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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. ...
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Harry Potter is a wizard. He is in his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry. It's always a relief after summer with the Dursleys however Harry doesn't realise that this year will be just as eventful as the last two! The atmosphere at Hogwarts is tense. There's an escaped mass murderer on the loose even the Muggles have been warned. The sinister prison guards of Azkaban have been called in to guard the school & Harry Ron & Hermione rapidly discover why all witches & wizards live in fear of being sent to Azkaban. Lessons however must go on & there are lots of new subjects in third year
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Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter is an ordinary boy who lives in a cupboard under the stairs at his Aunt Petunia and 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 and his fat spoilt cousin Dudley and 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 and all hell breaks loose! He is literally rescued by a world where nothing is as it seems and magic lessons are the order of the day. Read and find out how Harry discovers his true heritage at Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft the reason behind his parents mysterious death who is out to kill him and how he uncovers the
most amazing secret of all time the fabled Philosopher's Stone! All this and muggles too. Now what are they?
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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?

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