Do you have the courage to confront your demons? The Valkyries are a force to be reckoned with - warrior women who roam the Mojave desert on motorbikes, leather-clad despite the heat. But they are also spiritual beings and it is to them that Paulo Coelho is led in the search for his own guardian angel. For forty days and nights, Paulo and his wife travel with the Valkyries, battling again…
Veronika has everything she could wish for - young and pretty, with plenty of attractive boyfriends, a steady job, a loving family. Yet, Veronika is not happy and one winter's morning she takes an overdose of sleeping pills, only to wake up some time later in the local hospital. There she is told that although she is alive, her heart is now irreparably damaged and she has only a few days to liv…
How do we find the courage to be true to ourselves - even if we are unsure of who we are? That is the central question posed by Paulo Coelho's riveting new work, The Witch of Portobello. It is the story of Athena, a mysterious young woman born in Romania, raised in Beirut and living in London. Her life is told by the many who knew her well - or hardly at all.
It begins with a glimpse or a passing thought. It ends in obsession. The Zahir. One day a renowned author discovers that his wife, a war correspondent, has disappeared leaving no trace. Was she kidnapped, blackmailed, or simply bored with their marriage? His search for her - and for the truth of his own life - takes him from South America to Spain, France, Croatia and, eventually, the ble…
'Love is a terrible thing that will make you suffer ...' So says Maria, a young Brazilian girl convinced from an early age that she will never find true love. A chance meeting in Rio takes her to Geneve, but the glitering life she hoped for was a fantasy. The reality - selling herself to survive - is a dehumanising grind that pushes her further away from real love, towards a fascination with…
To love is to lose control Pilar fell in love when she was seventeen, but her lover left to explore the world beyond their home town. Eleven years on, she's a feisty young woman who has learned to expect nothing from men, until she receives an unexpected call from her childhood sweetheart. He's grown into a handsome, charismatic spiritual teacher who has turned to religion as a refuge from h…
Seorang asing tiba di desa Viscos yang terpencil, dengan membawa ransel berisi buku tulis dan sebelas batang emas. Dia datang mencari jawaban atas pertanyaan yang menyiksa batinnya. Apakah manusia, pada dasarnya, baik atau jahat? Dengan menyambut kedatangan orang asing misterius ini, seisi desa ikut terlibat dalam rencana rumitnya yang akan menandai hidup mereka selamanya. Kisah tentang godaan…
Seperti Sungai yang Mengalir berisi kumpulan renungan dan cerita pendek Paulo Coelho, kisah-kisah yang menggugah tentang kehidupan dan kematian, suratan takdir dan pilihan, cinta yang hilang dan ditemukan. Kadang humoris, kadang serius, tapi sellau dalam, buku ini - seperti semua karya Coelho lainnya - mengeksplorasi artinya menjalani hidup dengan sepenuh-penuhnya.
Fleeing from persecution, 23-year-old Elijah takes refuge with a young widow and her son in the colourful, chaotic Middle Eastern town of Akbar. Already struggling to maintain his sanity in a chaotic world of tyranny and war, he is now forced to choose between a new-found love and an overwhelming sense of duty.
What are you searching for? In his first major book, which paved the way for his bestselling phenomenon The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho documents the experiences of his pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela on a contemporary quest for ancient wisdom. Guided by a mysterious companion, he takes the road to Santiago, going through a series of trials and tests along the way. Why is the road to the…