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 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. But before he even gets to school Harry survives a terrifying encounter with two Dementors attends a court hearing at the Ministry of Magic & is escorted on a night-time broomstick ride to the secret headquarters of a mysterious group called ' The Order of the Phoenix'.. . This is 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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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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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. ...

Harry Potter is an ordinary boy who lives in a cupboard under the stairs at his Aunt Petunia & Uncle Vernon's house which he thinks is normal for someone like him who's parents have been killed in a 'car crash'. He is bullied by them & his fat spoilt cousin Dudley & lives a very unremarkable life with only the odd hiccup (like his hair growing back overnight!) to cause him much to think about. That is until an owl turns up with a letter addressed to Harry & all hell breaks loose! He is literally rescued by a world where nothing is as it seems & magic lessons are the order of the day. Read & find out how Harry discovers his true heritage at Hogwarts School of Wizardry & Witchcraft the reason behind his parents mysterious death who is out to kill him & how he uncovers the most amazing secret of all time the fabled Philosopher's Stone! All this & muggles too. Now what are they? ...

Harry Potter is an ordinary boy who lives in a cupboard under the stairs at his Aunt Petunia & Uncle Vernon's house which he thinks is normal for someone like him who's parents have been killed in a 'car crash'. He is bullied by them & his fat spoilt cousin Dudley & lives a very unremarkable life with only the odd hiccup (like his hair growing back overnight!) to cause him much to think about. That is until an owl turns up with a letter addressed to Harry & all hell breaks loose! He is literally rescued by a world where nothing is as it seems & magic lessons are the order of the day. Read & find out how Harry discovers his true heritage at Hogwarts School of Wizardry & Witchcraft the reason behind his parents mysterious death who is out to kill him & how he uncovers the most amazing secret of all time the fabled Philosopher's Stone! All this & muggles too. Now what are they? ...

When a letter arrives for unhappy but ordinary Harry Potter a decade-old secret is revealed to him that apparently he's the last to know. His parents were wizards killed by a Dark Lord's 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. ...