Buying Harry Potter Books

Fake spoilers ahoy! We took to the streets of Cambridge, England, to have some fun with the legions of Harry Potter fans in line for the release of the seventh book, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” by JK Rowling.

SEE children crushed when we tell them the ending!
SEE grown men weep as plot points spill into their ears!
SEE what society has become!
SHOOT yourself in the face when you realise quite what that means for humanity.

Hosted by Raph von Blumenthal. Also featuring Ahmed Hegazi and Sam Baron. Directed, shot and edited by Sam Baron. Dedicated to Daniel ‘Harry Potter’ Radcliffe, Rupert ‘Ron Weasley’ Grint and Emma ‘Hermione Granger’ Watson.

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A look at the construction of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal’s Islands of Adventure in Orlando Florida.
See how the progress of Hogwarts Castle, Hogsmeade Village and more is coming along.
Recorded on Oct. 11, 2009. The new area is supposed to open in the Spring of 2010.

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The Harry Potter wand is probably the most famous wand of all time. It is made from holly wood, with a phoenix feather core donated by Albus Dumbledore’s magical familiar, Fawkes. The phoenix also gave other to create a second wand. This belonging to Tom Riddle, later known as Voldemort, and was the “brother” to the harry Potter wand.

Harry Potter obtained his wand from Ollivander’s Wand shop just before his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He tried many other wands first with varying levels of success but it was not until he held the holly wood wand that he knew which one was meant to be his.

Harry has used his wand to great effect throughout his adventures including his epic battle with Voldemort himself. During this battle Harry’s wand forced Voldemort’s to regurgitate its spells, resulting in the spirits of James and Lily Potter and the recently-murdered Cedric Diggory to emerge. This gave Harry enough time to escape.

Harry Potter wands have been sold in all sorts of shapes and sizes over the years and can now be found easily on the internet. Many children dream of owning the magical stick that is the Harry potter wand. They are then free to play out their own adventure.

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Joanne “Jo” Murray, better known under the pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author who is the creator of the Harry Potter fantasy series.

The series consist of seven novels that show Harry Potter throughout his seven years at Hogwarts and his battle with Lord Voldemort. The idea was thought of while J.K. Rowling, who was born 31 July 1965, was on a train trip from Manchester to London in 1990.

The Potter books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, and sold more than 400 million copies. J.K. Rowling Aside has also written a book about her “rags to riches” life story that discusses how she went from being on welfare and food stamps to becoming a multi-millionaire status within five years because of the success of the Harry Potter books. The 2008 Sunday Times Rich List estimated Rowling’s fortune at £560 million ($798 million), ranking her as the twelfth richest woman in Britain. She was also ranked by Forbes as the forty-eighth most powerful celebrity of 2007 and Time magazine named her as a runner-up for its 2007 Person of the Year, noting the social, moral, and political inspiration she has given her fandom.

She has become a notable philanthropist, supporting such charities as Comic Relief, One Parent Families, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain, and the Children’s High Level Group.

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There are a number of characters in the Harry Potter books. We will look at a few of the main characters here.

The main character of the books is of course Harry Potter himself. Harry’s parents died when he was young, and he lived with his aunt and uncle until he was 11. At that age, he was told he was a wizard, and he started attending Hogwarts to hone his skills as a wizard.

 Harry’s first friend in the books is Ron Weasley. They meet on the train going to Hogwarts their first year, and become fast friends. Ron comes from a large magical family, and Harry is soon accepted into by their family. Ron is in the Gryffindor house at Hogwarts, along with Harry.

Hermione Granger is another friend of Harry and Ron’s. Early on in their schooling, Hermione is quite a know-it-all, and is not well liked. However, she eventually befriends Ron and Harry, and the three quickly become inseparable. Hermione is a Muggle born, meaning her parents were not wizards. Even so, she is the best student of their year at Hogwarts.

Fred & George Weasley are twin brothers, older than Ron. They are the trouble makers at Hogwarts, and after they leave the school, they start a joke shop which becomes quite successful.

Draco Malfoy is a boy that Harry meets before school begins at Hogwarts, who is cocky and pompous. He his in the Slytherin house, and is known for his disdain towards Muggle born students. His family has been associated with dark wizards in the past.

Voldemort, known also as Tom Riddle, is a former student at Hogwarts who has turned himself into the darkest wizard of all time. He is often known as “He Who Must Not Be Named” and is the head of a bad group of wizards known as the Death Eaters.

Albus Dumbledore is the headmaster at Hogwarts and is one of Harry’s mentors. He teaches Harry a number of things, and is said to be the only wizard that Voldemort fears.

There is an extensive list of characters in the Harry Potter books, but above we have broken down some of the most significant characters. Full lists of all characters can be found online in a variety of sources, or by reading the books.

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The Harry Potter series has become one of the most popular series of books of all time.

Here, we will break down the order of the books in this popular series. The first book is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, and in this book, we meet Harry and the other main characters.

We are introduced to the wizarding world along with Harry, and he attends his first year at Hogwarts. This first book also marks Harry’s first encounter with Lord Voldemort.

The second book is Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. In this book, attacks are being done at the school on unwitting students, and there is a threat that Hogwarts will be closed if the attacker isn’t found and stopped. Harry encounters a younger version of Lord Voldemort in this second book.

The third book is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. For the first time ever, a wizard has broken out of the wizard’s prison known as Azkaban. He is reportedly after Harry, but Harry learns some interesting things about his parents friends and who his enemies are.

The fourth book is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. In this book, there is an inter-school competition being held at Hogwarts, with competitors from foreign wizarding schools coming to compete head to head in a number of challenges. When Harry’s name shows up as one of the contestants, he is in for a roller coaster ride ending with another meeting with Lord Voldemort.

In book 5, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Lord Voldemort is back. The Ministry of Magic denies his reappearance, however, so a group known as the Order of the Phoenix reunites to quietly fight against him.

Book 6 is called Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and Harry begins to meet with Dumbledore to learn more about Lord Voldemort, in a hope to be able to fight against him in the future. The book ends with a dramatic fights.

The final book is called Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and it follows Harry through some searching to find things to make Voldemort more easily defeated, and ends with the ultimate battle of good vs. evil.

All in all, the 7 books in the Harry Potter series follow a vast array of topics and have found a lot of success.

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