The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho continues to change the lives of its readers forever. With more than two million copies sold around the world The Alchemist has established itself as a modern classic universally admired. Paulo Coelho’s masterpiece tells 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. The story of the treasures Santiago finds along the way teaches us as only a few stories can 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.