贝歇尔是欧洲一座位处于边缘地带的城市，那里发生了一起谋杀案，死者是一位女士。随着调查的进展，重案组探员泰德意外发现，案情并不寻常，隐藏着一个惊天大阴谋。在与贝歇尔平行的另一座城市里，地下社团正试图将两个城市合二为一。为了查明真相，阻止这种行为，泰德只身前往那座城市。这是一次特殊的旅行，为了适应陌生的环境，泰德必须调整自己的心理与视角，独自对抗两座城之间的神秘势力。

浮生如梦亦如烟，只记花开不记年。 她之于他，是盛开于永劫之中，永不凋零，却触碰不得的花。 他之于她，是甜美的沾唇蜜毒，刺穿骨血，这一生 无药可救。 万劫不复，仅此而已。 东陆大赵帝国末年，皇室与权臣宁家产生权力之争。 受宁家胁迫的少女家主燕莲见，在远行中偶遇金发少年沉羽。他动人的情话、诚挚的爱慕，让背负着家族荣辱的燕莲见享受到一段欢愉时光。 而身逢乱世，无人躲得过命运的残忍捉弄，曾经无忧的沉羽成为燕莲见致命的对手。战场上，一对恋人再次相逢，竟要遭遇一场必须手刃对方的生死诀别！ 两军对垒，青丝隐于盔甲，倾世容颜无人可辨。 烽烟烈烈中，是谁先催动战马踏破青梅之约？ 又是谁先挥剑斩断海誓山盟？ 最后的最后，是谁失去了钟爱之人，却君临天下……

本土奇幻扛旗人树下野狐最新奇幻悬疑大作《光年(Ⅰ迷失银河)》，火热上市。目前人气排名极高，单行本呼声强烈。 国内首部神秘主义动漫幻想大作，知识幻想小说《光年(Ⅰ迷失银河)》，也是一部青春幻想版的，有神秘学与软科学元素的《达芬奇密码》。题材新颖，情节跌宕起伏，让你大开眼界！ 一个年轻的画家在梵高作品中发现了一个关系世界真相的可怕秘密，以及自己所潜藏的奇异能力，并由此卷入到一连串神秘惊险的事件中去……这是一个现代背景的悬疑奇幻小说，它将带着你们解开人类历史的所有“真相”……

骁勇善战的斯巴达勇士奎托斯受到战神阿瑞斯诱惑，亲手犯下了不可饶恕的罪愆。诸神在他的身躯上刻下了不可磨灭的烙印，并驱役着他长达十年之久。但奎托斯最大的折磨，却来自对所犯之罪的回忆。那些过去如梦魇般不断折磨着他，使他的精神濒临崩溃的边缘。为了抹除鞭笞着他的回忆，更为了向自己的敌人复仇，奎托斯毅然接受了诸神的任务，他必须杀死战神——阿瑞斯。但是，一个凡人要如何杀死神明？奎托斯手持在地狱烈焰中铸造的混沌之刃，在复仇狂怒的驱使下扫清一切敌人，并循着女神雅典娜的指引寻找着强大到足以杀死神明的力量。而在他漫长而壮烈的征途背后，一幕不可告人的阴谋也渐渐浮上水面…… 风暴肆虐的爱琴海、饱经战火的雅典、直到恐怖诡秘的地府冥国，《战神》将带您领略希腊神话般雄伟壮丽的英雄史诗，感受奎托斯那神鬼辟易的战神传说。

20世纪80年代，一个在对越自卫反击战中立下战功的军人吴××接到国家指派的神秘任务：化名曹沧，参与一个中美合作的物理实验。这个实验的目的是尝试进入另外一个空间——异海。 随着中美联合实验在诡秘异海的展开，一系列离奇惊险的状况不断发生，很多神秘事件的谜团也慢慢浮出水面：疍族的《水路簿》、神秘的百慕大三角、西汉黄金的消失、罗布泊实验、大西洋科考、星球大战计划、末日黎明计划、费城实验…… 曹沧逐渐发现此次联合实验的目的是为了在异海建立新的世界秩序。而此时，前苏联也派遣了核潜艇尾随中美联合科考队进入了异海。三国的科考人员，面对诡异的异海，不得不选择合作，却又各怀心事，暗中谋取其所属国家的最大利益。当三个国家的科考人员渐渐产生友谊，准备共同完成实验的时候，他们却震惊地发现，已经有人先行一步……

胤匡武帝圣王七年十月十五，雨。 天罗刺客们撑着伞，进入了大胤的都城，拉开了猩红的大幕。 六把刀，一个守望者，七个人，一场刺杀。 苏小钏，边大，边二，舒夜，龙泽，安乐，荆六离。 秘密暗行，内鬼潜伏，最锋利的刀一一于天启城中折戟沉沙。 在星辰与月的黑幡旗下，天罗对弈辰月，天地一局棋。 牺牲与荣耀，背叛与深情，皆是手中棋、身后花。 所有的波谲云诡，都融进了天启城上的淡淡薄暮。

经过漫长的等待之后，《荆棘与白骨的王国》系列的第三部——《血腥骑士》终于和读者们再次相聚！ 在无数次与死神擦肩而过之后，几位主角已经和他们刚出场时候的模样大相径庭——沧桑爬上了他们的面孔，惊惧盘踞在他们心头，忧愁烙印在他们灵魂……但无论现实是如何的无奈，他们都将感谢生活教会了他们爱与责任，并让他们找到自己真正重视的东西。 在本集故事里，主角们终于踏入了最后秘密的核心：圣灵的传说开始显露其本来面目，恶魔的末裔被安妮释放，似乎又预示着现世的即将终结。肉眼所见未必就是真实，谁是在暗中操控一切的血腥骑士？谁又是最后的救世主？

浓烈的黑暗中，正义之光虽微弱却从未熄灭。经历痛楚、牺牲之后，善良的力量终于开始集结，誓将邪神塔克西丝驱逐出克莱恩。然而，背叛与陷阱却如影随形，这最艰苦的一战，他们几近落败。他们是春晓觉醒的勇者，终将凯旋的英雄。

《鬼妈妈》内容介绍：如果有一天，你在家里的某个角落找到一扇紧锁的神秘之门。请千万别打开它，也许这就是一扇通往另一个世界的鬼魅之门。女孩考罗琳和爸妈一起搬进了一间旧屋，在一道门后，她发现了一个与现实完全相同的另一个世界，那里有她的另一个“妈妈”，这个“妈妈”有一双黑色纽扣眼睛，她要考罗琳永远留在这个世界里……《鬼妈妈》是英国著名作家尼尔。盖曼的畅销小说。此书曾获2002年布莱姆•斯托克奖，被评为2003年雨果奖最佳中篇小说、星云奖最佳中篇小说以及2003年美国图书协会最佳青少年读物，2009年，据其改编的同名动画片上映，再度引发极大反响。

《爱丽丝梦游仙境》包括刘易斯•卡罗尔的两本久负盛名的经典童书《爱丽丝奇境历险记》和《爱丽丝穿镜奇幻记》。 《爱丽丝奇境历险记》讲述了小姑娘爱丽丝追赶一只揣着怀表、会说话的白兔，掉进了一个兔子洞，由此坠入了神奇的地下世界。在这个世界里，喝一口水就能缩得如同老鼠大小，吃一块蛋糕又会变成巨人，在这个世界里，似乎所有吃的东西都有古怪。她还遇到了一大堆人和动物：渡渡鸟、蜥蜴比尔、柴郡猫、疯帽匠、三月野兔、睡鼠、素甲鱼、鹰头狮、丑陋的公爵夫人。兔子洞里还另有乾坤，她在一扇小门后的大花园里遇到了一整副的扑克牌，牌里粗暴的红桃王后、老好人红桃国王和神气活现的红桃杰克（J）等等。在这个奇幻疯狂的世界里，似乎只有爱丽丝是唯一清醒的人，她不断探险，同时又不断追问“我是谁”，在探险的同时不断认识自我，不断成长，终于成长为一个“大”姑娘的时候，猛然惊醒，才发现原来这一切都是自己的一个梦境。 《爱丽丝穿镜奇幻记》讲述的是小姑娘爱丽丝刚下完一盘国际象棋，又对镜子里反映的东西好奇不已，以致穿镜而入，进入了镜子中的象棋世界。在这里，整个世界就是一个大棋盘，爱丽丝本人不过是这个棋盘中的一个小卒。小姑娘从自己所处的棋格开始，一步一步向前走，每一步棋都有奇妙的遭遇：爱丽丝会脚不沾地地飞着走路，那里的花朵和昆虫都会说话，白王后变成了绵羊女店主，她手中的编织针变成划船的桨，等等。镜中的故事大多取材于英国传统童谣，作者通过自己的想象加以展开，并详细叙述，童谣里的人和物活灵活现地呈现在读者面前：为一丁点儿小事打架的对头兄弟，行止傲慢的憨蛋和为争夺王冠而战的狮子和独角兽。看来只有发明家兼废品收藏家白骑士无法归类，但他恰好是作者本人的化身。等到爱丽丝终于走到第八格，当了王后之后，为所有这些人准备了一次盛大的宴会，宴会上的烤羊腿会鞠躬，布丁会说话，盛宴最终变成了一片混乱，忍无可忍的爱丽丝紧紧捉住摇晃的红后最后变成了一只小黑猫，爱丽丝也在摇晃中醒来，开始追问这到底是自己的梦呢，还是红国王的梦？

深夜拜访的端木镜夜带走花久美，他真是带久美去解救朔月，还是另有所图？ 朔月曾经说，他之所以成为引魂师是因为自己曾经错杀最爱的人，那个死在朔月手里的人，到底是谁？ 朔月那双世界上最美的苍蓝眼瞳，真的永远失明了吗？！而久美因为刻骨铭心的内疚，是否会为赎罪而重回朔月的身边？她最终将和谁在一起？

燃烧愤怒，沐浴悲伤，山高水长我以我血荐知己。 关于卫毅：一个天真的少年，一个冷酷的青年。一个温和礼貌的少年，一个满嘴脏话的青年。一个单纯善良的少年，一个饱蘸黑暗的青年。一个连武器都不肯碰的少年，一个用武器杀人无数的青年。一个完全不会魔法武功的少年，一个魔法武功强到变态的青年。截然不同的两个面貌，截然不同的生活方式，截然不同的性格，交汇在同一个人生某一时刻的两端。 一个满身缺点的人，在一个偶然的机缘里，走进了一个异度的空间，在那里跟其他的一些非人类的生物发生了许许多多的故事，书中的世界充满了魔法和想象的生物。 一次普通的行动，一个普通的事件，卫毅消逝了。因为不可知的原因，卫毅与另一个神秘而强大的生灵在虚空中相遇。于是，在这强大生灵的安排下，卫毅以科恩·凯达的名字降生于比斯大陆，再一次经历生命的历程，再一次去感悟，去追寻……而无数的强横生灵却不可能容得下一个敢于挑战自己权威的人的存在。与之抗争的卫毅（科恩·凯达），似乎是无依无凭…… — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 在敌我形势的关系逐渐向正义一方倾斜的时候，鲁曼请求神殿派出光明骑士团掳走了菲谢特，以此要挟科恩投降。虽然远离千里，但菲谢特和科恩却共有一个默契，决不让鲁曼的任何阴谋得逞。无奈之下，鲁曼只能亲领大军攻打黑暗行省。兵临城下，鲁曼直接以菲谢特的生死威胁科恩。菲谢特为了友情与荣誉，毅然以自己的死亡来坚定科恩的信念。菲谢特的死给科恩以巨大的刺激，鲁曼的军队在科恩怒涛般的攻击下溃不成军，但科恩的人格也因此产生分裂，做出了一系列近于疯狂的行为，竟然只身前往刺杀鲁曼派系的高级官员……

"It's a magic wardrobe. There's a wood inside it, and it's snowing! Come and see," begged Lucy. Lucy has stumbled upon a marvellous land of fauns and centaurs, nymphs and talking animals. But soon she discovers that it is ruled by the cruel White Witch, and can only be freed by Aslan, the great Lion and four children This is the second adventure in the exciting Chronicles of Narnia.

依天无意中触发神剑中的机关，被传送到几个世纪前被联邦政府遗弃的第四行星；宠兽星球，在这里他将会遇见几个世纪前遗留下的被遗弃一族和众多宠兽，更会遭遇生命中的第一个强大对手。 依天在传说中际遇高级宠兽的力量之源，会发生何种意想不到的事，后羿星的那个神秘蒙面人又会设下什么样的阴谋诡计……

《狂神3:狂神传承》是既《光之子》之后唐家三少的又一力作，这个故事发生在一个充满战争的世界，在晋元大陆上生活着很多种族，其中以人族、魔族和兽人族实力最为强大，为了争夺更多的土地和资源，战火数百年从未间断，而故事中的主人公就是在这个乱世应运而生的一个人、魔、兽混血儿，他将有什么样的经历？最后会有什么样的结果呢？

雷因斯女王莉雅难逃命数，身亡而去，令兰斯洛悲痛欲绝。举国哀痛之时，兰斯洛一举成为雷因斯的新王。为了国家大计，兰斯洛倾尽心力却苦痛不堪。不忍舍弃夫君的莉雅女王采纳源五郎之计，动用了魔导公会数千年来未曾施用的还魂大咒，以魂魄之身，苍月草之名伴随兰斯洛左右。然而，兰斯洛在成王之路上，险象环生，旧有势力的顽强抵抗让兰斯洛陷入绝境……

随着艾米诺尔大陆战争一天天的继续，原有势力在以艾米、大青山、池傲天为首的小佣兵团带领下一天天壮大起来，最终，魔法历10年，交战双方爆发了最后一次战争一诺斯大陆全面战败，而就在那一次战争中，佣兵王艾米·哈伯竟然为两位新诞生的神祗作了了册封。 法诺斯全面退出占领区。 七年来，艾米诺尔近千万居民死于战场战乱之中，所以，根本无需任何人提醒，最强大的大陆一定会报仇，让敌人流出同样多的鲜血。 魔法历十四年，艾米诺尔远征军出发了，只是，他们目标不是法诺斯大陆，而是恶魔岛，而他们这一次的终点也不是法诺斯，而是头顶之上的神界。

最新消息 罗琳于2月1日更新了她的官方网站，里面登出了Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 《哈利波特与死圣》的出版日期。哈利波特7将于今年7月21日英国夏令时间00：01分开始发售。当然，今年也是《哈利波特与魔法石》的发售十周年纪念。 太阳报消息，罗琳在 Balmoral 旅馆的大理石像后边写下了下面的内容：“罗琳于2007年1月11日在此房间(652) 内完成Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 《哈利波特与死圣》的写作。”现在这条消息目前已经得到了BBC的证实。 The latest news about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows March 29th Bloomsbury Publishing Plc is delighted to release the book jacket images for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K.Rowling, to be published on 21st July 2007. The cover illustration for the children’s edition is by Jason Cockcroft, who drew the cover illustrations for the previous two Harry Potter books: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The cover design for the adult edition is from a photograph by Michael Wildsmith, who has photographed all the adult edition jackets. These covers will be used throughout the world on the English language editions excluding the USA. Scholastic US have also released their cover images of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Bloomsbury will publish the children’s edition, adult edition, special edition, audio (read by Stephen Fry) and large print editions on 21st July 2007. The RNIB will publish the Braille edition simultaneously. The book jackets and all the pages will be printed on 100% Ancient Forest Friendly pulp, made from a mixture of FSC pulp and Post-Consumer Waste recycled pulp. Fast Fact About Harry Potter 7 * The last chapter was written back in 1999; it dealt with "what happens to the survivors afterward"; the last word is scar; this chapter will still be tweaked * The book will contain a lot of the back story of the Potters * Aunt Petunia has never performed magic, and never will, but there's more to her than meets the eye; the letter left with Harry on the doorstep was not the first one Dumbledore sent Petunia * The Sorting Hat is not a horcrux, but there's more to it than what we've read in the first books * "Ravenclaw will have their day" * No book character has returned from the future * There is significance to the fact that Harry has his mother's eyes * Book 7 will be released on July 21, 2007 * There is a frighteningly large universe of Harry Potter fan sites which, among other things, collect and analyze interviews with JK Rowling Publisher Comments : New York, NY (February 1, 2007) — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final book in the bestselling series by J. K. Rowling, has been scheduled for release at 12:01 a.m. on July 21, 2007, it was announced today by Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education, and media company. In making the announcement, Lisa Holton, President of Scholastic Children's Books said, "We are thrilled to announce the publication date of the seventh installment in this remarkable series. We join J. K. Rowling's millions of readers — young and old, veterans and newcomers — in anticipating what lies ahead." Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Rowling's sixth Harry Potter book, was released on July 16, 2005, and was the fastest-selling book in history, with 6.9 million copies sold in the first 24 hours. All six Harry Potter books, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince have been number one bestsellers in the United States, the U.K., and around the world. There are currently over 120 million copies of the Harry Potter books in print in the United States alone. Wikipedia Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be the seventh book in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. It will feature the final adventures of Harry Potter as he attempts to bring an end to his nemesis, Lord Voldemort. The book title was announced on 21 December, 2006 via the publisher and a special Christmas-themed "hangman" puzzle on J.K. Rowling's website. Rowling has stated that the final volume relates so closely to the previous book in the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, that "I feel almost as though they are two halves of the same novel." Rowling has also stated that she has no intention of writing any further stories about the Harry Potter characters. However, she might produce an encyclopedia of the Wizarding world based on her copious notes, possibly for charity as in the case of her two other Harry Potter books (Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them). As of 2007, she has been working on the Harry Potter stories for over 17 years. On 1 February, 2007, it was officially announced that Book 7 will be released in English-speaking countries around the world at 00:01 British Summer Time on 21 July, 2007. In the USA, however, the book will be released at 00:01 local time. Rowling left a signed statement written on a marble bust of Hermes in her room at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh saying; "JK Rowling finished writing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in this room (652) on 11th Jan 2007". The book reached the top spot on both the Amazon and Barnes and Noble best-seller lists just a few hours after the date was announced. The meaning of hallows Hallow is a word usually used as a verb, meaning "to make holy or sacred, to sanctify or consecrate, to venerate". However, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the word hallows appears as a noun. In modern English, the word is used as a noun in "All Hallows' Day" or "All Saints' Day," which is the day after Hallowe'en or "All Hallows' Eve". Hallows can refer to saints, the relics of saints, or the relics of gods. One story where hallows play a crucial role is in the grail legend, where the Fisher King is the guardian of the four hallows, which include the Grail itself, the serving dish/or stone, the sword or dagger, and the spear. Many scholars have since identified the connection of these four hallows with four treasures of the Tuatha de Danaan, which include a chalice (Grail), a baton or wand (spear), a pentacle (serving dish), and a sword. There has been much speculation from many Harry Potter fans about whether the grail legend might play a part in the final Harry Potter book. Many Harry Potter fans have seen a connection between the four founders of Hogwarts, their relics, and the four hallows in the grail legend. It is known from the books that Godric Gryffindor's relic is a sword, Helga Hufflepuff's relic is a cup (chalice), and Salazar Slytherin's relic is a locket (pentacle), presumably leaving Rowena Ravenclaw's relic as a spear or wand. In addition, many scholars have argued that the four hallows in the Grail legend symbolize the four natural elements (earth, fire, water, and air). J. K. Rowling has explicitly stated that the four Hogwarts founders represent the four natural elements. Presumably Helga Hufflepuff and her house Hufflepuff connects with earth (the house's symbol is a Badger), Rowena Ravenclaw and Ravenclaw with air (the symbol is a bird), Salazar Slytherin and Slytherin with water and Godric Gryffindor and Gryffindor with fire (fire is often associated with protection from evil in Harry Potter, for example it is used to combat Inferi). This solidifies the connection between the four founders and the four hallows in the Grail legend. It is also known that Harry Potter must find four horcruxes, and that Voldemort wanted a hallow, or relic, from each of the four founders. The Final Chapter The pubdate of the seventh and final Harry Potter book has been announced, and the rumours are already circulating - what are the Deathly Hallows? Who will make it through to the end? This is set to be the best book out of the series, and we at Amazon.co.uk are so excited that we are giving you the chance to pre-order your copy now! We promise to give you our best price before publication even if you order now and do continue to watch this space, as we will keep you up to date with the latest information and news as soon as we hear it. Why We Love Harry Favorite Moments from the Series There are plenty of reasons to love Rowling's wildly popular series--no doubt you have several dozen of your own. Our list features favorite moments, characters, and artifacts from the first five books. Keep in mind that this list is by no means exhaustive (what we love about Harry could fill ten books!) and does not include any of the spectacular revelatory moments that would spoil the books for those (few) who have not read them. Enjoy. The Series of Harry Potter The Harry Potter series was originally published as a children's book by British publisher Bloomsbury, and American publisher Scholastic Press. However, it rapidly became a phenomenal success amongst children and adults alike. The books each chronicle one year at school for the characters concerned and follows a long tradition of children's series about life in schools. Perhaps unlike some of the traditional series of this format, each book has matured and expanded in complexity and scope compared to the last, approximately developing with the age of the principal characters (later books are also significantly darker in tone than earlier ones). Although the author has said that she comprehensively plotted the entire series of books before the first was published, and that this plot remains unchanged, she has also stated that it has undergone a number of revisions as it has progressed. The books started as relatively slim volumes (223 pages Philosopher's Stone UK ed.), but have grown as the series progressed (766 pages Order of the Phoenix UK ed.). The books contain a significant element of fantasy and magic, but this is combined with a detective-novel approach to the story. Each volume contains a complete problem and task for the heroes to complete, but each has also added to the background information about the wizarding world in general and contains many pieces of information whose importance only becomes apparent in later volumes (known as foreshadowing). Thus a considerable fan following has developed of people wanting to discover how the many loose ends and unfinished adventures in the book will finally be completed. The author has stated that, more than with any other book in the series, the final volume continues the unfinished story in book six. She has also stated that she doesn't have plans for any other novels concerning Harry Potter. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone * Harry's first trip to the zoo with the Dursleys, when a boa constrictor winks at him. * When the Dursleys' house is suddenly besieged by letters for Harry from Hogwarts. Readers learn how much the Dursleys have been keeping from Harry. Rowling does a wonderful job in displaying the lengths to which Uncle Vernon will go to deny that magic exists. * Harry's first visit to Diagon Alley with Hagrid. Full of curiosities and rich with magic and marvel, Harry's first trip includes a trip to Gringotts and Ollivanders, where Harry gets his wand (holly and phoenix feather) and discovers yet another connection to He-Who-Must-No-Be-Named. This moment is the reader's first full introduction to Rowling's world of witchcraft and wizards. * Harry's experience with the Sorting Hat. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets * The de-gnoming of the Weasleys' garden. Harry discovers that even wizards have chores--gnomes must be grabbed (ignoring angry protests "Gerroff me! Gerroff me!"), swung about (to make them too dizzy to come back), and tossed out of the garden--this delightful scene highlights Rowling's clever and witty genius. * Harry's first experience with a Howler, sent to Ron by his mother. * The Dueling Club battle between Harry and Malfoy. Gilderoy Lockhart starts the Dueling Club to help students practice spells on each other, but he is not prepared for the intensity of the animosity between Harry and Draco. Since they are still young, their minibattle is innocent enough, including tickling and dancing charms. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban * Ron's attempt to use a telephone to call Harry at the Dursleys'. * Harry's first encounter with a Dementor on the train (and just about any other encounter with Dementors). Harry's brush with the Dementors is terrifying and prepares Potter fans for a darker, scarier book. * Harry, Ron, and Hermione's behavior in Professor Trelawney's Divination class. Some of the best moments in Rowling's books occur when she reminds us that the wizards-in-training at Hogwarts are, after all, just children. Clearly, even at a school of witchcraft and wizardry, classes can be boring and seem pointless to children. * The Boggart lesson in Professor Lupin's classroom. * Harry, Ron, and Hermione's knock-down confrontation with Snape. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire * Hermione's disgust at the reception for the veela (Bulgarian National Team Mascots) at the Quidditch World Cup. Rowling's fourth book addresses issues about growing up--the dynamic between the boys and girls at Hogwarts starts to change. Nowhere is this more plain than the hilarious scene in which magical cheerleaders nearly convince Harry and Ron to jump from the stands to impress them. * Viktor Krum's crush on Hermione--and Ron's objection to it. * Malfoy's "Potter Stinks" badge. * Hermione's creation of S.P.E.W., the intolerant bigotry of the Death Eaters, and the danger of the Triwizard Tournament. Add in the changing dynamics between girls and boys at Hogwarts, and suddenly Rowling's fourth book has a weight and seriousness not as present in early books in the series. Candy and tickle spells are left behind as the students tackle darker, more serious issues and take on larger responsibilities, including the knowledge of illegal curses. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix * Harry's outburst to his friends at No. 12 Grimmauld Place. A combination of frustration over being kept in the dark and fear that he will be expelled fuels much of Harry's anger, and it all comes out at once, directly aimed at Ron and Hermione. Rowling perfectly portrays Harry's frustration at being too old to shirk responsibility, but too young to be accepted as part of the fight that he knows is coming. * Harry's detention with Professor Umbridge. Rowling shows her darker side, leading readers to believe that Hogwarts is no longer a safe haven for young wizards. Dolores represents a bureaucratic tyrant capable of real evil, and Harry is forced to endure their private battle of wills alone. * Harry and Cho's painfully awkward interactions. Rowling clearly remembers what it was like to be a teenager. * Harry's Occlumency lessons with Snape. * Dumbledore's confession to Harry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince * The introduction of the Horcrux. * Molly Weasley asking Arthur Weasley about his "dearest ambition." Rowling has always been great at revealing little intriguing bits about her characters at a time, and Arthur’s answer "to find out how airplanes stay up" reminds us about his obsession with Muggles. * Harry's private lessons with Dumbledore, and more time spent with the fascinating and dangerous pensieve, arguably one of Rowling’s most ingenious inventions. * Fred and George Weasley’s Joke Shop, and the slogan: "Why Are You Worrying About You-Know-Who? You Should Be Worrying About U-NO-POO--the Constipation Sensation That's Gripping the Nation!" * Luna's Quidditch commentary. Rowling created scores of Luna Lovegood fans with hilarious and bizarre commentary from the most unlikely Quidditch commentator. * The effects of Felix Felicis. About Author J. K. (Jo) Rowling was born in Chipping Sodbury in the UK in 1965. Such a funny-sounding name for a birthplace may have contributed to her talent for collecting odd names. Jo moved house twice when she was growing up. The first move was from Yate (just outside Bristol in the south west of England) to Winterbourne. Jo, her sister and friends used to play together in her street in Winterbourne. Two of her friends were a brother and sister whose surname just happened to be Potter! The second move was when Jo was nine and she moved to Tutshill near Chepstow in the Forest of Dean. Jo loved living in the countryside and spent most of her time wandering across fields and along the river Wye with her sister. For Jo, the worst thing about her new home was her new school. Tutshill Primary School was a very small and very old-fashioned place. The roll-top desks in the classrooms still had the old ink wells. Jo's teacher, Mrs Morgan, terrified her. On the first day of school, she gave Jo an arithmetic test, which she failed, scoring zero out of ten. It wasn't that Jo was stupid - she had never done fractions before. So Jo was seated in the row of desks far to the right of Mrs Morgan. Jo soon realised that Mrs Morgan seated her pupils according to how clever she thought they were: the brightest sat to her left, and those she thought were dim were seated to her right. Jo was in the 'stupid' row, 'as far right as you could possibly get without sitting in the playground'. From Tutshill Primary, Jo went to Wyedean Comprehensive. She was quiet, freckly, short-sighted and not very good at sports. She even broke her arm playing netball. Her favourite subject by far was English, but she also liked languages. Jo always loved writing more than anything. 'The first story that I ever wrote down, when I was five or six, was about a rabbit called Rabbit. He got the measles and was visited by his friends, including a giant bee called Miss Bee. And ever since Rabbit and Miss Bee, I have wanted to be a writer, though I rarely told anyone so. I was afraid they'd tell me I didn't have a hope.' At school, Jo would entertain her friends at lunchtime with stories. 'I used to tell my equally quiet and studious friends long serial stories at lunchtimes.' In these stories, Jo and her friends would be heroic and daring. As she got older, Jo kept writing but she never showed what she had written to anyone, except for some of her funny stories that featured her friends as heroines. After school, Jo attended the University of Exeter in Devon where she studied French. Her parents hoped that by studying languages, she would enjoy a great career as a bilingual secretary. But as Jo recalls, 'I am one of the most disorganised people in the world and, as I later proved, the worst secretary ever.' She claims that she never paid much attention in meetings because she was too busy scribbling down ideas. 'This is a problem when you are supposed to be taking the minutes of the meeting,' she says. When she was 25, Jo started writing a third novel ('I abandoned the first two when I realised how bad they were'). A year later, she went to Portugal to teach English, which she really enjoyed. Working afternoons and evenings, she had mornings free to write. The new novel was about a boy who was a wizard. When she returned to the UK, Jo had a suitcase full of stories about Harry Potter. She moved to Edinburgh with her young daughter and worked as a French teacher. She also set herself a target: she would finish the 'Harry' novel and get it published. In 1996, one year after finishing the book, Bloomsbury bought Jo's first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. 'The moment I found out that Harry would be published was one of the best of my life,’ says Jo. A few months after 'Harry' was accepted for publication in Britain, an American publisher bought the rights for enough money to enable Jo to give up teaching and write full time - her life's ambition! 作者简介： J. K. (Jo) Rowling was born in Chipping Sodbury in the UK in 1965. Such a funny-sounding name for a birthplace may have contributed to her talent for collecting odd names. She was quiet, freckly, short-sighted and not very good at sports. She even broke her arm playing netball. Her favourite subject by far was English, but she also liked languages. Jo always loved writing more than anything. 'The first story that I ever wrote down, when I was five or six, was about a rabbit called Rabbit. He got the measles and was visited by his friends, including a giant bee called Miss Bee. And ever since Rabbit and Miss Bee, I have wanted to be a writer, though I rarely told anyone so. I was afraid they'd tell me I didn't have a hope.' As she got older, Jo kept writing but she never showed what she had written to anyone, except for some of her funny stories that featured her friends as heroines. Jo attended the University of Exeter in Devon where she studied French. When she was 25, Jo started writing a third novel ('I abandoned the first two when I realised how bad they were'). A year later, she went to Portugal to teach English, which she really enjoyed. Working afternoons and evenings, she had mornings free to write. The new novel was about a boy who was a wizard. When she returned to the UK, Jo had a suitcase full of stories about Harry Potter. She moved to Edinburgh with her young daughter and worked as a French teacher. She also set herself a target: she would finish the 'Harry' novel and get it published. In 1996, one year after finishing the book, Bloomsbury bought Jo's first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. 'The moment I found out that Harry would be published was one of the best of my life,’ says Jo. A few months after 'Harry' was accepted for publication in Britain, an American publisher bought the rights for enough money to enable Jo to give up teaching and write full time - her life's ambition!

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