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. ...

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 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
- Care of Magical Creatures & Divination among others. Plus the delights of Hogsmeade the only village in the UK entirely populated by the magical community.
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When Harry & his best friends go back for their third year at Hogwarts the atmosphere is tense. There's an escaped mass-murderer on the loose & the sinister prison guards of Azkaban have been called in to guard the school. Lessons however must go on & there are lots of new subjects in third year
- Care of Magical Creatures & Divination among others
- to take Harry's mind off things.

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Harry Potter is lucky to reach the age of thirteen since he has survived the murderous attacks of the feared Dark Wizard Voldemort three times. But his hopes for a quiet term concentrating on Quidditch are dashed when a maniacal mass-murderer escapes from Azkaban pursued by the soul-sucking Dementors who guard the prison. It's assumed that Hogwarts is the safest place for Harry to be. But is it a coincidence that he can feel eyes watching him in the dark & should he be taking Professor Trelawney's ghoulish predictions seriously? ...

Harry Potter along with his best friends Ron & Hermione is about to start his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry. Harry can't wait to get back to school after the summer holidays (who wouldn't if they lived with the horrible Dursleys?). But when Harry gets to Hogwarts the atmosphere is tense. There's an escaped mass murderer on the loose & the sinister prison guards of Azkaban have been called in to guard the school.. . The plot thickens & the dangers facing Harry multiply in this third thrilling installment from J.K. Rowling. ...