J. K Rowling
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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...
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Harry Potter's life is miserable. His parents are dead and he's stuck with his heartless relatives, who force him to live in a tiny closet under the stairs. But his fortune changes when he receives a letter that tells him the truth about himself: he's a wizard. A mysterious visitor rescues him from his relatives and takes him to his new home, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
After a lifetime of bottling up his magical powers, Harry finally...
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Harry Potter is midway through his training as a wizard and his coming of age. 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 (and 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...
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Harry Potter is leaving Privet Drive for the last time. But as he climbs into the sidecar of Hagrid’s motorbike and they take to the skies, he knows Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters will not be far behind.
The protective charm that has kept him safe until now is broken. But the Dark Lord is breathing fear into everything he loves. And he knows he can’t keep hiding.
To stop Voldemort, Harry knows he must find the remaining Horcruxes and destroy...
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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. The Weasley twins expand their business. Sixth-year students learn to Apparate - and lose a few eyebrows in the process. Teenagers...
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This screenplay in book form describes the dialogue and action of the film. After Newt Scamander helps to capture Gellert Grindelwald, the criminal soon escapes custody and begins gathering followers under his ideology of keeping magic for pure-blood wizards only. Albus Dumbledore, Grindelwald's truest friend, has no choice but to resist the charismatic leader and ask Newt to help thwart the plans for (wizarding) world domination.
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When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils, Pagford is not what it first seems. And the empty seat left by Barry on the town's council...
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In 2008, J.K. Rowling delivered a deeply affecting commencement speech at Harvard University. Now published for the first time in book form, VERY GOOD LIVES presents J.K. Rowling's words of wisdom for anyone at a turning point in life. How can we embrace failure? And how can we use our imagination to better both ourselves and others? Drawing from stories of her own post-graduate years, the world famous author addresses some of life's most important...
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"Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts magizoologist Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team of wizards, witches, and one brave muggle baker on a dangerous mission, where they encounter old and new beasts and clash with Grindelwald's growing legion of followers. But with the stakes so high, how long can Dumbledore remain...
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Harry Potter is due to start his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He is desperate to get back to school and find out why his friends Ron and Hermione have been so secretive all summer. However, what Harry is about to discover in his new year at Hogwarts will turn his world upside down
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Pottermore Presents è una raccolta di brani scritti da J.K. Rowling tratti dagli archivi di Pottermore: brevi letture pubblicate originariamente su pottermore.com e arricchite da nuove, esclusive integrazioni. Questi eBook curati da Pottermore approfondiscono le storie di Harry Potter, svelando le fonti di ispirazione di J.K. Rowling, gli intricati dettagli delle vite dei personaggi e alcune sorprese del mondo magico.
La Collezione Hogwarts riunisce...
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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, Voldemort.
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...
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Harry har tilbragt de første uger af sommerferien hos familien Dursley med at ligge på sin seng og stirre op i loftet. Han sørger over sin dræbte gudfar Sirius, mens han genoplever det grufulde opgør med Dødsgardisterne i Ministeriet for Magi og den sindsoprivende duel mellem Dumbledore og Lord Voldemort. Nu sidder han ved vinduet og venter på Dumbledore, der har meldt sin ankomst pr. uglepost. Langt om længe vil Dumbledore give svar på Harrys...
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Harry Potter's life is miserable. His parents are dead and he's stuck with his heartless relatives, who force him to live in a tiny closet under the stairs. But his fortune changes when he receives a letter that tells him the truth about himself: he's a wizard. A mysterious visitor rescues him from his relatives and takes him to his new home, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
After a lifetime of bottling up his magical powers, Harry finally...
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Harry's verplichte zomervakantie bij oom Herman en tante Petunia op de Ligusterlaan is dit keer nog erger dan alle voorgaande jaren: niet alleen wordt hij door de Duffelingen weer vreselijk behandeld, ook zijn beste vrienden lijken hem deze zomer totaal te negeren. Harry vindt dat hij iets moet doen, maakt niet uit wat, om zo snel mogelijk te kunnen terugkeren naar Zweinsteins Hogeschool voor Hekserij en Hocus-Pocus. Maar dan krijgt de vakantie een...
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J.K. Rowling jest autorką cieszącej się niezmienną popularnością serii książek o Harrym Potterze, które ukształtowały całe pokolenie czytelników. W swoim dorobku ma także kilka osobnych powieści oraz serię kryminałów opublikowanych pod pseudonimem Robert Galbraith.
Po tym, jak przyszedł jej do głowy pomysł na Harry'ego Pottera w trakcie podróży spóźnionym pociągiem w 1990 roku, wymyśliła i napisała serię siedmiu książek....
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Den magtfulde Mørke troldmand Gellert Grindelwald er med Newt Scamanders hjælp blevet taget til fange i New York. Men præcis som han havde truet med, undslipper Grindelwald sit fangenskab og begynder at samle tilhængere. De fleste af dem har dog ingen mistanke om Grindelwalds skumle planer, som går ud på at opdrage fuldblodstroldmænd, der skal regere over alle ikke-magiske væsener.
I et forsøg på at spænde ben for Grindelwald overtaler...
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Harry Potter is midway through his training as a wizard and his coming of age. 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 (and 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...
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Quand le magizoologiste Norbert Dragonneau arrive à New York, il ne compte y faire qu'une brêve escale. Mais sa valise magique est égarée et certains des animaux fantastiques qu'elle contient s'échappent dans la ville. Les ennuis commencent alors... pour tout le monde.
Inspiré par le manuel de la Bibliothèque de Poudlard signé Norbert Dragonneau, Les Animaux fantastiques: le texte du film est le premier scénario écrit par J. K. Rowling,...