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Unlock the more straightforward side of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling, the first book in the bestselling series. In the novel, we are introduced to the Boy Who Lived and the wizarding world, which is inhabited by a range of colourful characters and fantastical creatures. In Harry's...
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ロンドン郊外の、どこにでもありそうな平凡な街角、ある晩不思議なことがおこる。そして額に稲妻形の傷跡を持つ赤ん坊が、一軒の家の前にそっと置かれる。この家の平凡なマグルのおじ、おばに育てられ、同い年のいとこにいじめられながら、その子、ハリー・ポッターは何も知らずに11歳の誕生日を迎える。突然その誕生日に手紙が届く。魔法学校への入学許可証だった。キングズ・クロス駅の9と3/4番線から魔法学校行きの汽車が出る。ハリーを待ち受けていたのは、夢と、冒険、友情、そして自分の生い立ちをめぐるミステリー。ハリーはなぜ魔法界で知らぬものが無いほど有名なのか? 額の傷跡は? 自分でも気づかなかった魔法の力が次々と引き出されてゆく。そして邪悪な魔法使いヴォルデモートとの運命の対決。
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Хари обърна плика с разтреперана ръка и видя печат от червен восък с герб: голяма буква „Х", заобиколена от лъв, орел, язовец и змия.
Хари Потър все още не е чувал нищо за Хогуортс, когато писмата започват да падат върху изтривалката пред къщата на улица...
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IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
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Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.
"Harry Potter has never been the star of a Quidditch team, scoring points while riding a broom far above the ground. He knows no spells, has never helped to hatch a dragon, and has never worn a cloak of invisibility. All he knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible...
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Serie Harry Potter volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 13
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Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary boy until he is rescued by an owl, taken to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, learns to play Quidditch and does battle in a deadly duel. The reason: Harry Potter is a wizard.
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Emboldened by the return of Lord Voldemort, the Death Eaters are wreaking havoc in both the Muggle and wizarding worlds. Hogwarts, once thought to be a safe haven, may no longer be safe. Harry suspects that new dangers may lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Harry will have to help him uncover a vital key to unlocking Voldemort's defenses, a critical piece...
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Warner Home Video
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Lord Voldemort has returned, but the ministry of Magic is doing everything it can to keep the wizarding world from knowing the truth. They appoint Ministry official Dolores Umbridge as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts. When Umbridge refuses to teach practical defensive magic, Ron and Hermione convince Harry to secretly train a select group of students for the wizarding war that lies ahead. A terrifying showdown between good...
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IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 8
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From Buddha and Muhammad to King and Mandela, from the discovery of fire to the invention of the World Wide Web, and from Romeo and Juliet to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, this is a thorough and thoroughly entertaining compendium of important people and events.
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Warner Home Video
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About to enter his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter is visited by a house-elf named Dobby and warned not to return. Harry ignores his warning and returns to Hogwarts, where strange things begin to happen, as people are becoming petrified, Harry hears a voice which seems to be coming from within the walls, and Harry's newly-discovered and unsettling ability to communicate with snakes turns even his friends against...
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Experience the magic again with this chronicle of the young wizard who took the world by storm! From the moment that J. K. Rowling conceived the idea of Harry Potter during a train ride, until the 1997 UK publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, The Making of the Potterverse tells the history of one of today's most beloved sagas-in print, on screen, and in real life as waves of Pottermania swept fans young and old. Covering the phenomenon...
15) Second Best
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It's about time British readers discovered the wit and originality of David Foenkinos' Jonathan Coe, author of Bournville
A magical imagining of the fate of a fictional boy whose life is shaped forever when he loses out on the role of Harry Potter.
It's 1999. Martin Hill is ten years old, crazy about Arsenal and has a minor crush on a girl named Betty. Then he makes it to the final two in the casting for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone....
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Follow in the footsteps of some of the world's most famous authors on the journeys which inspired their greatest works in this beautiful, illustrated atlas.
Some truly remarkable works of literature have been inspired by writers spending time away from their typical surroundings. From epic road trips and arduous treks into remote territories to cultural tours and sojourns in the finest hotels, this book explores 35 influential journeys taken by literary...
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In 1987, when Richard Harris — the legendary star of “This Sporting Life”, “The Field” and “Harry Potter” and the “Philosopher's Stone” — was interviewed for the first time by Joe Jackson, they almost came to blows. Jackson was determined to unearth deeper truths about the actor than he usually disclosed during interviews. Harris had manipulated the media all his life, largely to keep people from getting to really know him. However,...
18) Haunters
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
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Does history have a ghost of a chance?
Eddie, Adam, David. Each has the same strange power: the ability to time-travel. Through portals of dreams, they can appear as ghosts, wherever and whenever they want. The first boy, Eddie, is the genius who has sworn to protect the past and uphold the dreamwalker's code. The second, Adam, is a haunter, a dream-terrorist, dead-set on changing history for his own nefarious ends. The third, David, is the neophyte...
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Warner Home Video
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[2008], c2008
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English
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Harry Potter, an orphaned child that has spent the first ten years of his life living under the stairs of his aunt and uncle's house, is invited to join the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He learns his destiny lies in the realm of magic and fantasy.
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Warner Home Video
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[2008], c2008
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English
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Harry Potter, an orphaned child that has spent the first ten years of his life living under the stairs of his aunt and uncle's house, is invited to join the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He learns his destiny lies in the realm of magic and fantasy.
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