Paulo Coelho is one of the most famous writers in the whole world…born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. …he has sold over 100 million books in over 150 countries worldwide and his works have been translated into 66 languages “big number..I know” ….he is one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace raising global awareness of the world body’s work and ideals..which is considered a really wonderful thing..the reason why I wrote about him today is that I found out that his book “Brida” which was published 1990 became available for anybody to read online for free…so check the book out its a really amazing Novel that will just amaze you …..you can check it out by clicking on the widget in the sidebar of my blog.

This is the story of Brida, a young Irish girl, and her quest for knowledge. She has long been interested in various aspects of magic but is searching for something more. Her search leads her to people of great wisdom, who begin to teach Brida about the spiritual world. She meets a wise man who dwells in a forest, who teaches her about overcoming her fears and trusting in the goodness of the world; and a woman who teaches her how to dance to the music of the world, and how to pray to the moon. As Brida seeks her destiny, she struggles to find a balance between her relationships and her desire to become a witch. This enthralling novel incorporates themes that fans of Paulo Coelho will recognize and treasure—it is a tale of love, passion, mystery, and spirituality from the master storyteller.

and this is the list of books he wrote : from Wikipedia

Year	Portuguese Title	English Title
1982	Arquivos do Inferno	Hell Archives
1986	O Manual Prático do Vampirismo	Practical Manual of Vampirism
1987	O Diário de um Mago	The Pilgrimage
1988	O Alquimista	The Alchemist
1990	Brida	Brida
1991	O Dom Supremo	The Gift
1992	As Valkírias	The Valkyries
	O Diário de um Magus	The Diary of a Magus
1994	Maktub	Maktub
	Na margem do rio Piedra eu sentei e chorei	By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
1996	O Monte Cinco	The Fifth Mountain
1997	Letras do amor de um prophet	Love Letters from a Prophet
	Manual do guerreiro da luz	The Manual of the Warrior of Light
1998	Veronika decide morrer	Veronika Decides to Die
	Palavras essenciais	Essential Words
2000	O Demônio e a srta Prym	The Devil and Miss Prym
2001	Histórias para pais, filhos e netos	Fathers, Sons and Grandsons
2003	Onze Minutos	Eleven Minutes
2004	O Gênio e as Rosas	The Genie and the Roses
	E no sétimo dia	And on the Seventh Day (collection of three previously published novels)
2005	O Zahir	The Zahir
	Caminhos Recolhidos	Revived Paths
2006	Ser como um rio que flui	Like the Flowing River
	A bruxa de Portobello	The Witch of Portobello
2007	Vida: Citações selecionadas	Life: Selected Quotations