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  List of places in the Harry Potter books - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
List of places in the Harry Potter books
Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place – former headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix; home of Walburga Black's portrait.
Railview Hotel, Cokeworth-hotel where the Dursleys and Harry stay after Vernon Dursley forces them into the car to escape from the letters which tell Harry about Hogwarts.
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  Harry Potter - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Books one (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone), two (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets) and three (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) all won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for the 9 to 11 age group.
The three adolescents at the centre of the book (Harry and his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger) are perceptively presented, the main adult characters have substance, and the minor characters are vivid and memorable.
Harry Potter was also parodied in The Onion, when an article titled "Harry Potter Books Spark Rise in Satanism Among Children" satirically reported the thousands of children attracted to the dark arts and denying religion due to the books.
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 Harry Potter Spell
In the case of Harry Potter, there was no need for the press to generate a big hype, because the children of Britain, Canada, and the United States magically created Harry Potter mania on their own.
The hope these people and others who love the original Harry Potter stories have is that the books, in all their wonder, will continue to have a lasting impression, similar to the one they have today, on readers both young and old.
Harry Potter is certainly not the first literary character whose merchandise sales directly hinged on the popularity of the book.
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 Harry Potter - Anarchopedia
According to J.K. Rowling, the author of the novels, the main character Harry Potter appeared in her head while she was on a train from Manchester to London in 1991.
Her favourite place to write the first book was at an Edinburgh café table while drinking endless cups of coffee [2].
Harry Potter was parodied in The Onion, when an article titled "Harry Potter Books Spark Rise in Satanism Among Children" satirically reported the thousands of children attracted to the dark arts and denying religion due to the books.
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 Brit Sci Fi: harry potter
The first three books, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, all won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for the 9 to 11 age group.
By the time the fourth book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, was published in 2000 the series had become very high-profile, and the launch received much wider publicity in the general media than was usual for a new book.
According to the author, the main character Harry Potter appeared in her head while she was on a train from Manchester to London in 1991.
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 ipedia.com: Harry Potter Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (released as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States) was released in 1997.
The Harry Potter books are primarily aimed at older children, but have fans of all ages.
Harry Potter and the Kidney Stone, by Desmond Devlin, illustrated by James Warhola.
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 Amazon.ca: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6): Books: J. K. Rowling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3) by J.K. Rowling
With each book in her increasingly remarkable series, fans have nervously watched J.K. Rowling raise the stakes; gone are the simple delights of butterbeer and enchanted candy, and days when the worst ailment could be cured by a bite of chocolate.
Since Harry and the books about him have been steadily maturing along with their initial readers, I have no qualms in stating that this penultimate book is unsuitable for anyone under twelve, and I am horrified to hear of parents reading it to younger children.
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 Harry Potter Books on Lists of Bests
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
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 Harry Potter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Harry Potter is the informal name given to collection of fantasy novels by J.
The first Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (released as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States) was released 1997.
Torg Potter and the Sorcerer's Nuts (http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=020902) and Torg Potter and the Chamberpot of Secretions (http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=030915) parodies of the first two Harry books done by the Sluggy Freelance webcomic.
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 Apple - Games - Harry Potter 2
In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second game in Aspyr Media’s Harry Potter series, you play author J.K. Rowling’s bespectacled hero as he returns to Hogwarts for his second year of wizard arts education.
Like its predecessor, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Chamber of Secrets’ story is similar to the one in the book, but it also offers opportunities for you to explore previously unseen areas of Hogwarts and even learn spells that are a bit different from the ones you read about.
As an example, he points out the scene in the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone movie when Hermione casts a spell that casts a light as powerful as the sun to drive away the Devil’s Snare plant.
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 Veritaserum | Harry Potter Books | The Author: JK Rowling
There she met Sean Harris, to whom Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is dedicated to and who owned the original blue Ford Anglia.
She immediately started working on a sequel, which she eventually named Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (one of its former names was Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince).
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone brought in over $90 million dollars during its opening weekend, and each of the following films has been wildly successful, as evidenced by Goblet of Fire's massive $102 million opening weekend in November 2005.
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 Harry Potter Dictionary, Glossary and Terms directory.
Harry Potter glossary or dictionary including chacters, places, spells and more from the Harry Potter book series.
Harry Potter: An English-German Glossary - das Harry Potter Lexikon.
Large listing of terms used in the Harry Potter books with definitions.
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 Harry Potter?
The first book of the series, entitled "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone", finds the orphan, Harry Potter, embarking into a new realm when he is taken to "Hogwart’s School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." At this occult school, Harry Potter learns how to obtain and use witchcraft equipment.
However, as Harry soon discovered, this demonic possession was a Shape-Shifter type, where the human body of the host is transfigured as the indwelling demon wishes it to be.
Harry Potter may be one of THE defining moments and issues of the End of the Age Church.
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 The Harry Potter Page: If You Like Harry Potter...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
These are books that have similar themes, plots, characters, situations, humour, and/or writing style to those of the Harry Potter books.
The list is presented alphabetically by author, with books in a series listed first, followed by single books.
Books in the WPL collection are noted with their Dewey Decimal number: JF is Juvenile Fiction, YA is Young Adult, and F is adult fiction.
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 Harry Potter Games. Harry Potter, Harry Potter News, Harry Potter Games, Harry Potter Character Information, Harry ...
The Harry Potter books are probably the biggest global media pheneomenon of recent times, if not the biggest thing ever.
More than 372,000 copies of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire were sold in Britain alone on the day it was released.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is now out there, and it's a good'n.
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 Amazon.com: The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter: Books: David Colbert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J.
Schafer's book seems at first glance to be a well-researched guide to the ideas and figures behind the series, but I found her analysis and conclusions to be somewhat forced.
Whether you are simply a curious Muggle or a die-hard Harry Potter fan, this book is a MUST READ.
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 People For the American Way - Harry Potter and the Censors' Menace
“Harry Potter must be getting tired of this,” said Neas, noting that the Potter series of books by J.K. Rowling has been at the top of the American Library Association’s list of most frequently banned books for four years in a row.
Neas said the language used to challenge the Rowling books in this case is similar to language used by Religious Right leaders and organizations who have denounced the books as threats to children.
The amicus curiae brief by PFAWF and others argues that the Cedarville school board’s removal of Harry Potter books violated its own procedures as well as the U.S. Constitution and urges the court to enjoin the school board’s decision.
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 List of places in the Harry Potter books - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of places in the Harry Potter books
[edit] Locations used in the Harry Potter films
Places – Spells – Translations – Fandom – Related articles – Quidditch
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 Is "Harry Potter" Harmless? - ChristianAnswers.Net
At the age of 11, Harry travels to Hogwarts, where he and and other students are taught by the faculty, all accomplished wizards and witches, how to properly use magic tools, spells and rituals.
Both Harry and Lord Voldemort uses the tail feather in their wand, perhaps symbolizing, as some critics say, that the source of their powers come from the same place, even though Potter and Voldemort are enemies, one using "white" magic and one "dark arts".
Harry's father appears to Harry as a horned god (a stag).
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 List of places in the Harry Potter books - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
List of places in the Harry Potter books - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia
Plot – Characters – Places Translations – Wizarding world
This page was last modified 10:42, 11 December 2005.
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 McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Forthcoming Books in the Increasingly Mature Harry Potter Series.
These books are suitably scaled and captivating for parents, babies, and anyone who needs simple instructions for daily tasks.
If you missed out on the first two books, buy all four Baby Be of Use books in one bundle for just $24.
This book collects the latest scientific discoveries related to saltwater life in the full-color and frequently illustrated format previously applied, with great success, to giraffes and heads.
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 Harry Potter - Game Strategies on Pojo.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The New Harry Potter Trading Card set, which will be based on Chamber of Secrets, is scheduled to be released in mid November along with the movie.
Listings of all the cards in each of the sets.
These are the places where you can go to learn more about advanced playing strategies.
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 The Master Harry Potter Canon List
  Therefore, if an author wants to write in the same style as the original, British text, then all of their canon references should be from the UK books.
If you want to just have the spellings of Harry Potter items, characters, places, etc. on hand, you can have access to the Harry Potter Dictionary courtesy of doraemon.
The pond at The Burrow is full of weeds and frogs.
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 Read the Harry Potter books and watch the movies - a life list goal on SuperViva - Make a Life List to Live Your Best ...
The Goal: Read the Harry Potter books and watch the movies
Add it to your life list - a list of everything you want to do and have done.
Keep your list on SuperViva for ongoing inspiration, help from others, and flexibility planning over time.
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