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 https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-alchemist/id972750690 
 this is one of the books i wish i had read a translation instead of the original. It seems translators did a great work improving both style and correcting grammar and spelling errors. The original in portuguese was almost unreadable when i first read it 30 years ago or so. 
 But is the book really any good?

I've seen a lot of people criticizing his books, although I don't know why... 
 Try it? 
 One of the best books I have ever read, really powerful. I frequently re-listen to it. 
 A great torture method is to get someone to finish reading this book. It’s unbearable (and yes, I somehow finished it because I’m a masochist). Just my 2 sats. 
 Lmfao 
 Good book indeed ⛰️ 
 🥲🥲🥲item not available in your country 
 Use Anna’s Archive over TOR 
 Fun book 
 Alchemy is great.  It essentially is trasforming from a lower state to a higher state.  Bitcoin can be considered an example, Satoshi transfomred inert hard drives into precious numbers, and digital gold, via proof-of-work.  Jung and Newton were also great alchemists.

I'm studying one of the great unsolved alchemical texts, which says something similar, and also about language, mathematics and the geometry of conic sections:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monas_Hieroglyphica 
 required reading 
 I prefer Newton 
 That's my favorite book of all time.
Very responsible for the man I am today. 
 I've probably read this book a 100 times  
 Esse livro realmente presta?

Já vi muita gente criticando os livros dele, embora eu desconheça a razão...


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 I see "apple," I don't click... But would love to listen to this if there's a free audio version somewhere 
 YouTube  
 my parents told me to read it 
 Possibly the best fiction I've ever read imho. The Aleph is really good, too.  
 i love this book! i think it deserves a reread! 
 it is written  
 Tarifa is a cool place 
 Who is Paulo Coelho?A movie star? 
 Clearly an author………u ok hun? 
 I have read it when I was small. It is one of the thinnest books of all time but has good very good insights. The plot countries are Spain, Morocco, Sahara Dessert and Egypt’s Giza area if I remember correctly. The animals mentioned are sheep, falcon, and camels. The gist of book is when life gives you lemons, make lemonades, don’t throw them away. Don’t fear to dream big and have faith in miracles. 
 Recommended, the best brazilian writer ever. 
 My man! Was just thinking about this book! 
 i've never read the alchemist, but maktub by paulo coelho is an excellent book 
 maktub in arabic means 'it is written' but it is mostly used in the sense of 'destiny' when something is meant to happen. it means that everything is already written. 
 Worst book Ive ever read 
 A wonderful read, a fountain of wisdom 
 This is my favorite fictional story of all time. Read it one morning in 3 hours and did not move til it was done. 
 everyone should read this book at least once in their lifetime. 
life-changing story 
 Great book, one of my favorites along with "By the River Piedra I Sat Down And Wept". 
 reminded me of Hesse's Siddhartha.
both great reads! 
 ☺️ 
 One of my favorites. The audio version is amazing as well.  
 👍🌞 
 Emerald Tablet 
 “When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it” 
 all the universe brought me here 
 The only conspiracy I can really get behind is the one that conspires in my favor across all of human experience. 
 Jack Dorsey recomendando O Alquimista, de Paulo Coelho, no Nostr!!! 

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 great book 
 great author, i have the archer by him 
 a long journey to realize the treasure was right back where you started 
 Great one 
 i really love his book “11 minutes”! 
 Just watched this last night — Newton and his alchemy days. What timing 😂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhM2-9loJvg 
 One of my favs 👌🏻 
 ❤️ 
 A fave... 
 It sits unread on my bookshelf.
The fact that so many people like it makes me wary......... 
 An all time great 
 I have the exact book that you have mentioned via the link. 
 A definite classic 
 🤧🤔🥵🤮🤮🤮 
 Awesome, must read! 
At 5 years old I dreamed of being Astronaut but ended up doing different things for living. Life is an interesting journey.....
It's more then just doing something for living...it's a destiny  
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#Beautiful Native American land 
How the name of a certain places describes chain of events and carries knowledge from generation to generation and more.  .... 
 Love is a prince who is looking for the arrow....arrow of love...in the end love is...Prince Jack Dorsey! 
 Dude ..😆 
 😅 
 Well they call Ozzy Osbourne the Prince of Darkness, then you’ve got MJ Prince of Pop apparently, then you’ve got uh Prince…may as well announce a ‘Prince of Love’ but just not sure how he qualifies for the title… 
 👀👀 
 Reading through the comments, wtf book did y'all read? It was awful. Everyone Ive talked to about it says the same.
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 ~reading~ books is often probably more beneficial than just hearing them, but…

🎧 this one’s available to listen to on youtube! 
 overrated. The Four Agreements is a better self help book.  
 I've already read 
 Not as good as the KJV!! 
 "Cuando quieres algo, todo el universo conspira para ayudarte a conseguirlo" 
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 contend that where a person’s heart is, his treasure is also. Songs of the old written in the scriptures of the new.