"Paulo Coelho"

Biography:
Paulo Coelho was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the city where he now
lives. His own life has in many ways been as varied and unusual as the
protagonists of his internationally acclaimed novels. Like them, he has
followed a dream in a quest for fulfillment. His own dream, to be a
writer, met with frustration throughout much of his early adult life, a
time in which he worked at various professions, some of them materially
rewarding but spiritually unfulfilling. "I always knew," he says, "that
my Personal Legend, to use a term from alchemy, was to write." He was
38 when he published his first book. Now a literary phenomenon, he has
sold over 85 million books world-wide and has been translated into 63
languages. He has received numerous literary awards from a variety of
countries and his books have become permanent fixtures on the
bestseller lists of countries as diverse as Brazil, the UK, the USA,
France, Italy, Germany and Greece.
English Translated Novels>>>
The Alchemist:

"The desert is a place of death, thirst, illusions-and perhaps the
best place to overcome your fears. The protagonist in the novel travels
from a comfortable lifestyle as a carer of sheep to the Arabian desert
where he weathers the hardships to meet the great Alchemist. The
Alchemist is the only man who is said to be able to turn lead into gold
and turn fair weather into storms. Along the journey to meet the living
legend, the protagonist stumbles upon many self-realizations and gains the wisdom
that will make him able to be the next Alchemist."
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The Zahir:

"The Zahir means 'the present' or 'unable to go unnoticed' in Arabic.
The story revolves around the narrator-a bestselling novelist's search
for his missing wife,Esther. He enjoys all the privileges that money
and celebrity hood bring. He is suspected of foul play by the
authorities and the press of having a role to play in the inexplicable
disappearance of his wife from their Paris home. Through the narrator's
journey from Paris to Kazakhstan, Coelho explores various meanings of
love and life."
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Veronika Decides to Die:

"Veronika decides to die, but her suicide attempt goes wrong and she
wakes from a coma to find she will soon die from a damaged heart.
Through the story of her remaining days Coelho encourages the reader to
believe in hope and follow his or her own dream with out the fear of
being seen as mad."
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By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept:

"In all stories of love there is always something that moves us closer
to eternity and the essence of life because the stories of love hold
within all the secrets in the world.
But what happens when shyness prevents an adolescent love affair from
developing? And what happens when, 11 years later, destiny brings the
lovers together again? In the meantime, life has taught her to be
strong and to hide her feelings. As for him, he is now a handsome
spiritual teacher – with a reputation for performing miracles – who has
turned to religion as a refuge from his inner conflicts.
Together they take a journey that is initially fraught with difficulty
as blame and resentment resurface after years of being hidden. But by
the River Piedra, in a small village in the French Pyrenees, they find
a way to discuss many of life's big questions and re-evaluate their won
special relationship.
A wonderful novel, with a poetic and transcendent narrative,
that reflects all the mysteries of love and life."
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Maktub:

"Maktub is a collection of stories, parabolas that don't pretend to
constitute an apprenticeship but offer a colored treasure of
fragmented wisdom from different cultures. Those short stories,
inspired to the writer by vary different sources and folklores, were
born from Paulo Coelho's collaboration with the daily Folha de São
Paulo. According to Paulo Coelho himself,
"Maktub is not an advice book, but an exchange of
experiences", an excellent occasion to reflect and meet oneself again."
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The Devil and Miss Prym:

"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 will face questions of life, death, and
power, and each will choose a path. Will they choose good or evil?
In the remote village of Viscos — a village too small to be on any map,
a place where time seems to stand still — a stranger arrives, carrying
with him a backpack containing a notebook and eleven gold bars. He
comes searching for the answer to a question that torments him: Are
human beings, in essence, good or evil? In welcoming the mysterious
foreigner, the whole village becomes an accomplice to his sophisticated
plot, which will forever mark their lives."
Paulo Coelho's stunning novel explores the timeless struggle between
good and evil, and brings to our everyday dilemmas fresh perspective:
incentive to master the fear that prevents us from following our
dreams, from being different, from truly living.
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Biography:
Paulo Coelho was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the city where he now
lives. His own life has in many ways been as varied and unusual as the
protagonists of his internationally acclaimed novels. Like them, he has
followed a dream in a quest for fulfillment. His own dream, to be a
writer, met with frustration throughout much of his early adult life, a
time in which he worked at various professions, some of them materially
rewarding but spiritually unfulfilling. "I always knew," he says, "that
my Personal Legend, to use a term from alchemy, was to write." He was
38 when he published his first book. Now a literary phenomenon, he has
sold over 85 million books world-wide and has been translated into 63
languages. He has received numerous literary awards from a variety of
countries and his books have become permanent fixtures on the
bestseller lists of countries as diverse as Brazil, the UK, the USA,
France, Italy, Germany and Greece.
English Translated Novels>>>
The Alchemist:

"The desert is a place of death, thirst, illusions-and perhaps the
best place to overcome your fears. The protagonist in the novel travels
from a comfortable lifestyle as a carer of sheep to the Arabian desert
where he weathers the hardships to meet the great Alchemist. The
Alchemist is the only man who is said to be able to turn lead into gold
and turn fair weather into storms. Along the journey to meet the living
legend, the protagonist stumbles upon many self-realizations and gains the wisdom
that will make him able to be the next Alchemist."
Dowmload link
The Zahir:

"The Zahir means 'the present' or 'unable to go unnoticed' in Arabic.
The story revolves around the narrator-a bestselling novelist's search
for his missing wife,Esther. He enjoys all the privileges that money
and celebrity hood bring. He is suspected of foul play by the
authorities and the press of having a role to play in the inexplicable
disappearance of his wife from their Paris home. Through the narrator's
journey from Paris to Kazakhstan, Coelho explores various meanings of
love and life."
Download link
Veronika Decides to Die:

"Veronika decides to die, but her suicide attempt goes wrong and she
wakes from a coma to find she will soon die from a damaged heart.
Through the story of her remaining days Coelho encourages the reader to
believe in hope and follow his or her own dream with out the fear of
being seen as mad."
Download link
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept:

"In all stories of love there is always something that moves us closer
to eternity and the essence of life because the stories of love hold
within all the secrets in the world.
But what happens when shyness prevents an adolescent love affair from
developing? And what happens when, 11 years later, destiny brings the
lovers together again? In the meantime, life has taught her to be
strong and to hide her feelings. As for him, he is now a handsome
spiritual teacher – with a reputation for performing miracles – who has
turned to religion as a refuge from his inner conflicts.
Together they take a journey that is initially fraught with difficulty
as blame and resentment resurface after years of being hidden. But by
the River Piedra, in a small village in the French Pyrenees, they find
a way to discuss many of life's big questions and re-evaluate their won
special relationship.
A wonderful novel, with a poetic and transcendent narrative,
that reflects all the mysteries of love and life."
Download link
Maktub:

"Maktub is a collection of stories, parabolas that don't pretend to
constitute an apprenticeship but offer a colored treasure of
fragmented wisdom from different cultures. Those short stories,
inspired to the writer by vary different sources and folklores, were
born from Paulo Coelho's collaboration with the daily Folha de São
Paulo. According to Paulo Coelho himself,
"Maktub is not an advice book, but an exchange of
experiences", an excellent occasion to reflect and meet oneself again."
Download link
The Devil and Miss Prym:

"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 will face questions of life, death, and
power, and each will choose a path. Will they choose good or evil?
In the remote village of Viscos — a village too small to be on any map,
a place where time seems to stand still — a stranger arrives, carrying
with him a backpack containing a notebook and eleven gold bars. He
comes searching for the answer to a question that torments him: Are
human beings, in essence, good or evil? In welcoming the mysterious
foreigner, the whole village becomes an accomplice to his sophisticated
plot, which will forever mark their lives."
Paulo Coelho's stunning novel explores the timeless struggle between
good and evil, and brings to our everyday dilemmas fresh perspective:
incentive to master the fear that prevents us from following our
dreams, from being different, from truly living.
Download Link
