in Great Britain. Based on Marjorie Butcher's vivid recollections and a wealth of unpublished material-including photographs, personal correspondence, designs and workshop documents-the book traces the groundbreaking achievements of the furniture company best known for the iconic Bent Plywood Armchair .  The publication was supported in part by the Graham Foundationfor Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. GERALD SUMMERS (1899-1967) is one of the foremost furniture designers of the twentieth century. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, he worked as an engineer before starting his design career. In 1931, he and his partner, MARJORIE BUTCHER (1909-1996), opened Makers of Simple Furniture in London. They managed the firm for almost ten years, producing hundreds of pieces for the modern home. In 1940, wartime exigencies brought an end to the enterprise. They redirected their energy to Gerald Summers Ltd., a supplier of engineering parts. MARTHA DEESE is an authority on Gerald Summers. She earned a master's degree in decorative art history from Cooper-Hewitt Museum/Parsons School of Design, New York, and worked for three decades as an administrator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Her groundbreaking article on Summers and his firm, Makers of Simple Furniture, published in the Journal of Design History in 1992, remains the principal source on the designer.

Soho, London, 1958. Three women. One boarding house. A secret that could shatter everything. 'Gripping... Julie Owen Moylan vividly recreates drab, grey postwar London and her characters are convincing to the end' THE TIMES, 'BEST NEW HISTORICAL FICTION' 'Psychologically astute and emotionally absorbing, this is a heartfelt read' DAILY MAIL 'Emotional, immersive and utterly absorbing' JENNIFER SAINT ---- West London, 1958. 73 Dove Street is a shabby house in a shabby street. But this boarding house's attic room suits newcomer Edie Budd very well. It's somewhere to hide. Tommie, on the second floor, is up in Soho every night. There's a man she's pursuing - whether he wants her or not. Landlady Phyllis has thrown out her cheating husband. She's burned his belongings in the street. Sometimes there's no going back. Three survivors living under one roof. Each alone nursing their secret hurts - and hopes. Because opening your heart could save or destroy you...----'A wonderfully evocative, immersive novel that brings 50s London to life, from the smog and the nightlife to attitudes towards women . . . a vivid, absorbing and ultimately uplifting read' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'The sense of time and place is beautifully evocative. It's about pride and shame and love and loss and ultimately hope' LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON 'Once again, Julie Owen Moylan has created a world that feels completely real and vivid' JODIE CHAPMAN 'From the Rivoli Ballroom to the seedy nightlife of Soho, the characters leap off the page in this compelling mystery' WOMAN & HOME 'A beautiful story of friendship and new beginnings' BEST 'Gripping and atmospheric' RED

The dying wish of Rose's father is that she and her brother survive the plague rampaging through London in 1665. Armed with the last creation their father made in his apothecary, Rose and Lem hope to protect themselves against the sickness, but as word about the special oil blend spreads, they must also protect themselves against thieves.

War Annikas Tod ein Unfall oder Mord? Zsolt erfährt von Annikas plötzlichem Tod auf dem Weg zum Britischen Museum. Symi, eine Freundin, sah Annika zuletzt und möchte ihre Korrespondenz von Zsolt, ihrem Freund, dem sie ihre Briefe anvertraute. Zsolt will ermitteln, fliegt nach London und trifft Symi und ihre Freundin, Helen. Im Club Tango Argentino treffen Symi und Helen auf Marcel, ihren früheren Freund und Joan, seiner Partnerin, dem populären Tangopaar. Symi und Helen, Sweethearts, begrüßen Zsolt auf Helens Party und sie lenkt Zsolts Aufmerksamkeit auf Marcel, der im Begriff ist Symi zu einem Sexakt zu nötigen, aber Zsolt hindert ihn daran mit einer Konfrontation, die zur Gewalt eskaliert und schlussendlich Zsolt vom Tango Mann mit einer Stichwunde verletzt wird. Symi und Helen pflegen ihn und Zsolt wird in ihren Liebesakt einbezogen. Marcel, der Tango Mann, provoziert Zsolt, da er Symi für den Ring seiner Informantinnen gewinnen will. Er liebt das Dramatische und erzwingt physische Zweikämpfe mit Zsolt um Symi, nachdem er sie entführt hat. Zsolt und Helen verbünden sich um Symi von Marcels gesicherten Apartment in Paris zu befreien. Die bestochenen Wachen wollen Symi auf dem Pont Alexandre III übergeben, aber Marcel vereitelt es. Zsolt sieht sich einem Doppelgänger Marcels ausgeliefert, oder täuscht er sich in der Hitze des Kampfes? Zsolt trifft auf seinen Cousin John, der ihm strategisch und durch seinen Onkel, mit polizeilichem Backup unterstützen könnte. Die Spannung wächst. Für einen finalen Showdown mit dem Tango Mann braucht Zsolt die Hilfe aller seiner Freunde, wenn er Symi vor dem Monster retten will. Das Tate Modern bereitet sich auf eine Festlichkeit vor und der Tango Mann hat Zsolt gerade dort zum Zweikampf gefordert. John und Zsolt sind vorbereitet.

Vox meets The Handmaid’s Tale in this feminist retelling of 1984

*As seen on The One Show**Dead Good 14 Best Thrillers of All Time 2023*'Thrilling . . . a terrific series' Sunday TimesSomeone has an appetite for murderKamil Rahman used to be a detective in Kolkata. Now he's a cook in London's East End.Yet trouble still knows where to find him...Kamil Rahman thought his crimefighting days were behind him. But when a woman he knows is murdered and the police arrest the most convenient suspect, he hangs up his apron and employs his detective skills once more to find the true killer.Meanwhile, restaurant manager Anjoli is volunteering with a homeless charity, where she notices a sudden troubling increase in unexplained deaths among people sleeping rough in and around Brick Lane. With the council and police uninterested, she starts an investigation of her own.Kamil and Anjoli's cases seem unrelated, but as the duo dig deeper, they discover connections that stretch from London to Lahore. Together they take on the indifference of the authorities.If the Met won't find the murderers, then they will.*A GUARDIAN BEST CRIME AND THRILLER BOOK OF 2022*

Tag med på en spændende tidsrejse til Londons vilde 1920'ere!Historisk romanserie om mode, 20'er-glamour og klasseforskelle - med et pift af Downton Abbey og Bridgerton. To handlekraftige heltinder fra hver deres samfundslag finder sammen om deres store interesse for mode - og skaber tøj, som trodser konventioner og kønsroller.MYRTLE starter som tjenestepige hos den velhavende Cartwright-familie, hertugen og hertuginden af Avalon, i deres palæ Serendipity House. MYRTLE er vokset op i en skrædderfamilie og elsker at sy. Familien Cartwrights yngste datter, SYLVIA, tegner de mest fantastiske kjoler, og da SYLVIAs søster går i panik over den grimme kjole, hun skal have på til sit debutantbal, lægger MYRTLE og SYLVIA hemmelige planer.De skaber en enestående kjole til Sylvias søster, og rygtet om deres talent breder sig blandt den engelske overklasse."Sød, krativ og sjov roman, som giver et godt indblik i den samfundsomvæltning, verden så småt tager hul på i 1920'erne. Især pigers muligheder for selv at bestemme deres vej i livet er et centralt tema i bogen sammen med venskabet på tværs af klasseskel. Skøn start på en ny serie. Bredt indkøb anbefales".Lektørudtalelsen"Skøn rejse til 1920'ernes London med skandaløse hemmeligheder, oprør og fester - og med en ung modeduo i hovedrollen."The Guardian"Det er en sand fornøjelse at følge pigerne gennem 1920ernes London og suge til sig af sprudlende dialoger, levende beskrivelser af smukke kjoler og vilde intriger." Booklist"Denne bog er en enestående perle ... hylesjov, positiv og varm. Den er som et modemix af Chocolat og Bridgerton for børn." Holly Bourne, britisk YA-forfatterLix 25,3 – ml=10,5 lo=14,8

A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA GRAZIA BOOK OF THE YEARSELECTED FOR MALALA'S BOOK CLUB'Tender, devastating, witty. And deeply true. Sweetbitter meets Normal People' MEG MASON, author of SORROW AND BLISS'Haunting and bleakly compelling ... A writer of promise' SUNDAY TIMES'An absorbing debut about sex and power' GUARDIAN'Elegant and witty ... A precursor to great things' THE TIMES'One of the buzziest debut novels this spring' VOGUECHOSEN AS A BOOK OF 2022 BY VOGUE AND ESQUIRE_____________________________________________________________________________A bitingly honest, darkly funny debut about love, sex, power and desire, by a major new British talentAnna is struggling to afford life in London as she trains to be a singer. During the day, she vies to succeed against her course mates with their discreet but inexhaustible streams of cultural capital and money, and in the evening she sings jazz at a bar in the City to make ends meet. It's there that she meets Max, a financier fourteen years older than her. Over the course of one winter, Anna's intoxication oscillates between her hard-won moments on stage, where she can zip herself into the skin of her characters, and nights spent with Max in his glass-walled flat overlooking the city. But Anna's fledgling career demands her undivided attention, and increasingly - whether he necessarily wills it or not - so does Max._____________________________________________________________________________'Touching on feminism, power, finances and the pleasures and dangers of a new relationship, this book is an assured debut' CLAIRE FULLER, author of the Women's Prize-shortlisted UNSETTLED GROUND'Imogen Crimp captures the glittering thrill of being young and choosing your own life with a dark, unflinching undercurrent of desire, power and control' JESSICA ANDREWS, author of SALTWATER'A blazing, darkly funny debut that captures a young woman's search to find herself ... It has an honesty and tenderness that will stay with me for a long time' RACHEL JOYCE