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...for a writer--it's totally different than for a journalist--for us, our pleasure is to be read. So I have a site called piratecoelho.com. Every time I find one of my pirated books, I put the link. I don't own the translation's rights. But I can always say,...
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www.weforum.org 09.12.2009 youtube and the World Economic Forum are opening the doors to Davos to provide unique access for an individual to elevate a worthy and important cause. 'The Davos Debates' are an opportunity to engage and debate with the world's leaders, and join them on stage for a special panel to help pitch your cause to the world. Be sure to upload your video to http before the 4th of January, 2010.
I remember that sometime this year, I posted in my blog a complain about an insurance company. Sometimes, some companies drives us crazy. So, this week, let's share with each other, which companies where are having a really bad services. Please remember that you'll be responsible for what you post here. Having said that, to improve their respect to the consumers, sometimes we need to go public. Thank you very much and this blog is open for you, Paulo
With his 1988 novel The Alchemist among the most-widely read novels of all time, Paulo Coelho is a publishers dream except for the fact he doesn't mind giving away his books for free. Coelho, whose work has been translated into 67 languages, earning him a place in the Guinness Book of World Records, has emerged as an unlikely promoter of pirated Internet versions of his own works. There again, to anyone who has read The Alchemist an allegorical tale of one boys quest to follow his dreams and fulfill his destiny this mission to give away his writing should make complete sense. Despite being a successful songwriter, Brazil-born Coelho says he always wanted to be a writer eventually penning The Alchemist in 1988. The novel initially had a small print run, but snowballed into a global bestseller to rival the likes of Dan Browns Da Vinci Code. Now a household name and a United Nations messenger for peace Coelho has emerged as an outspoken supporter of the Internet, seeing it as a useful tool for distributing his work to an even wider readership. I always thought that when, at the beginning of your career, you strive to be read, you cant change your mind later and become greedy about it, he said after revealing that he had been directing his readers to Web sites where they can download his books without paying.
With his 1988 novel The Alchemist among the most-widely read novels of all time, Paulo Coelho is a publishers dream except for the fact he doesn't mind giving away his books for free. Coelho, whose work has been translated into 67 languages, earning him a place in the Guinness Book of World Records, has emerged as an unlikely promoter of pirated Internet versions of his own works. There again, to anyone who has read The Alchemist an allegorical tale of one boys quest to follow his dreams and fulfill his destiny this mission to give away his writing should make complete sense. Despite being a successful songwriter, Brazil-born Coelho says he always wanted to be a writer eventually penning The Alchemist in 1988. The novel initially had a small print run, but snowballed into a global bestseller to rival the likes of Dan Browns Da Vinci Code. Now a household name and a United Nations messenger for peace Coelho has emerged as an outspoken supporter of the Internet, seeing it as a useful tool for distributing his work to an even wider readership. I always thought that when, at the beginning of your career, you strive to be read, you cant change your mind later and become greedy about it, he said after revealing that he had been directing his readers to Web sites where they can download his books without paying.
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Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho holds a copy of his latest book "The Winner Stands Alone" as he poses during a photocall for the presentation of the movie "Paulo Coelho's The Experimental Witch" at the fourth edition of the Rome Film Festival, in Rome,
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We've seen actresses and musicians launching fashion lines, but now the writers join the trend, lead by not other but one of the most influential authors in the world! Under the name MANGO & Paulo Coelho, the Spanish fashion brand and the Brazilian
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I just finished reading "My Life in France" by Julia Child and it was so, so inspiring and funny and hunger inducing...
I couldn't recommend it more highly. :)
"The Principles of Uncertainty" by maira kalman. she also has a blog with the ny times. you
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Glam.com
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Brazilians have promoted several meetings and engaged in lots of talks trying to convince the members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to vote for the city of Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Olympics. Among some illustrious Brazilians in
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Brazzil Magazine
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Paulo Coelho stirs in his readers a hunger to explore the esoteric and hold a mirror before their own lives..
His introverted nature and refusal to follow a traditional path led to his parents admitting him to a mental institution
“Everyone on earth
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Hindu Business Line
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Paulo Coelho is perhaps the most famous and celebrated Brazilian author of our time. His novels have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 68 languages. His stories have touched millions of readers, inspiring courage,
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...Coelho is perhaps the most famous and celebrated Brazilian author of our time. His novels have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 68 languages. His stories have touched millions of readers, inspiring courage, a willingness...
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He talks about the success of his own projects, from "pirating" his own books, to having the community make their own movie out of one of his books. At the same time he discusses the rise of technology and the folly of pretending you can fight the
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A novel about a young woman living in Brazil as a prostitute.
Once upon a time, there was a prostitute called Maria, is how author Paulo Coelho begins
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As many of you might know, my friend Chandrahas recently released his debut novel Arzee the Dwarf. I am looking forward to reading it soon, and I am sure it will do very well.
I read this interview of him on Rediff, and absolutely loved it. The
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Twitter, micro-blog cum social network, a joint recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize! Not as bizarre as it first seems, especially if we consider previous recipients of this prize.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/twitter/57
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Insiyah Vahanvaty
July 07, 2009
Oriya by descent, but having grown up all over the country, Mumbai-based literary critic and blogger Chandrahas Choudhury always knew he would write
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Rediff
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Sarah's Key Tatiana De Rosnay, read by Polly Stone. Macmillan Audio, unabridged, 8 CDs, 10 hrs., $29.95 ISBN 978-1-4272-0847-7
The Informers Bret Easton Ellis, read by Christian Rummel and Therese Plummer. Brilliance, unabridged, seven CDs, 8 hrs.
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Publishers Weekly
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Arash Hejazi is the name of the doctor who tried to help Neda Agha Soltan, the Iranian woman who was shot during street protest and whose video shown on YouTube has made her into a heroine of the Iranian people's cause. In the
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Democratic Underground
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When a marketing glitch left Rahul da Cunha with a stage play ready to go but no audience to fill the theatre with, he posted fliers on social networking sites on the Internet. The message spread like wildfire, and when Chaos Theory opened five days
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livemint.com
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Paulo Coelho departs from his normal path but still turns out an easy read.
“This is not a thriller, but a stark portrait of where we are now.” That’s Paulo Coelho’s disclaimer in the preface. It’s interesting that he finds it necessary to add such a
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The Hindu
http://www.thehindu.com/lr/2009/06/07/stories/2009060750170400.htm
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... Posted: May 24, 2009 at 1425 hrs IST Los Angeles The movie adaptation of Brazilian author Paulo Coelho's bestseller 'The Alchemist' is all set to go on floors later this year. Coelho was recently at Cannes to talk to producer Harvey...
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... Bestselling Brazilian scribe Paulo Coelho is brewing pics with a witch and an alchemist on the Croisette. Coelho came to Cannes to promote Web-generated pic "The Experimental Witch" and to talk with Harvey Weinstein about the long-gestating adaptation of...
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Three weeks of this blog this week. It started with the Trans-Siberian back in 2006 and we are always trying to improve and not simply invent something out of nothing and craving for a better interaction between the readers. I check every day and moderate most of the comments, I dont answer because I want you to talk among yourselves but it is time to do something different. So, what is your suggestion for this blog after these three years together? I am really open to your proposals and I ...
There is a small book here, in French called Nasty Stories about Great Men. Of course we all have nasty stories that we wish no one to hear, but sooner or later, they will surface. Thats why I permitted the publishing of my biography thats not yet in English but is in Portuguese and Spanish. So you cannot hide and what would you say to your children that you dont dare to say now? What will they discover after you die? I invite you to share this in the blog either anonymously or with your ...
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The sun is shining and there is light everywhere. As you know the sun was one of the main objects of adoration in humankind which means that we have to have collective rituals. Thats I think religion can play a very important role since people are sharing the same respect for the same mysteries. Yet, spiritually, you cant transfer your path to someone else. So, I would like to know: Are you engaged in some kind of collective worship? Im not talking about religion: Im actually talking about ...
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'Everything which is done in the present, affects the future by consequence, and the past by redemption.' -- Paulo Coelho
'I knew it was impossible to change my country, Brazil. It was impossible to change my state and my neighbourhood, but I
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What is really the meaning of the word peace? Sometimes people dont understand why I use the term Warrior of Light since Im engaged in a kind of confrontation with life. I do this because I believe that Nature is also in a state of confrontation: springtime against winter, winter against summer, lions against zebras, etc. For me peace is an utopia as far as Nature is concerned. That said we need to strive for peace among ourselves but we also need to keep in mind that absolute peace is an ...
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I used to know a guy who hated daylight saving time. Every time it rolled around, he devoted a week to denouncing it, along with corporate greed, artificially fertilized lawns, the American highway system and white bread. When his wife bought a loaf to
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Austin American-Statesman
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Everybody has to commute everyday or at least take some sort of public transportation throughout the week. Most of us think that we are losing our time because our parents probably told us not to talk to strangers. I, for instance, every time I have to do it, I try to engage in a conversation with someone I never met before. Do you do that? And if you dont: why are you so afraid of strangers?
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LONDON—Bestselling author Paulo Coelho says important values have been lost in the frenzied pursuit of fame, and he turns a critical eye on celebrity in a new novel set amid the glitz and glamour of the Cannes film festival.
The Winner Stands Alone
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'The Pirate Coelho supports Pirate Bay!!!' -- Paulo Coelho
I heard on the lunchtime news today that those behind Pirate Bay had been found guilty and hit with hefty fines.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8003799.stm
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UK Indymedia Newswire
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"The Winner Stands Alone" (Harper, 345 pages, $25.99), by Paulo Coelho, translated from Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa: He's a serial killer running loose at the Cannes film festival, but he's convinced himself that he has a good motive: love.
Now a
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MSN Entertainment
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...Paulo Coelho, the Brazilian writer who took the world stage with his thundering book The Alchemist, the source of inspiration for many around the world, told Syria's leading English-speaking magazine, Forward, his writings were influenced by the Sufi traditions...
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Brazzil Magazine
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I would like to hear your opinion on forgiving and forgetting. When people hurt you: do you forgive and forget? Or do you just forgive but dont forget? People who tend to be seen as good usually forgive and forget. But I dont think that this is a question of being good or evil I think the point is about being just. So maybe the tendency to forgive and forget those that have hurt us is not necessarily a good thing. Because if we dont do anything to people that hurt us they will probably ...
In many if my books I talk about symbols as I also do in this blog (www.paulocoelhoblog.com. But we are one step away of becoming paranoiac about the signs interpreting absolutely everything we stumble upon. So readers often ask me what is a sign and what isnt. And I say that I cannot answer since my signs are not other peoples signs. It is an individual alphabet to talk to God. So, instead of explaining the signs, I normally try to share my signs. So why dont you try to share your signs? Im ...
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Sometimes religions can be very dumb. It is the case of my religion The Catholic Church. In Brazil, we had this case of a young girl who got pregnant and the priest said no abortion. Why? Because the canons of the Church without considering the circumstances denies abortion. So, I would like to know from you when we need to break the rules. Also, if you could elaborate and give me a list of the times when you broke the rules, I would appreciate.
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f I’m not travelling, I’ll wake up in one of my houses in Geneva, Paris or Rio
de Janeiro. My favourite is Rio de Janeiro. I wake at 9 or 9.30am normally,
in a good mood. If I’m in a bad mood, it’s a sign that this day isn’t going
to work as well as it
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Times Online
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Saint Joseph's Party - Paris, 19.03.09. Paulo Coelho and Rudolf Schenker from the Scorpions perform the classic : Still Loving you.
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'I feel the presence of angels around me' ... Paulo Coelho. Photograph: Murdo Macleod
The Winner Stands Alone is your 12th novel. You describe it as "a stark portrait of where we are now". What you do mean by that?
I wrote it in February last year,
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Guardian Unlimited
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Do you believe prayer can change this world? I heard of a fantastic experience in Africa and this week we will pray together with my friends and readers for the Saint Josephs Party on March 19th. We will pray to help to improve the state of the world. Some believe that prayer is too abstract but I would like to hear your opinion on this. Thank you
Is Vanity something bad? I've finished publishing the first 12th chapters of my new book The Winner Stands Alone (I published nearly 1/10 of the book on line). The final chapter - on line - is about vamity. King Solomon starts the Ecclesiastes saying : "Vanity of vanities. All is vanity". Somehow vanity can destroy a person but can also puch a person to become a better human being. So nothing is absolute and I would like to hear your opinion on that. Mostly about your experiences with the ...
My favorite Coelho books: Veronika Decides to Die The Devil and Miss Prym By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept The Zahir Check them out!!
How many times did you reinvent yourself in your lifetime? Im asking this because I saw this week the new movie by Clint Eastwood the Gran Torino and Ive been following Clint Eastwood since his beginnings as an actor in class-B spaghetti westerns. In my book The Alchemist, Santiago, the shepherd boy, has to reinvent himself in order to get to his goal. I have also been in this situation and had to reinvent myself many times. So now I would like to know about you: How many times have you re ...
What about people who hide behind anonymity when they write comments in the internet? In my opinion this is the dark side when you are empowered by the fact that you dont have to be liable for your opinions. Im saying this because I met Jeff Jarvis from buzzmachine.com and Michael Arrington from techcrunch.com and they told me that they are insulted every single day and in the case of Arrington someone even spat on his face. If we stood by our opinions, I think we should put our name next to it. However, if you go to any newspaper site and click on comments, you see that most people use nicknames in order to insult what people do. So, I would like to hear your opinion on anonymity in the internet.
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