THE WITCH OF PORTOBELLO - COELHO PAULO - Harper USA

An exciting novel tracing the mysterious life and disappearance of Athena, dubbed 'the witch of Portobello', from the bestselling author of }The Alchemist{. Coelho's books have sold more than 85 million copies worldwide and have been translated

Twenty-one-year old Brida meets a magician and asks to become a witch. Headstrong and the personification of the Devine Feminine, she learns love is the only bridge to the spiritual world

How do we find the courage to always be true to ourselves—even if we are unsure of who we are?

That is the central question of international bestselling author Paulo Coelho's profound new work, The Witch of Portobello. It is the story of a mysterious woman named Athena, told by the many who knew her well—or hardly at all. Like The Alchemist, The Witch of Portobello is the kind of story that will transform the way readers think about love, passion, joy, and sacrifice.

'L'Alchimista' è la storia di una iniziazione. Ne è protagonista Santiago, un giovane pastorello andaluso il quale, alla ricerca di un tesoro sognato, intraprende quel viaggio avventuroso, insieme reale e simbolico che lo porterà fino all'Egitto delle Piramidi. E sarà proprio durante il viaggio che il giovane, grazie all'incontro con il vecchio Alchimista, salirà tutti i gradini della scala sapienziale: nella sua progressione sulla sabbia del deserto e, insieme, nella conoscenza di sé, scoprirà l'Anima del Mondo, l'Amore e il Linguaggio Universale, imparerà a parlare al sole e al vento e infine compirà la sua Leggenda Personale. Edizione speciale per celebrare i 20 anni dalla prima pubblicazione dell''Alchimista'.

This collection of selected quotes from Paulo Coelho's impressive body of work is a must–have item for fans of this celebrated and internationally bestselling author. A beautiful book with four–colour artwork by the renowned Norwegian artist Anne Kristin Hagesaether, it contains inspirational quotes from such beloved Coelho titles as Eleven Minutes, The Valkyries, The Devil And Miss Prym, The Zahir, and the mega bestseller The Alchemist. Whether read in one sitting or savoured gradually, this is a visually stunning and enlightening look into Coelho's extraordinary perspective on life –one that has won over millions of readers worldwide and made Coelho one of the top–selling authors in the world.

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A breathtaking collection of thoughts and stories from this internationally renowned author. He offers his personal reflections on a wide range of subjects from archery and music to elegance, travelling and the nature of good and evil.

How do we find the courage to always be true to ourselves—even if we are unsure of whom we are?

That is the central question of international bestselling author Paulo Coelho's profound new work, The Witch of Portobello. It is the story of a mysterious woman named Athena, told by the many who knew her well—or hardly at all. Among them:

'People create a reality and then become the victims of that reality. Athena rebelled against that—and paid a high price.'
Heron Ryan, journalist

'I was used and manipulated by Athena, with no consideration for my feelings. She was my teacher, charged with passing on the sacred mysteries, with awakening the unknown energy we all possess. When we venture into that unfamiliar sea, we trust blindly in those who guide us, believing that they know more than we do.'
Andrea McCain, actress

'Athena's great problem was that she was a woman of the twenty-second century living in the twenty-first, and making no secret of the fact, either. Did she pay a price? She certainly did. But she would have paid a still higher price if she had repressed her natural exuberance. She would have been bitter, frustrated, always concerned about 'what other people might think,' always saying, 'I'll just sort these things out, then I'll devote myself to my dream,' always complaining 'that the conditions are never quite right.''
Deidre O'Neill, known as Edda

Like The Alchemist, The Witch of Portobello is the kind of story that will transform the way readers think about love, passion, joy, and sacrifice.

How do we find the courage to always be true to ourselves—even if we are unsure of whom we are?

That is the central question of international bestselling author Paulo Coelho's profound new work, The Witch of Portobello. It is the story of a mysterious woman named Athena, told by the many who knew her well—or hardly at all. Among them:

'People create a reality and then become the victims of that reality. Athena rebelled against that—and paid a high price.'
Heron Ryan, journalist

'I was used and manipulated by Athena, with no consideration for my feelings. She was my teacher, charged with passing on the sacred mysteries, with awakening the unknown energy we all possess. When we venture into that unfamiliar sea, we trust blindly in those who guide us, believing that they know more than we do.'
Andrea McCain, actress

'Athena's great problem was that she was a woman of the twenty-second century living in the twenty-first, and making no secret of the fact, either. Did she pay a price? She certainly did. But she would have paid a still higher price if she had repressed her natural exuberance. She would have been bitter, frustrated, always concerned about 'what other people might think,' always saying, 'I'll just sort these things out, then I'll devote myself to my dream,' always complaining 'that the conditions are never quite right.''
Deidre O'Neill, known as Edda

Like The Alchemist, The Witch of Portobello is the kind of story that will transform the way readers think about love, passion, joy, and sacrifice.

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? In welcoming the mysterious foreigner, the whole village becomes an accomplice to his sophisticated plot, which will forever mark their lives.

A novel of temptation by the internationally bestselling author Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym is a thought-provoking parable of a community devoured by greed, cowardice, and fear—as it struggles with the choice between good and evil.

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Come possiamo trovare il coraggio di essere sinceri con noi stessi, anche se non abbiamo alcuna certezza su chi siamo davvero? Ecco la domanda che anima 'La strega di Portobello', il romanzo di Paulo Coelho. È la storia di una donna misteriosa di nome Athena, raccontata attraverso le voci di molte persone che la conoscevano bene, o che l'avevano soltanto incontrata. Le persone creano una realtà, e poi si ritrovano vittime di essa. Athena si ribellò a tutto questo e pagò un prezzo altissimo. Il suo grande problema era quello di essere una donna del XXII secolo che viveva, però, nel XXI e lo rivelava a tutti. Ha pagato un prezzo? Senza dubbio. Ma avrebbe pagato un costo ben più alto, se avesse represso la sua esuberanza. Sarebbe stata amareggiata, frustrata, preoccupata di 'ciò che penseranno gli altri', e avrebbe continuato a ripetersi: 'Prima risolverò queste faccende, poi mi dedicherò al mio sogno', sempre lamentandosi del fatto che 'le condizioni ideali non arrivano mai'.

THE DEVIL AND MISS PRYM - COELHO PAULO - Harper USA

A new novel of temptation by the author of the international bestsellers The Alchemist and The Zahir.

A community devoured by greed, cowardice, and fear. A man persecuted by his painful past. A woman searching for happiness. In one eventful week, each of them will face questions of life, death, and power, and each will choose their own path. Will they choose good or evil?

In the remote village of Viscos, a stranger arrives, carrying with him a backpack containing a notebook and eleven gold bars. He comes searching for the answer to the question: Are human beings 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 incentive: to master the fear that prevents us from following our dreams, from being different, and from truly living.

The narrator of The Zahir is a bestselling novelist who lives in Paris and enjoys all the privileges money and celebrity bring. His wife of ten years, Esther, is a war correspondent who has disappeared along with a friend, Mikhail, who may or may not be her lover.

Was Esther kidnapped, murdered, or did she simply escape a marriage that left her unfulfilled? The narrator doesn't have any answers, but he has plenty of questions of his own. Then one day Mikhail finds the narrator and promises to reunite him with his wife. In his attempt to recapture a lost love, the narrator discovers something unexpected about himself.

Twenty-four-year-old Veronika seems to have everything -- youth and beauty, boyfriends and a loving family, a fulfilling job. But something is missing in her life. So, one cold November morning, she takes a handful of sleeping pills expecting never to wake up. But she does -- at a mental hospital where she is told that she has only days to live.

Inspired by events in Coelho's own life, Veronika Decides to Die questions the meaning of madness and celebrates individuals who do not fit into patterns society considers to be normal. Bold and illuminating, it is a dazzling portrait of a young woman at the crossroads of despair and liberation, and a poetic, exuberant appreciation of each day as a renewed opportunity.

From Paulo Coelho, author of the international bestseller The Alchemist, comes a poignant, richly poetic story that reflects the depth of love and life.

Rarely does adolescent love reach its full potential, but what happens when two young lovers reunite after eleven years? Time has transformed Pilar into a strong and independent woman, while her devoted childhood friend has grown into a handsome and charismatic spiritual leader. She has learned well how to bury her feelings . . . and he has turned to religion as a refuge from his raging inner conflicts.

Now they are together once again, embarking on a journey fraught with difficulties, as long-buried demons of blame and resentment resurface after more than a decade. But in a small village in the French Pyrenees, by the waters of the River Piedra, a most special relationship will be reexamined in the dazzling light of some of life's biggest questions.

My Heart Is Afraid that it will have to suffer,' the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky.'Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams.'

Every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forever. The Alchemist is such a book. With over a million and a half copies sold around the world, The Alchemist has already established itself as a modern classic, universally admired. Paulo Coelho's charming fable, now available in English for the first time, will enchant and inspire an even wider audience of readers for generations to come.

The Alchemist is 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 markets of Tangiers and across the Egyptian desert to a fateful encounter with the alchemist.

The story of the treasures Santiago finds along the way teaches us, as only a few stories have done, 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.

}The Zahir{, Paulo Coelho's new novel, is a perfect follow-on to }The Alchemist{. Paulo picks up the theme of the pilgrimage to Santiago but tells a very different, gripping story of love, loss and an extraordinarily passionate obsession. It wi

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Eleven Minutes is the story of Maria, a young girl from a Brazilian village, whose first innocent brushes with love leave her heartbroken. At a tender age, she becomes convinced that she will never find true love, instead believing that 'love is a terrible thing that will make you suffer. . . .' A chance meeting in Rio takes her to Geneva, where she dreams of finding fame and fortune. Maria's despairing view of love is put to the test when she meets a handsome young painter. In this odyssey of self-discovery, Maria has to choose between pursuing a path of darkness -- sexual pleasure for its own sake -- or risking everything to find her own 'inner light' and the possibility of sacred sex, sex in the context of love.

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

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Coelho's dark, modern fable about the nature of love and sex. The hardback sold over 35,000 copies in the first 4 months of publication and }The Alchemist{ has now sold in excess of 950,000 copies in the UK alone. National summer advertising ca