The Alchemist is a transforming novel about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, learning to read the omens strewn along life’s path and, above all, following our dreams. It tells the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure as extravagant as any ever found. From his home in Spain he journeys to the exotic markets of Tangiers and into the Egyptian desert where a fateful encounter with the alchemist awaits him. Under the guidance of the alchemist, he learns what treasure he really seeks, and where he must go to find it.
192pp, 130mm x 197mm, softback, 1999
This is the story of Brida, a young Irish girl, and her quest for knowledge. She has long been interested in various aspects of magic, but is searching for something more. Her search leads her to people of... [more]
Paulo Coelho’s Like the Flowing River is a collection of reflections and short stories, tales of living and dying, of destiny and choice, of love lost and found, exploring what it means to be truly alive.
A community devoured by greed, cowardice and fear. A man persecuted by the ghosts of his painful past. A young woman searching for happiness. In one eventful week, each of them will face questions of life, death and power, and each of them will have
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Paulo Coelho's novel The Witch of Portobello is the story of Athena, a woman with mysterious beginnings and powers of prophecy, who disappears dramatically, leaving those who knew her to solve the mystery of her life.