<p>&#8220A magical little volume.&#8221¿San Francisco Chronicle</p><p><p>Every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forever. The Alchemist is such a book. </p><p> The Alchemist is the story of Santiago, an Audalusian shepherd boy who travels in search of a worldly treasure. From his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and across the Egyptian desert to a fateful encounter with the alchemist. </p><p> The story of the treasures Santiago finds along the way teaches readers, as only a few stories have done, about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, learning to read the omens strewn along life¿s path, and above all, following their dreams.</p></p>