Monthly Archive for August, 2009

New space for Pirate Coelho/ help your community

Published on August 31, 2009 in Pirate Coelho. 6 Comments

Pirate Coelho is a site that was hosted somewhere, with a collection of my texts in P2P sites. It was not me who put it there, but being adept of free contents, I asked the original site to put this URL here. I am reproducing here what I found in the Web as for Aug 2008. I am just facilitating.

RULES OF THE GAME

A] I intend to update this page soon. To find books in other languages, click in the link above (older entries) and there are titles in Russian, Swedish, Espanol, Portugues, etc.

B] I don’t own the copyrights of the translations.

C] I the case that you download a book and like it, I would suggest you to buy the book, so we can tell to the industry that sharing contents is not life threatening to the book business.

D] You can do a relevant service to your community, if you like the book. You can print and handle FOR FREE to a local library in a small town, to a hospital, to a prison. The intention of Pirate Coelho (as well as my free web books) is first and foremost share thoughts with people who cannot afford buying books.

Thank you

Paulo Coelho

Concurso/Contest today 31/08

Published on August 31, 2009 in News. 175 Comments

One signed book in English: The winner stands alone
This Monday, 31/08 I will post here the questions at 10:00 PM (Paris time). At the end, I will edit this post with the correct answers.
The answer to the questions should be sent to twitter.livrocoelho@gmail.com. The first to send the correct answers I will send the book by registered mail.
Disclaimer: if you access this page, you know that this is not a contest in the classic sense, you have to trust me.
Um livro autografado em portugues: Ser como um rio que flui
Vou colocar as perguntas aqui nesta segunda-feira, 31/08 as 17 horas do Brasil. No final do concurso, vou editar este post com as respostas certas.
O primeiro a enviar as respostas certas para twitter.livrocoelho@gmail.com receberá o livro por correio registrado. .
Atenção: quem aceitar participar, sabe que isso nao é um concurso no sentido clássico.

WINNERS: RAFAEL PETERSON (ARIZONA) ANTONIO ALMEIDA (BRASILEIRO HOLANDA)


10:00 PM: ANSWERS

1] Beatle who sings “When I’m 64″ / Beatle que canta “When I’m 64″
PAUL MCCARTNEY

2] Place where Sonny Corleone is killed in “The Godfather”/ Lugar onde assassinam Sonny Corleone em “O Poderoso Chefão”
TOLL PLAZA/ ESTAÇAO DE PEDAGIO (Many made a confusion with Don Corleone; Sonny is his son, played by James Caan)

3] Name of the capitain obsessed by Moby Dick / Nome do capitão obcecado por Moby Dick
AHAB

4] Bridge in front of the Eiffel Tower/ Ponte na frente da Torre Eiffel
PONT D’IENA

5] Why Madonna was booed in Rumania/ Por que vaiaram Madonna na Rumania
SHE STOOD UP FOR ROMA (GYPSIES)/ DEFENDEU OS CIGANOS

6] Actor who illustrated the first PC commercial/ Ator que apareceu no primeiro comercial de PC
CHARLES CHAPLIN

http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC35folder/IBMtramp.html

7] Score of the final game in World Cup 1958 / Placar da final da Copa do Mundo 1958
BRASIL 5 X SWEDEN 2

8] Classic Galician drink to distance the bad spirits/ Bebida galega classica para afastar maus espíritos
QUEIMADA

TRIVIA:

- OUT OF OVER 600 EMAILS IN 20 MINUTES (I AM NOT COUNTING EMAILS THAT ARRIVED AFTER I PUT THE ANSWERS HERE), ONLY 19 HAD ALL THE CORRECT ANSWERS (17 IN ENGLISH AND 2 IN PORTUGUESE)

- THE MOST WRONG ANSWERS: NUMBER 6 AND NUMBER 2. ONE PERSON MADE AN INTERESTING COMMENT: “THESE ARE QUESTIONS FOR MEN” (I DON’T AGREE, OF COURSE).

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Quote of the Week

Published on August 31, 2009 in Quotes. 177 Comments

Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day

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The Most Beautiful Story

Published on August 25, 2009 in Forum On. 840 Comments

A beautiful story you have to tell us. Something you read, Something you listen, Something belongs to your tradition. Please share with us.

Storytelling is the only bridge left, when we see this Clash of Civilizations. This week, forum is about most beatiful story or stories.

3 weeks ago, I started a forum on poems. Now, I’m encouraging people to share their souls through storytelling, through art, through poetry.

PLEASE COPY/PASTE OR WRITE your most beautiful story here. It can be a personal story, a legend, etc. We all are looking forward to this.

Thank you.