In a brief statement on Friday night Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge confirmed that He Who Must Not Be Named has returned to this country & is once more active. It is with great regret that I must confirm that the wizard styling himself Lord
- well you know who I mean
- is alive & among us again " said Fudge. These dramatic words appeared in the final pages of Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix. In the midst of this battle of good & evil Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince takes up the story of Harry Potters sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry with Voldemorts power & followers increasing day by day.. ."

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' In a brief statement on Friday night Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge confirmed that He Who Must Not Be Named has returned to this country & is once more active. It is with great regret that I must confirm that the wizard styling himself Lord
- well you know who I mean
- is alive & among us again " said Fudge.' These dramatic words appeared in the final pages of Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix. In the midst of this battle of good & evil Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince takes up the story of Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry with Voldemort's power & followers increasing day by day.. ."

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It is Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry. As Voldemort's sinister forces amass & a spirit of gloom & fear sweeps the land it becomes more & more clear to Harry that he will soon have to confront his destiny. But is he up to the challenges ahead of him? In this dark & breathtaking adventure J.K. Rowling skilfully begins to unravel the complex web she has woven as we discover more of the truth about Harry Dumbledore Snape & of course He Who Must Not Be Named.. . This audio CD edition is read by Stephen Fry & is comprised of seventeen CDs. The duration is Approx. 20 hours & 45 minutes. ...

Dumbledore lowered his hands & surveyed Harry through his half-moon glasses. ' It is time ' he said 'for me to tell you what I should have told you five years ago Harry. Please sit down. I am going to tell you everything.' Harry Potter is due to start his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizadry. He is desperate to get back to school & find out why his friends Ron & Hermione have been so secretive all summer. However what Harry is about to discover in his new year at Hogwarts will turn his whole world upside down.. . But before he even gets to school Harry has an unexpected & frightening encounter with two Dementors has to face a court hearing at the Ministry of Magic & has been escorted on a night-time broomstick ride to the secret headquarters of a mysterious group called ' The Order of the Phoenix'. & that is just the start. A gripping & electrifying novel full of suspense secrets &
- of course
- magic.

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Harry is furious that he has been abandoned at the Dursleys' house for the summer for he suspects that Voldemort is gathering an army that he himself could be attacked & that his so-called friends are keeping him in the dark. Finally being rescued by wizard bodyguards he discovers that Dumbledore is regrouping the Order of the Phoenix
- a secret society first formed years ago to fight Voldemort. But the Ministry of Magic is against the Order lies are being spread by the wizards' tabloid the Daily Prophet & Harry fears that he may have to take on this epic battle against evil alone.
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Harry is furious that he has been abandoned at the Dursleys' house for the summer for he suspects that Voldemort is gathering an army that he himself could be attacked & that his so-called friends are keeping him in the dark. Finally being rescued by wizard bodyguards he discovers that Dumbledore is regrouping the Order of the Phoenix
- a secret society first formed years ago to fight Voldemort. But the Ministry of Magic is against the Order lies are being spread by the wizards' tabloid the Daily Prophet & Harry fears that he may have to take on this epic battle against evil alone.
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Dumbledore lowered his hands & surveyed Harry through his half-moon glasses. It is time he said for me to tell you what I should have told you five years ago Harry. Please sit down. I am going to tell you everything. Harry Potter is due to start his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry. He is desperate to get back to school & find out why his friends Ron & Hermione have been so secretive all summer. However what Harry is about to discover in his new year at Hogwarts will turn his whole world upside down.. . But before he even gets to school Harry has an unexpected & frightening encounter with two Dementors has to face a court hearing at the Ministry of Magic & has been escorted on a night-time broomstick ride to the secret headquarters of a mysterious group called The Order of the Phoenix. & that is just the start A gripping & electrifying novel full of suspense secrets &
- of course
- magic.

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When a letter arrives for unhappy but ordinary Harry Potter a decade-old secret is revealed to him that apparently hes the last to know. His parents were wizards killed by a Dark Lords curse when Harry was just a baby & which he somehow survived. Escaping his hideous Muggle guardians for Hogwarts a wizarding school brimming with ghosts & enchantments Harry stumbles upon a sinister adventure when he finds a three-headed dog guarding a room on the third floor. Then he hears of a missing stone with astonishing powers which could be valuable dangerous or both. ...

Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary boy. He lives with his Uncle Vernon Aunt Petunia & cousin Dudley who are mean to him & make him sleep in a cupboard under the stairs. (Dudley however has two bedrooms one to sleep in & one for all his toys & games.) Then Harry starts receiving mysterious letters & his life is changed forever. He is whisked away by a beetle-eyed giant of a man & enrolled at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry. The reason: Harry Potter is a wizard! ...

Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis; Caput Primum; Puer qui Vixit; Dominus et Domina Dursley qui vivebant in aedibus Gestationis Ligustrorum numero quattor signatis... this opening also known as Mr & Mrs Dursley of number four Privet Drive... has become one of the most read opening chapters in the world. Newly translated into Latin for the first time this is following in the steps of other great childrens classics including Winnie the Pooh (winnie ille pu) & Paddington Bear (ursus nomine paddington). The huge task of translating into Latin (most translations are done from Latin) has been undertaken by Peter Needham who taught Latin at Eton for over 30 years. James Morwood of Oxford University has said of the translation The translation is great stuff. It is accurate & fluent but it is much more than that. It has been carried off with wit inventiveness sensitivity & panache. I find it impossible to think of its being better done. ...