Susan Ridder Libros

A MONASTERY Hidden deep in the wilderness are the cloisters of two dozen monks - men of prayer and music, famous the world over for their glorious voices. A MURDER But a brutal death throws the monastery doors open to the world. And through them walks the only man who can shine light upon the dark deeds within: Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. A MYSTERY Who among the brothers has become an angel of death? As the peace of the monastery crumbles around him, Gamache finds clues in the divine, the human, and the cracks in between. Ingenious, gripping, and powerful, The Beautiful Mystery is the most outstanding novel yet from international bestselling phenomenon Louise Penny.

A magical novel about a young Iranian woman lifted from grief by her powerful imagination and love of Western culture. Growing up in a small rice-farming village in 1980s Iran, eleven-year-old Saba Hafezi and her twin sister, Mahtab, are captivated by America. They keep lists of English words and collect illegal Life magazines, television shows, and rock music. So when her mother and sister disappear, leaving Saba and her father alone in Iran, Saba is certain that they have moved to America without her. But her parents have taught her that “all fate is written in the blood,” and that twins will live the same life, even if separated by land and sea. As she grows up in the warmth and community of her local village, falls in and out of love, and struggles with the limited possibilities in post-revolutionary Iran, Saba envisions that there is another way for her story to unfold. Somewhere, it must be that her sister is living the Western version of this life. And where Saba’s world has all the grit and brutality of real life under the new Islamic regime, her sister’s experience gives her a freedom and control that Saba can only dream of. Filled with a colorful cast of characters and presented in a bewitching voice that mingles the rhythms of Eastern storytelling with modern Western prose, A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea is a tale about memory and the importance of controlling one’s own fate.

Anna knows that if you want something really badly, you have to plan it. After all, she's a chef. To make a bechamel sauce, you need the right ingredients in the right quantities, at the right time. So when she gets pregnant, she plans a perfect new life in Provence for her perfect new baby. But Anna and Tobias are plunged into every new parent's nightmare, as they learn that their daughter Freya has been born with profound mental and physical disabilities. Tobias, who loves all humankind, says he can't love this child. Anna too has grave doubts, but she's physically unable to let go of her baby. So she manages to persuade him to carry on with their move to France and take Freya along, just until she can bear to give her up. The family ends up in a decrepit, mouse-infested farmhouse in the Languedoc - where they become a magnet for the odd and the damaged. Surrounded by a wonderful cast of eccentrics and the riches of French life and cooking, Anna is determined to get her life back on track, or at least to rid the kitchen - her sanctuary - of the mice that infest it. But the more she tries to impose her will upon the situation, the more it spirals away from her. And what none of them can predict is that Freya, just by being herself, will have a profound impact on everybody's lives.

Elegante, convincente, sabio, gracioso... y oportuno: así es este nuevo libro que no te obliga hacer dieta, pero que podría cambiar tu manera de pensar y de vivir de manera radical. Las francesas no engordan, pero disfrutan de panes y pasteles, beben vino y cenan comidas de tres platos. Al descifrar los sencillos secretos de esta “paradoja francesa” –cómo hacen para disfrutar de la comida sin dejar de ser delgadas y sanas–, Mireille Guiliano nos ofrece una visión actual y encantadora acerca de la salud y la comida. Cuando era una adolescente, Mireille fue de Francia a Estados Unidos para estudiar, y regresó con muchos kilos de más. Afortunadamente, el “doctor Milagro”, su bondadoso médico de cabecera, fue su salvador. La reintrodujo en los principios clásicos de la gastronomía francesa, ayudándola así a recuperar la silueta e incorporar una nueva manera de enfocar su relación con la comida, la bebida y la vida. ¿En qué consistía la clave? No en sentirse culpable y sufrir privaciones, sino en aprender cómo sacar el máximo provecho de los alimentos que más te gustan. He aquí una manera alegre y positiva de permanecer delgada, los secretos más precio-sos de una cultura adaptados al siglo XXI. ¿Una vida tomando vino, pan e incluso chocolate... sin pecar ni sentirse culpable? ¿Pourquoi pas?

Una fascinante fantasía étnica. Doce amigos estadounidenses emprenden un viaje a las selvas inexploradas de Birmania, para profundizar en su arte y su cultura. Los diez amigos van a parar a un poblado secreto donde se oculta una tribu medio extinguida que ve en uno de ellos a su salvador, el líder que han estado esperando p