The Alchemist

""A magical little volume."" - San Francisco Chronicle ""A touching, inspiring fable."" - Indianapolis Star ""[This] Brazilian wizard makes books disappear from stores."" - New York Times ""[His] books have had a life-enchanting effect on millions of people."" - London Times ""Rarely do I come across a story with the drectness and simplicity of Coelho's The Alchemist. It lifts the reader out of time and focuses through a believably unlikely story on a young dreamer looking for himself. A beautiful story with a pointed message for every reader."" - Joseph Girzone, author of Joshua ""A beautiful story with a pointed message for every reader."" - Joseph Girzone, author of Joshua ""If you pick up a copy of The Alchemist, I promise you, you are going to be so inspired by this story, but more importantly you are going to feel so excited, and hopeful, and encouraged about the treasure that exists within you, that is uniquely for you, that can only be discovered by you. And that is when the journey to go find it will actually begin."" - Mel Robbins, podcast host and bestselling author of The Let Them Theory ""I love The Alchemist. It absolutely shows you that, if you have the desire, the universe will rise up to meet you exactly where you are. One of my favorite all time quotes."" - Oprah Winfrey ""It's a brilliant, magical, life-changing book that continues to blow my mind with its lessons. [...] A remarkable tome."" - Neil Patrick Harris, actor ""It changed my whole life. I realized of all of the people who had conspired to get me to this place."" - Pharrell Williams, musician and songwriter ""An entrepreneurial tale of universal wisdom we can apply to the business of our own lives."" - Spencer Johnson, M.D., co-author of The One-Minute Manager ""A remarkable tale about the most magical of all journeys: the quest to fulfill one's destiny."" - Anthony Robbins, author of Awaken the Giant Within ""As memorable and meaningful as Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince."" - Austin American-Statesman ""The Alchemist is a story about the endless search of finding out who you truly are. On the road for most of our lives, sometimes it's difficult to find something to grasp onto, to define who you are and where you belong - and reading The Alchemist truly made me appreciate my family and band and those close to and around me. It brought some stability into our wild ride of a life."" - Joe Jonas of The Jonas Brothers, in Time Out New York ""An adventure story full of magic and wisdom."" - Rudolfo Anaya, author of Bless Me, Ultima ""A sweetly exotic tale for young and old alike."" - Publishers Weekly ""A most tender and gentle story. It is a rare gem of a book, and will most certainly touch the very core of every heart earnestly seeking its own destiny on the journey of life."" - Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D., co-author of Change Our Mind, Change Your Life ""A most tender and gentle story. It is a rare gem of a book."" - Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D., co-author of Change Our Mind, Change Your Life