Books: An Epic Showdown as Harry Potter Is Initiated Into Adulthood
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A review of the final installment of J.K. Rowlingâs monumental, spell-binding epic, which was 10 years in the making.
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The story is about a boy who lives in a cupboard (i.e. "in the closet").  His Aunt and Uncle are ashamed of him because his parents were quite eccentric (i.e. "flaming") and they are deeply concerned and afraid that he will turn out just like them.  On his 11th birthday (i.e. roughly at the onset of puberty), the boy discovers that he is actually a "wizard", different in both style and substance from normal people, or "muggles" (i.e. "breeders").  The boy is groomed into his new existence by a large, hairy bear of a man who shows Harry a hidden underground community of "wizards" living right under the noses of the general population (i.e. the gay subculture).  Harry's first trip to this subculture involves traveling through "Diagon Alley", a play on the word diagonally (i.e. not straight).
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The publisher who first signed up J.K. Rowling believes he may have found another Harry Potter -- but this time it is a boy archaeologist.
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The final chapter of the Harry Potter series has at least one thing in common with the first six - it's already a runaway best seller, six months before it hits store shelves.
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A glimpse of what's in store from the fifth book of the Harry Potter series.
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LOS ANGELES  - Warner Bros. Pictures, whose "Harry Potter" series is past the halfway mark, may have found its next big all-ages franchise. The studio has come out on top of a bidding war for the rights to upcoming children's book series "Skulduggery Pleasant" by Irish author Derek Landy.
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The final Harry Potter book will have a record breaking, back breaking first printing of 12 million copies, Scholastic, Inc., announced Wednesday.
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Harry Potter's fate will be revealed to the world when the seventh and last book instalment -- &quot;Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows&quot; -- is released on July 21.
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In âDecember Boys,â Daniel Radcliffe takes a holiday from Harry Potter. Too bad his destination is this treacly coming-of-age tale.
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The final book in the Harry Potter series sold an estimated 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours of sale, setting a new record for the book industry, according to U.S. publisher Scholastic.
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Warner Bros. Pictures,  whose &quot;Harry Potter&quot; series is past the halfway mark, may have  found its next big all-ages franchise. The studio has come out  on top of a bidding war for the rights to upcoming children&#39;s  book series &quot;Skulduggery Pleasant&quot; by Irish author Derek Landy.
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Harry Potter's fate will be revealed to the world when the seventh and last book in the hugely successful series about the boy wizard -- &quot;Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows&quot; -- is released on July 21.
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A first edition of the debut Harry Potter novel by J.K. Rowling is expected to sell for up to 7,000 pounds at an auction on June 26.
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The final book in the Harry Potter series sold a record 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours on sale in the U.S.
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Leaks. Lawsuits. Profiteering. What a way to treat such a fine young man like Harry Potter. Despite pleas for silence from author J.K. Rowling and some leading Potter fan sites, publishing's secret of all secrets &#151; whether the wizard lives or dies &#151; is in danger of becoming plain gossip as publication approaches for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."
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It's months away from being on bookshelves, but fans can't get enough of the seventh &#151; and final &#151; Harry Potter book, no matter the cost.
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JK Rowling and publisher Bloomsbury Books have announced that the sixth book in the blockbuster Harry Potter series will hit bookstores on July 16.