Paulo Coelho
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IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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An Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure buried in the Pyramids. Along the way he meets a Gypsy woman, a man who calls himself king, and an alchemist, all of whom point Santiago in the direction of his quest. No one knows what the treasure is, or if Santiago will be able to surmount the obstacles along the way. But what starts out as a journey to find worldly goods...
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When Mata Hari arrived in Paris she was penniless. Within months she was the most celebrated woman in the city. As a dancer, she shocked and delighted audiences; as a courtesan, she bewitched the era?s richest and most powerful men. But as paranoia consumed a country at war, Mata Hari?s lifestyle brought her under suspicion. In 1917, she was arrested in her hotel room on the Champs Elysees, and accused of espionage. Told in Mata Hari?s voice through...
4) Aleph
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English
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Aleph marks a return to the author's beginnings. In a frank and surprising personal story, one of the world's most beloved authors embarks on a remarkable and transformative journey of self discovery. Facing a grave crisis of faith, and seeking a path of spiritual renewal and growth, he decides to start over: to travel, to experiment, to reconnect with people and the world. On this journey through Europe, Africa, and Asia, he will again meet Hilal,...
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"The latest novel from #1 internationally best-selling author Paulo Coelho is a classic of inspiration and reflection, a meditation on life, love, and the significance of change. A novel of philosophical reflection set in Jerusalem during the time of the Crusades. Here a community of Christians, Arabs, and Jews who have long lived together harmoniously have been warned of an imminent attack and certain destruction. Contemplating their demise, the...
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"Relata la historia de María, una joven proveniente de una villa brasileña, cuyos primeros roces inocentes con el amor la dejan con el corazón destrozado. Un encuentro casual en Rio la lleva a Ginebra, donde sueña con conseguir fama y fortuna. Sin embargo, termina trabajando de prostituta. En Ginebra, la opinión desesperanzada que María tiene del amor se pone a prueba al conocer a un apuesto joven pintor. En esta odisea de descubrimiento personal,...
7) Hippie
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"Drawing on the rich experience of his own life, best-selling author Paulo Coelho takes us back in time to relive the dreams of a generation that longed for peace and dared to challenge the established social order. In Hippie, he tells the story of Paulo, a young, skinny Brazilian man with a goatee and long, flowing hair, who wants to become a writer and sets off on a journey in search of a deeper meaning for his life: first on the famous “Death...
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La Bruja de Portobello relata la vida de Athena mediante la gente que la conocía bien o que no la conocía nada. Entre ellos, su madre adoptiva, un periodista, una sacerdotisa, un historiador y una actriz. Cada persona ilustra un aspecto diferente del carácter de Athena, describiendo lo que vieron y experimentaron y también compartiendo sus propias impresiones, creencias e inquietudes. Edda, sacerdotisa: "El gran problema de Athena era ser una...
9) Brida
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Español
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Una novella sober la sorprendente historian de Bride Offer, una de las más ovens maestros en la Tradition de las Hechiceras, done la mafia hale toads las leagues del Corazon del hombre Seta es la historian de Bride, una Niña islands, y su seed de conocimiento. Siempre se ha interesado en diversos aspectos de la mafia, pero ahora está en busca de algo más. Su búsqueda la lleva a conocer gente de gran sabiduría, que comienza a enseñarle acerca...
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Français
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Les guerriers de la lumière se reconnaissent au premier regard. Ils sont au monde, ils font partie du monde et ils ont été envoyés au monde sans besace ni sandales. Souvent ils sont lâches. Et ils n'agissent pas toujours correctement. Les guerriers de la lumière souffrent pour des sottises, ils se préoccupent de choses mesquines, se jugent incapables de grandir. De temps en temps, ils se croient indignes d'une bénédiction ou d'un miracle....
11) The Pilgrimage
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Publisher
HarperAudio
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
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The Pilgrimage paved the way to Paulo Coehlo's international bestselling novel The Alchemist. In many ways, these two volumes are companions—to truly comprehend one, you must read the other.
Step inside this captivating account of Paulo Coehlo's pilgrimage along the road to Santiago. This fascinating parable explores the need to find one's own path. In the end, we discover that the extraordinary is always found in the ordinary and simple
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Series
On the seventh day trilogy volume 3
Language
English
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From bestselling author and international sensation Paulo Coelho, a novel set in a small village about a young, poor barmaid whose wager with the devil leads to a spiritual transformation.
A stranger arrives at the remote village of Viscos, 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?
...13) El Alquimista
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Publisher
Sant Jordi Asociados
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged
Language
Español
Description
Cuando una persona desea realmente algo, el Universo entero conspira para que pueda realizar su sueño.
Escucha ahora la obra de un novelista irreverente y actual. Adéntrate en la obra de un autor provocador y valiente, que rompe con los esquemas preconcebidos de nuestra sociedad. Un fenómeno literario con millones de seguidores en las redes sociales.
El Alquimista relata las aventuras de Santiago, un joven
...14) Eleven minutes
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Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
273 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Embittered by her first experiences of love, a young Brazilian girl travels to Geneva in search of fame and fortune and finds her beliefs about sex and romance challenged by her relationship with a young painter.
17) The archer
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
130 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
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English
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"If you never take a risk, you will never know what changes you need to make...In The Archer we meet Tetsuya, a man once famous for his prodigious gifts with a bow and arrow but who has since retired from public life, the challenger who comes searching for him, and the boy who observes their competition. Afterward, the boy has many questions, and in answering them Tetsuya illustrates the way of the bow and the tenets of a meaningful life."--inside...
19) Hippie
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Publisher
Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC
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Español
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A Brazilian man and a Dutch woman embark on an extraordinary journey of self-discovery as they travel by bus from Amsterdam to Kathmandu against a backdrop of the protests and sexual-liberation experiments of the 1960s.
20) La espía
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Español
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On the occasion of the centenary of Mata Hari's execution for espionage in 1917, Paulo Coelho reconsiders her life and character in a fictional memoir. In a series of letters, written from prison on the eve of her death, Mata Hari reflects on the choices she has made to always pursue her own truth--from her childhood in a small Dutch town, to unhappy years as the wife of an alcoholic diplomat in Java, to her calculated and self-fashioned rise to celebrity...