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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.

(front flap)]]> 435 J.K. Rowling valerie 4
Harry is able to find out more about his family - more about Sirius Black and the truth behind his supposed involvement in the death of his parents.

For Harry who has no real family - his aunt and uncle treat him horribly - it was tender to see that he had Sirius and that Sirius was lurking around Hogwarts not to harm Harry, but to protect him and to try and catch that slippery, slimy Wormtail.

And any book with time travel is a winner in my book.]]> 4.57 1999
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The first time I read Harry Potter, I read books 1-4 consecutively. Book 3, Prisoner of Azkaban was the first book to make me cry and it still is one of my top 3 HP books ever.

Harry is able to find out more about his family - more about Sirius Black and the truth behind his supposed involvement in the death of his parents.

For Harry who has no real family - his aunt and uncle treat him horribly - it was tender to see that he had Sirius and that Sirius was lurking around Hogwarts not to harm Harry, but to protect him and to try and catch that slippery, slimy Wormtail.

And any book with time travel is a winner in my book.
]]> 1 652 J.K. Rowling valerie 4 4.57 2005
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]]> 18512 here.

The Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures as the quest continues. Aragorn, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard, and took part in the desperate victory of the Hornburg. Merry and Pippin, captured by Orcs, escaped into Fangorn Forest and there encountered the Ents. Gandalf returned, miraculously, and defeated the evil wizard, Saruman. Meanwhile, Sam and Frodo progressed towards Mordor to destroy the Ring, accompanied by SmEagol--Gollum, still obsessed by his 'precious'. After a battle with the giant spider, Shelob, Sam left his master for dead; but Frodo is still alive--in the hands of the Orcs. And all the time the armies of the Dark Lord are massing. J.R.R. Tolkien's great work of imaginative fiction has been labeled both a heroic romance and a classic fantasy fiction. By turns comic and homely, epic and diabolic, the narrative moves through countless changes of scene and character in an imaginary world which is totally convincing in its detail.]]> 404 J.R.R. Tolkien valerie 3 4.53 1955
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Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in a battle in the Mines of Moria. And Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape, the rest of the company was attacked by Orcs.

Now they continue the journey alone down the great River Anduin -- alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.]]> 322 J.R.R. Tolkien 0618346260 valerie 3 4.45 1954
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One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkeness bind them

In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit.

In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.
--back cover]]> 398 J.R.R. Tolkien 0618346252 valerie 3 4.36 1954
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
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]]> 27584 The French...

-Smoke, drink and eat more fat than anyone in the world, yet live longer and have fewer heart problems than Americans

-Work 35-hour weeks, and take seven weeks of paid holidays per year, but are still the world's fourth-biggest economic power

So what makes the French so different?

Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong is a journey into the French heart, mind and soul. Decrypting French ideas about land, privacy and language, Nadeau and Barlow weave together the threads of French society--from centralization and the Napoleonic Code to elite education and even street protests--giving us, for the first time, a complete picture of the French.

]]> 368 Jean-Benoît Nadeau 1402200455 valerie 4 3.74 2003
author: Jean-Benoît Nadeau
name: valerie
average rating: 3.74
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rating: 4
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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!]]> 352 J.K. Rowling valerie 2
I felt like JK Rowling could have given readers a little bit of credit and skipped so much of the repeat HP history lesson and created a better storyline.

BUT STILL - great book - I could never write anything as creative as this - and this is the first book where a horcrux comes into the picture...which of course you don't know it's a horcrux at the time...but still...further proof of JK's genius.]]> 4.42 1998
author: J.K. Rowling
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average rating: 4.42
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My least favorite of the Harry Potter series - only because I felt like 80% of the content was repeating Book 1 for all those readers who picked up Book 2 without touching Book 1.

I felt like JK Rowling could have given readers a little bit of credit and skipped so much of the repeat HP history lesson and created a better storyline.

BUT STILL - great book - I could never write anything as creative as this - and this is the first book where a horcrux comes into the picture...which of course you don't know it's a horcrux at the time...but still...further proof of JK's genius.
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Harry has had enough. He is beginning to think he must do something, anything, to change his situation, when the summer holidays come to an end in a very dramatic fashion. What Harry is about to discover in his new year at Hogwarts will turn his world upside down...]]> 912 J.K. Rowling valerie 4 4.50 2003
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In this final, seventh installment of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling unveils in spectacular fashion the answers to the many questions that have been so eagerly awaited.]]> 759 J.K. Rowling valerie 4 4.61 2007
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Who hasn't wished real life was like the world JK Rowling masterfully created? I wish it...more often than is probably healthy.

]]> 4.47 1997
author: J.K. Rowling
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average rating: 4.47
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I won't deny I'm a Harry Potter fan so it is no surprise the series is the first addition to My Books.

Who hasn't wished real life was like the world JK Rowling masterfully created? I wish it...more often than is probably healthy.


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