Harry Potter Story

A publisher has agreed to delay the release of a Harry Potter encyclopaedia after being sued by author JK Rowling.

Publisher Roger Rapoport said the book will not be published until a judge rules on whether it violates Rowling's intellectual property rights.

A judge in New York has issued an order barring completion, distribution, marketing or advance sales of the book until further notice.

Written by Steve Vander Ark, it was scheduled for release on 28 November.

Entitled Harry Potter Lexicon, it is based on material from an internet fan site of the same name.

Mr Rapoport, whose company is based in Michigan, said he had given a copy of the Lexicon to Warner Bros lawyers - who hold the copyright to the Harry Potter books - in the hope that they would read it and decide that it did not violate copyright.

"I think they should drop it. I'm hopeful that they will," he said.

'Massively disappointed'

Rowling's lawsuit, filed on 31 October, sought an injunction blocking publication of the book on the grounds that it would borrow too heavily from her work and spoil plans to eventually publish her own encyclopaedia of Harry Potter's world.

Rowling had supported the Lexicon website, but she and Warner Bros said they saw a difference between fans publishing information for free on the internet, and selling it in the form of a book.

Rowling said she took "no pleasure" in preventing the Lexicon's publication.

"On the contrary, I feel massively disappointed that this matter had to come to court at all," she said.

"Given my past good relations with the Lexicon fan site, I can only feel sad and disillusioned that this is where we have ended up."

Source: news.bbc.co.uk

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LONDON - J.K. Rowling has completed her first book not to feature teen wizard Harry Potter an illustrated collection of magical fairy stories titled "The Tales of Beedle the Bard."

Only seven copies of the book are being printed, Rowling said Thursday. One will be auctioned next month to raise money for a children's charity, while the others have been given away as gifts.

Rowling drew the illustrations herself and provided the handwriting for the five stories that make up the collection of fairytales.

"The Tales of Beedle the Bard" is mentioned in the final Potter book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," as a gift left by headmaster Albus Dumbledore to Harry's friend Hermione, and provides clues that help destroy evil Lord Voldemort.

"'The Tales of Beedle the Bard' is really a distillation of the themes found in the Harry Potter books, and writing it has been the most wonderful way to say goodbye to a world I have loved and lived in for 17 years," Rowling said in a statement.

The volume, bound in brown morocco leather and mounted with silver and semiprecious stones, will be auctioned at Sotheby's on Dec. 13 with a starting price of $62,000. Proceeds will go to The Children's Voice, a charity that helps vulnerable children across Europe.

"Deathly Hallows," the seventh and final installment in Harry's adventures, was published in July. The seven books have sold nearly 400 million copies and have been translated into 64 languages.

Rowling told the British Broadcasting Corp. that the book of fairytales had helped her say goodbye to Harry's world.

"It's not about Harry, Ron and Hermione, but it comes from that world," she told BBC radio in an interview broadcast Thursday. "So it's been therapeutic in a way."

Rowling said she was working on a new book, "a half-finished book for children that I think will probably be the next thing I publish."

On Wednesday, Rowling and the makers of the Harry Potter movies filed a lawsuit against RDR Books, a small U.S. publisher that plans to bring out a companion volume based on the Harry Potter Lexicon fan Web site.

Rowling has said she plans to produce her own encyclopedia of the wizarding world and says the book would infringe on her intellectual property rights.

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Un deceniu in lumea lui Harry Potter, un deceniu de vrajitorii, lighioane fantastice si afaceri incredibile. Pe data de 30 iunie 1997, scriitoarea J. K. Rowling publica primul volum din seria Harry Potter, carte ce fascineaza milioane de oameni de pe tot globul si care a devenit o industrie in sine.

De la lansarea primului volum, "Harry Potter si piatra filozofala", cartile au castigat o imensa popularitate si un succes comercial pe toate meridianele, batand orice record in materie de literatura pentru copii. Primele sase volume (intreaga serie va avea sapte volume) s-au vandut in peste 325 milioane copii si au fost traduse in peste 63 de limbi.

A saptea si ultima carte din seria Harry Potter, "Harry Potter si Ingerii Morti" este programat sa fie lansata pe data de 21 iulie 2007. Numai pentru piata americana, editorii au anuntat un record de 12 milioane de copii pentru prima tura de printare.

Lucru rar intalnit in acest tip de literatura, romanele au o poveste extrem de complicata, dar care nu te face sa uiti de ea pe noptiera, ci sa incerci sa deslusesti toate increngaturile, cu povesti de tradare, schimbari spectaculoase de situatie si veritabile investigatii.

Toate acestea, in peisajul jumatate basm, jumatate "realitate alternativa" pe care il formeaza peronul numarul 9 si 3/4, Colegiul Hogwarts sau terenul de quidditch (vaj-hat), poate cel mai "extrem" sport pe care-l veti vedea vreodata.

Ca orice poveste ce se respecta, seria "Harry Potter" imparte lumea in bine si rau, alb si negru, fara a fi lipsita de pete de gri: vrajitori care schimba taberele peste noapte, bestii ce nu tin cont de nimic, acte de magie care pot sa te salveze din ghearele mortii sau sa te arunce in ele.

Singurii care nu se abat de la calea binelui sunt cei trei prieteni Harry Potter, Ron Weasley si Hermione Granger.

J. K. Rowling - cea care a conturat universul Potter

Creatoarea lui Harry Potter, Joanne Rowling, s-a nascut la Chipping Sodbury, in Anglia, pe data de 31 iulie 1965. A facut studiile la Universitatea Exeter si din Paris. Este licentiata in limba si literatura franceza.

A lucrat pentru Amnesty International la Londra si a predat franceza, dar si-a dedicat ulterior cariera pasiunii sale, scrisul.

In 1995, intr-o zi cand calatorea cu trenul din Manchester la Londra, personajul Harry Potter incepe sa i se contureze in minte si de atunci si-a dedicat intreaga viata "pictand" in scris intreaga lume de la Scoala de Vrajitori si Vrajitoare Hogwarts.

Prim editor la care a apelat a refuzat-o, insa ea a insistat si a apelat la un al doilea, pe care povestea l-a convins sa riste intr-un scriitor debutant. Asa se face ca in 1997 a publicat primul volum din seria despre Harry Potter, iar la scurt timp primeste Premiul Englez pentru Cea Mai Buna Carte Pentru Copii a anului si Smarties Prize.

Dupa aparitia primei carti, J.K. Rowling termina de scris si cea de a doua carte, “Harry Potter si Camera Secretelor” care va fi publicata in Anglia in 1998 si in iunie 1999 in Statele Unite. Pana in vara anului 2000, J.K. Rowling castiga peste 400 de milioane de $ pentru primele 3 carti despre Harry Potter, tiparite in 35 de limbi in peste 30 de milioane de exemplare.

A patra carte, “Harry Potter si Pocalul de Foc” s-a vandut chiar inainte de a fi publicata in peste un milion de exemplare. Datorita succesului cartilor, in lista despre cele mai bune carti de literatura publicata de New York Times, s-a hotarat infiintarea unei liste a celor mai bune carti de literatura pentru copii.

Dupa zece ani, J. K. Rowling incheie, in iulie a.c., seria celor sapte volume despre micul varajitor, fortand piata sa gaseasca rapid un nou "fenomen" care sa exploateze asteptarile copiilor.

Ultimul volum Harry Potter, proaspat iesit de sub tipar

Ultimul volum din seria "Harry Potter", al romancierei britanice J. K. Rowling, a batut deja recordul de vanzari in afara Marii Britanii, prin intermediul comenzilor in avans, el urmand sa fie lansat pe piata abia pe 21 iulie, potrivit editurii Bloomsbury.

Numarul de exemplare din "Harry Potter si Sfintii Mortali" ("Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows") deja comandate pentru export depaseste 17% din volumul total de vanzari inregistrat in strainatate de volumul precedent.

Pentru publicarea volumului au fost luate masuri fara precedent: cartea e tiparita in secret, undeva in Germania, iar angajatii tipografiei lucreaza supravegheati, ca sa nu citeasca vreun rand.

Autoarea a anuntat ca doua personaje dragi vor muri si peste un milion de exemplare au fost comandate in avans pe Amazon.com, depasind recordul volumului precedent.

Filmul „Harry Potter si Ordinul Phoenix” se pregateste de premiera

Lansari cu surprize se asteapta si la premiera filmului „Harry Potter si Ordinul Phoenix”, adaptarea celui de-al cincilea volum, pe 11 iulie. Productia a fost prezentat in avanpremiera mondiala in Japonia, joi, cu cateva saptamani inainte de lansarea ultimului volum al francizei.

Atentia producatorilor americani fata de publicul nipon nu este una intamplatoare, mai ales ca partea a patra a seriei, ""Harry Potter si Pocalul de Foc", a devenit lider al box office-ului nipon in 2006, cu incasari de 66 milioane de euro.

In cel de-al cincilea film al seriei, Harry Potter, devenit adolescent, si colegii sai de la scoala de vrajitorii Poudlard se confrunta din nou cu puternicul vrajitor specialist in magie neagra Lord Voldemort, asasinul parintilor tanarului vrajitor.

Filmul. produs de studiourile Warner Bros si regizat de britanicul David Yates, a costat peste 150 de milioane de dolari.

Super eroii se pregatesc de majorat

Daca in primul film, "Harry Potter si piatra filozofala", din 2001, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint erau doar niste pusti, astazi, eroii fantastici, ajunsi la varsta adolescentei, sunt staruri planetare si le place distractia.

Daniel, care a jucat rolul baietelului-vrajitor, este acum un tanar de 17 ani, cu multe admiratoare, indragostit de ultimele tendinte din moda, in timp ce Emma, alias Hermione, s-a apucat de modelling si vrea sa studieze filozofia la Cambridge.

Al treilea erou, Rupert Grint, marturiseste, in schimb, ca adolescenta si trecerea de la ipostaza de copil-actor la cea de star au fost destul de complicate, insa statutul de vedeta nu l-a impiedicat sa se bucure de adolescenta, ca oricare tanar de varsta lui.

Vedetele din Harry Potter au acumulat si averi frumusele, Daniel asteptandu-si majoratul pe 23 iulie, pentru a intra in posesia averii de peste 20 de milioane de lire sterline. Cei trei se pregatesc intens pentru lansare si spera sa mai prinda cateva saptamani de vacanta in aceasta vara.

HotNews.ro, C. Marin, 30 iun 2007

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-- Un hacker sustine ca a descoperit cel mai bine pastrat secret literar al deceniului - deznodamantul aventurilor vrajitorul adolescent Harry Potter - si l-a publicat pe internet, dar editorii avertizeaza ca informatiile ar putea fi false, potrivit Reuters.
Hackerul, care isi spune Gabriel, sustine ca a intrat intr-un calculator al Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. din Londra, prin metoda simpla a unui e-mail ce continea un virus, si a obtinut o copie digitala a celei de-a saptea carti din seria autoarei J.K. Rowling, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", ce va fi lansata abia pe 21 iulie.

De luni de zile, in asteptarea lansarii cartii, fanii Harry Potter din intreaga lume dezbat daca autoarea l-a omorat pe Harry sau pe unul dintre prietenii sai, Ron Weasley si Hermione Granger, in volumul final, dupa ce Rowling a anuntat ca doua dintre personaje vor muri.

Gabriel a postat pe site-ul web de hackeri InSecure.org un mesaj in care da un rezumat detaliat al presupusului final al seriei Potter si numeste cele doua personaje centrale ale cartilor care dispar.

Mesajul lui Gabriel a fost gasit miercuri pe site de PC Tools, o companie producatoare de softuri de securitate care scaneaza frecvent paginile cunoscute ale hackerilor, potrivit publicatiei britanice "Telegraph".

"Am facut acest spoiler pentru ca lectura viitoarei carti sa devina inutila si plictisitoare", a spus Gabriel in mesajul postat pe site, potrivit Reuters.

In plus, hackerul sustine ca demersul sau porneste de la motive religioase. "Am facut-o urmand vorbele pretioase ale marelui Papa Benedict al XVI-lea, pe vremea cand era Cardinalul Joseph Ratzinger. El a explicat de ce Harry Potter aduce tinerii din lumea noastra catre neo-paganism."

Un purtator de cuvant al editorului britanic Bloonsbury a refuzat sa comenteze afirmatiile hackerului.

Editorii Harry Potter au depus mari eforturi pentru a pastra secret deznodamantul si pentru a conserva constructia de miliarde de dolari care il inconjoara pe micul vrajitor.

Kyle Good, un purtator de cuvant al distribuitorului american Scholastic Corp., nu a spus daca detaliile postate pe internet sunt corecte, dar i-a avertizat pe cititori sa fie sceptici in legatura cu orice persoana de pe internet care sustine ca are informatii interne despre intriga cartii.

"Plutesc in aer multe prostii", a spus Good. "Considerati ca aceasta este inca o teorie."

Un purtator de cuvant al companiei producatoare de sisteme de securitate pentru computere Trend Micro, David Perry, a spus ca sunt sanse mari ca afirmatiile lui Gabriel sa fie o farsa.

"Am avut astfel de incidente la ultimele doua carti Harry Potter", a spus el. "E un nivel foarte ridicat de informatii mincinoase in lumea hackerilor."

Cartile "Harry Potter" au fost bestseller-uri, cu 320 de milioane de exemplare vandute in toata lumea, iar asteptarile pentru "Deathly Hallows" sunt ridicate.

In luna aprilie, compania americana de librarii Barnes & Noble a spus ca precomenzile pentru carte au depasit deja 500.000 de exemplare, si au stabilit un record al lantului. Distribuitorul Scholastic intentioneaza sa lanseze 12 milioane de exemplare din "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" pentru a raspunde cererii mari.

Un exemplar furat din al saselea roman Harry Potter, "Harry Potter si Printul Semipur", a aparut in Marea Britanie cu aproximativ o luna inainte de lansarea oficiala din iulie 2005. Doua persoane au fost puse sub acuzare dupa ce ar fi incercat sa vanda copia tabloidului britanic "The Sun".

Patru filme Potter au fost realizate pana in prezent de studiourile Warner Bros, o divizie a Time Warner Inc., si au obtinut 3,5 miliarde de dolari din vanzarea biletelor. Al cincilea film din serie va avea premiera in iulie.

Sursa: Ziarul ZIUA

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Un exemplar rar din prima editie a primului volum din seria aventurilor lui Harry Potter, creata de scriitoarea britanica J. K. Rowling, a fost vandut la licitatie pentru o suma mai mare de 7.000 de lire sterline, relateaza BBC News.

Aceasta prima editie din 1997, care a numarat intre 500 si 1.000 de exemplare, a reprezentat primul pas spre un succes literar fenomenal.

Cartile din seria "Harry Potter" au fost traduse in 65 de limbi. A saptea si ultima carte a seriei, "Harry Potter si Sfintii Mortali", va fi lansata pe piata pe 21 iulie.

Intre timp, joi, un hacker a anuntat pe un site al fanilor seriei "Harry Potter" ca a reusit sa intre in reteaua de calculatoare a editurii celebrei scriitoare J.K Rowling, si sa citeasca textul ultimului volum. Hackerul a postat fragmente din copia electronica a manuscrisului pentru a demonstra acest lucru.

Potrivit hackerului Gabriel, in ultimul volum al seriei, maleficul Voldemort o va ucide pe Hermione si va fi la randul lui ucis de Harry Potter.

Autoarea le-a cerut in urma cu cateva luni oamenilor care spun ca stiu continutul ultimului volum al seriei "Harry Potter" sa respecte de dragul fanilor misterul care invaluie ultimele aventuri ale celebrului vrajitor.

HotNews.ro, D.G., 22 iun 2007

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone, the first in the Harry Potter series, was first published in 1997. It has seventeen chapters. The book jacket has the following story line:

Harry Potter has never played a sport while flying on a broomstick. He's never worn a cloak of invisibility, befriended a giant, or helped hatch a dragon. All Harry knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, Dudley. Harry's room is a tiny closet at the foot of the stairs, and he hasn't had a birthday party in eleven years. But all that is about to change when a mysterious letter arrives by owl messenger: a letter with an invitation to a wonderful place he never dreamed existed. There he finds not only friends, aerial sports, and magic around every corner, but a great destiny that's been waiting for him . . .if Harry can survive the encounter.

Here is a list of the chapter titles:

Chapter 1: The Boy Who Lived
Chapter 2: The Vanishing Glass
Chapter 3: The Letters from No One
Chapter 4: The Keeper of the Keys
Chapter 5: Diagon Alley
Chapter 6: The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-quarters
Chapter 7: The Sorting Hat
Chapter 8: The Potions Master
Chapter 9: The Midnight Duel
Chapter 10: Halloween
Chapter 11: Quidditch
Chapter 12: The MIrror of Erised
Chapter 13: Nicolas Flamel
Chapter 14: Norbert The Norweigian Ridgeback
Chapter 15: The Forbidden Forest
Chapter 16: Through the Trapdoor
Chapter 17: The Man with Two Faces

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second in the Harry Potter series, was published in 1998. It has eighteen chapters. The book jacket has the following story line:

Ever since Harry Potter had come home for the summer, the Dursleys had been so mean and hideous that all Harry wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he’s packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange impish creature who says that if Harry returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike.

And strike it does. For in Harry’s second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girls’ bathroom. But then the real trouble begins – someone is turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects . . . Harry Potter himself!

Here is a list of the chapter titles:

Chapter 1: The Worst Birthday
Chapter 2: Dobby's Warning
Chapter 3: The Burrow
Chapter 4: At Flourish and Blotts
Chapter 5: The Whomping Willow
Chapter 6: Gilderoy Lockhart
Chapter 7: Mudbloods and Murmurs
Chapter 8: The Deathday Party
Chapter 9: The Writing on the Wall
Chapter 10: The Rogue Bludger
Chapter 11: The Dueling Club
Chapter 12: The Polyjuice Potion
Chapter 13: The Very Secret Diary
Chapter 14: Cornelius Fudge
Chapter 15: Aragog
Chapter 16: The Chamber of Secrets
Chapter 17: The Heir of Slytherin
Chapter 18: Dobby's Reward

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third book in the Harry Potter series. It was published in 1999. It has twenty-two chapters. The book jacket has the following story line:

For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the dark Lord, Voldermort. Now he has escaped, leaving only two clues as to where he might be headed: Harry Potter's defeat of You-Know-Who was Black's downfall as well. And the Azkaban guards heard Black muttering in his sleep, "He's at Hogwarts . . . he's at Hogwarts." Harry Potter isn't safe, not even within the walls of his magical school, surrounded by his friends. Because on top of it all, there may well be a traitor in their midst.

Here is a list of the chapter titles:

Chapter 1: Owl Post
Chapter 2: Aunt Marge's Big Mistake
Chapter 3: The Knight Bus
Chapter 4: The Leaky Cauldron
Chapter 5: The Dementor
Chapter 6: Talons and Tea Leaves
Chapter 7: The Boggart in the Wardrobe
Chapter 8: Flight of the Fat Lady
Chapter 9: Grim Defeat
Chapter 10: The Marauder's Map
Chapter 11: The Firebolt
Chapter 12: The Patronus
Chapter 13: Gryffindor Versus Ravenclaw
Chapter 14: Snape's Grudge
Chapter 15: The Quidditch Final
Chapter 16: Professor Trelawney's Prediction
Chapter 17: Cat, Rat, and Dog
Chapter 18: Moony, Worm tail, Padfoot, and Prongs
Chapter 19: The Servant of Lord Voldemort
Chapter 20: The Dementor's Kiss
Chapter 21: Hermione's Secret
Chapter 22: Owl Post Again

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire, the fourth book in the Harry Potter series, was published in 2001. It has thirty-seven chapters. The book jacket has the following story line:

Harry wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to the International Quidditch Cup with Hermione, Ron, and the Weasleys. he wants to dream about Cho Chang, his crush (an maybe do more than dream). He wants to find out about the mysterious event that's supposed to take place at Hogwarts this year, an event involving two other rival schools of magic, and a competition that hasn't happened for a hundred years. He wants to be a normal, fourteen-year-old wizard. Unfortunately for Harry Potter, he's not normal - even by wizarding standards. And in his case, different can be deadly.

Here is a list of the chapter titles:

Chapter 1: The Riddle House
Chapter 2: The Scar
Chapter 3: The Invitation
Chapter 4: Back to the Burrow
Chapter 5: Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes
Chapter 6: The Portkey
Chapter 7: Bagman and Crouch
Chapter 8: The Quidditch World Cup
Chapter 9: The Dark Mark
Chapter 10: Mayhem at the Ministry
Chapter 11: Aboard the Hogwarts Express
Chapter 12: The Triwizard Tournament
Chapter 13: Mad-Eye Moody
Chapter 14: The Unforgivable Curses
Chapter 15: Beauxbatons and Durmstrang
Chapter 16: The Goblet of Fire
Chapter 17: The Four Champions
Chapter 18: The Weighing of the Wands
Chapter 19: The Hungarian Horntail
Chapter 20: The First Task
Chapter 21: The House-Elf Liberation Front
Chapter 22: The Unexpected Task
Chapter 23: The Yule Ball
Chapter 24: Rita Skeeter's Scoop
Chapter 25: The Egg and the Eye
Chapter 26: The Second Task
Chapter 27: Padfoot Returns
Chapter 28: The Madness of Mr. Crouch
Chapter 29: The Dream
Chapter 30: The Pensieve
Chapter 31: The Third Task
Chapter 32: Flesh, Blood, and Bone
Chapter 33: The Death Eaters
Chapter 34: Priori Incantatem
Chapter 35: Veritaserum
Chapter 36: The Parting of the Ways
Chapter 37: The Beginning

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth book in the Harry Potter series, was published in 2003. It has thirty-eight chapters. The book jacket has the following story line:

There is a door at the end of a silent corridor. And it's haunting Harry Potter's dreams. Why else would he be waking in the middle of the night, screaming in terror?

Here are just a few things on Harry's Mind:
- A Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher with a personality like poisoned honey
- A venomous, disgruntled house-elf
- Ron as keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch team
- The looming terror of the end-of-term Ordinary Wizarding Level exams

. . .and of course, the growing threat of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. In the richest installment yet of J. K. Rowling's seven-part story, Harry Potter is faced with the unreliability of the very government of the magical world and the importance of the authorities at Hogwarts.

Despite this (or perhaps because of it), he finds depth and strength in his friends, beyond what even he knew; boundless loyalty; and unbearable sacrifice.

Though thick runs the plot (as well as the spine), readers will race through these pages and leave Hogwarts, like Harry, wishing only for the next train back.

Here is a list of the chapter titles:

Chapter 1: Dudley Demented
Chapter 2: A Peck of Owls
Chapter 3: The Advance Guard
Chapter 4: Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place
Chapter 5: The Order of the Phoenix
Chapter 6: The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black
Chapter 7: The Ministry of Magic
Chapter 8: The Hearing
Chapter 9: The Woes of Mrs. Weasley
Chapter 10: Luna Lovegood
Chapter 11: The Sorting Hat's New Song
Chapter 12: Professor Umbridge
Chapter 13: Detention with Dolores
Chapter 14: Percy and Padfoot
Chapter 15: The Hogwarts High Inquisitor
Chapter 16: In the Hog's Head
Chapter 17: Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four
Chapter 18: Dumbledore's Army
Chapter 19: The Lion and the Serpent
Chapter 20: Hagrid's Tale
Chapter 21: The Eye of the Snake
Chapter 22: St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries
Chapter 23: Christmas on the Closed Ward
Chapter 24: Occlumency
Chapter 25: The Beetle at Bay
Chapter 26: Seen and Unforseen
Chapter 27: The Centaur and the Sneak
Chapter 28: Snape's Worst Memory
Chapter 29: Career Advice
Chapter 30: Grawp
Chapter 31: O.W.L.s
Chapter 32: Out of the Fire
Chapter 33: Fight and Flight
Chapter 34: The Department of Mysteries
Chapter 35: Beyond the Veil
Chapter 36: The Only One He Ever Feared
Chapter 37: The Lost Prophecy
Chapter 38: The Second War Begins

Source: harrypotterspage.com

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth book in the Harry Potter series. It was released July 16, 2005. It has 30 chapters. The book jacket has the following story line:

The war against Voldemort is not going well: even Muggle governments are noticing. Ron scans the obituary pages of the Daily Prophet, looking for familiar names. Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix has already suffered losses.

And yet . . .

As in all wars, life goes on. Sixth-year students learn to Apparate — and lose a few eyebrows in the process. The Weasley twins expand their business. Teenagers flirt and fight and fall in love. Classes are never straightforward, though Harry receives some extraordinary help from the mysterious Half-Blood Prince.

So it’s the home front that takes center stage in the multilayered sixth installment of the story of Harry Potter. Here at Hogwarts, Harry will search for the full and complex story of the boy who became Lord Voldemort — and thereby find what may be his only vulnerability.

Here is a list of the chapters:

Chapter 1: The Other Minister
Chapter 2: Spinner’s End
Chapter 3: Will and Won’t
Chapter 4: Horace Slughorn
Chapter 5: An Excess of Phlegm
Chapter 6: Draco’s Detour
Chapter 7: The Slug Club
Chapter 8: Snape Victorious
Chapter 9: The Half-Blood Prince
Chapter 10: The House of Gaunt
Chapter 11: Hermione’s Helping Hand
Chapter 12: Silver and Opals
Chapter 13: The Secret Riddle
Chapter 14: Felix Felicis
Chapter 15: The Unbreakable Vow
Chapter 16: A Very Frosty Christmas
Chapter 17: A Sluggish Memory
Chapter 18: Birthday Surprises
Chapter 19: Elf Tails
Chapter 20: Lord Voldemort’s Request
Chapter 21: The Unknowable Room
Chapter 22: After the Burial
Chapter 23: Horcruxes
Chapter 24: Sectumsempra
Chapter 25: The Seer Overheard
Chapter 26: The Cave
Chapter 27: The Lightning Struck Tower
Chapter 28: Flight of the Prince
Chapter 29: The Phoenix Lament
Chapter 30: The White Tomb

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J. K. Rowling began writing on it at the end of 2004. She revealed the title - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - on 21 December 2006. The book will be released July 21, 2007. The US version will have 784 pages, while the UK version will have 608 pages. You can see the covers of the book by visiting the covers gallery. The jacket cover contains the following story line:

Harry has been burdened with a dark, dangerous and seemingly impossible task: that of locating and destroying Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes. Never has Harry felt so alone, or faced a future so full of shadows. But Harry must somehow find within himself the strength to complete the task he has been given. He must leave the warmth, safety , and companionship of The Burrow and follow without fear or hesitation the inexorable path laid out for him!

In this final, seventh installment of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling unveils in spectactular fashion the answers to the many questions that have been so eagerly awaited. The spellbinding, richly woven narrative, which plunges, twists and turns at a breathtaking pace, confirms the author as a mistress of storytelling, whose books will be read, reread and read again.

This portion is from the UK Children's version:

Harry is waiting in Privet Drive. The Order of the Phoenix is coming to escort him safely away without Voldemort and his supporters knowing if they can. But what will Harry do then? How can he fulfil the momentous and seemingly impossible task that Professor Dumbledore has left him with?

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First Years:

* The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk
* A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot
* Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling
* A Beginners Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch
* One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore
* Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger
* Fantastic Beats and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander
* The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by Quentin Trimble

Second Years:

* The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 2) by Miranda Goshawk
* Break with a Banshee by Gilderoy Lockhart
* Gadding with Ghouls by Gilderoy Lockhart
* Holidays with Hags by Gilderoy Lockhart
* Travels with Trolls by Gilderoy Lockhart
* Voyages with Vampires by Gilderoy Lockhart
* Wanderings with Werewolves by Gilderoy Lockhart
* Year with the Yeti by Gilderoy Lockhart

Third Years:

* The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 3) by Miranda Goshawk
* The Monster Book of Monsters
* Unfogging the Future by Cassandra Vablatsky
* Intermediate Transfiguration by Emeric Switch

Fourth Years:

* The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 4) by Miranda Goshawk

Fifth Years:

* The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 5) by Miranda Goshawk

Complete Book List

* Achievements in Charming
* Ancient Runes Made Easy
* An Anthology of Eighteenth-Century Charms
* Appraisal of Magical Education in Europe
* Basic Hexes for the Busy and Vexed
* Beginners Guide to Transfiguration
* Break with a Banshee
* Broken Balls: When Fortunes Turn Foul
* A Charm to Cure Reluctant Reversers
* Charm Your Own Cheese
* Common Magical Ailments and Afflictions
* A Compendium of Common Curses and their Counter-Actions
* Curses and Counter-curses
* The Dark Arts Outsmarted
* The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection
* Death Omens: What to Do When You Know the Worst Is Coming
* Defensive Magical Theory
* Dragon Breeding for Pleasure and Profit
* A Dragon Keeper's Guide
* Dragon Species of Great Britain and Ireland
* Dreadful Denizens of the Deep
* The Dream Oracle
* Enchantment in Baking
* Encyclopedia of Toadstools
* Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
* Flying with the Cannons
* Fowl or Foul? A Study of Hippogriff Brutality
* From Egg to Inferno
* Gadding with Ghouls
* Gilderoy Lockhart's Guide to Household Pests
* Great Wizarding Events of the Twentieth Century
* Great Wizards of the Twentieth Century
* A Guide to Advanced Transfiguration
* A Guide to Medieval Sorcery
* Handbook of Do-it-Yourself Broomcare
* The Handbook of Hippogriff Psychology
* A History of Magic
* Holiday with Hags
* Hogwarts, a History
* Home Life and Social Habits of Britisch Muggles
* Important Modern Magical Discoveries
* Intermediate Transfiguration
* The Invisible Book of Invisibility
* Jinxes for the Jinxed
* Madcap Magic for Wacky Warlocks
* Magical Drafts and Potions
* Magical Me
* Magical Mediterranean Water-Plants and Their Properties
* Magical Theory
* Men Who Love Dragons Too Much
* Modern Magical History
* The Monster Book of Monsters
* Moste Potente Potions
* Nature's Nobility: A Wizarding Genealogy
* New Theory of Numerology
* Notable Magical Names of Our Time
* Numerology and Grammatica
* Olde and Forgotten Bewitchments and Charmes
* One Minute Feast - It's Magic!
* One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi
* Powers You Never Knew You Had and What to Do With Them Now You've Wised Up
* Practical Defensive Magic and its Use Against the Dark Arts
* Predicting the Unpredictable: Insulate yourself against Shocks
* Prefects Who Gained Power
* Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland
* Quidditch Through the Ages
* The rise and Fall of the Dark Arts
* Rune Dictionary
* Saucy Tricks for Tricky Sorts
* Self-Defensive Spellwork
* Sites of Historical Sorcery
* Sonnet of a Sorcerer
* Spellman's Syllabary
* The Standard Book of Spells (grade 1)
* The Standard Book of Spells (grade 2)
* The Standard Book of Spells (grade 3)
* The Standard Book of Spells (grade 4)
* The Standard Book of Spells (grade 5)
* The Standard Book of Spells (grade 6)
* The Standard Book of Spells (grade 7)
* A Study of Recent Developments in Wizardry
* Travels with Trolls
* Unfogging the Future
* Voyages with Vampires
* Wandering with Werewolves
* Weird Wizarding Dilemmas and Their Solutions
* Where There's a Wand, There's a Way
* Which Broomstick
* Year with the Yeti

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Over the years, Harry has got some quite unusual presents from the people in his life (Especially the Dursleys). Here we have detailed all the presents Harry has received and who they were from.

Book 1

* Fifty Pence from the Dursleys.
* ’H’ sweater from Mrs. Weasley as well as some fudge.
* Invisibility Cloak given by Dumbledore.
* Chocolate frogs from Hermione.

Book 2

* A toothpick from the Dursleys.
* Flying with Cannons from Ron.
* Luxury Eagle Feather Quill from Hermione.
* Treacle Fudge from Hagrid.
* Another sweater + a plum cake from Mrs. Weasley.

Book 3

* Nothing from the Dursleys.
* Another sweater, mince pies and a Christmas cake from Mrs. Weasley.
* Firebolt from Sirius Black.

Book 4

* A pair of socks from Dobby the house elf.
* A tissue from the Dursleys.
* Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland book from Hermione.
* Dungbombs from Ron.
* Penknife from Sirius.
* Sweets from Hagrid.
* Sweater from Mrs. Weasley as well as some fudge.

Book 5

* Homework Planner from Hermione.
* Set of books entitled Pratical Defensive Magic and Its Use Against the Dark Arts from Sirius and Lupin.
* Furry brown wallet with teeth from Hagrid.
* Small model of the Firebolt from Tonks.
* Enormous Box of Bertie Bott's Every-Flavor Beans from Ron.
* Hand Knitted Jumper and Mince Pies from Mr. and Mrs. Weasley.
* Painting of Harry from Dobby.

Book 6

* Sweater with Golden Snitch knitted in it from Mrs. Weasley.
* Large box of Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes from Fred and George.
* A damp, moldy, and maggot filled package from Kreacher.

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