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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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There is a door at the end of a silent corridor. And it’s haunting Harry Potter’s dreams. Why else would he be waking in the middle of the night, screaming in terror?
Harry has a lot on his mind for this, his fifth year at Hogwarts: a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher with a personality like poisoned honey; a big surprise on the Gryffindor Quidditch team; and the looming terror of the Ordinary Wizarding Level exams. But all these things pale...
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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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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 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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Children are a trust given to parents by Allah (God) as much as they are a precious gift. Parents are responsible for the care & upbringing of their children. Parents will be held accountable on the Day of Judgement for how they raised their children. With proper upbringing must come the teaching of Islam and the introduction to who Allah (God) is at an early age so they can develop their Islamic worldview and virtues. A fun way to start introducing...
7) Pretty Boy
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What would you do if your back was against the wall and you were running out of options?
Would you be tempted? Tempted to accept an offer that could make things a little easier. No matter what, or who, it cost?
Pretty Boy is a story of one couple's struggle to survive in a dark, unforgiving city. In a world full of addiction, desperation and isolation, anyone can become lost... but can they also be saved?
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Children are a trust and precious gift given to parents by Allah (God). Parents are responsible for the care and upbringing of their children. On judgment day, parents will be held accountable for how they raised their children. With proper upbringing, one must teach Islam and introduce who Allah (God) is at an early age so that they can develop their Islamic worldview and virtues. A fun way to start introducing Allah (God) to your children is to...
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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...
10) Anna Liisa
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Anna Liisa is Minna Canth's play from 1895. A few days before her marriage Anna Liisa has to decide whether to confront her past or marry another man, who otherwise threatens to reveal her dark secret.
This edition, part of the Finnish Easy Reading series, is written in simplified Finnish, suitable for readers with intermediate Finnish language skills. The play is rewritten in the form of a novel. The book contains also vocabulary footnotes and...
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Vain muutama kuukausi on kulunut ensimmäisen elokuvan, Ihmeotukset ja niiden olinpaikat, tapahtumista. Gellert Grindelwald on paennut AYT:n (Amerikan Yhdysvaltain taikakongressin) otteesta ja kerää kasaan joukkoja. Hän haluaa, että velhot hallitsevat kaikkia olentoja, joilla ei ole maagisia kykyjä.
Tylypahkan muodonmuutosten opettaja ja Grindelwaldin entinen ystävä Albus Dumbledore lähettää Lisko Scamanderin pysäyttämään Grindelwaldin....
12) Euthanizer
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An animal loving, black-market pet euthanizer delivers justice to careless owners in this grungy exploitation throwback. His deranged yet carefully balanced life comes apart when he spares a healthy dog that a gang of violent thugs hired him to kill.
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Arctic Circle volume 1
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Nina settles into life in a new city. After first rejecting an offer to work on an assassination case, a dramatic turn linking the murder to Nina's former case forces her to reconsider.
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Enemy of the People volume 3
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Katja's investigation leads her to a crypto tycoon.
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Enemy of the People volume 1
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When reporter Katja Salonen decides to write about a local soccer legend, she inadvertently sets off a chain of events that ends in murder.
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In 2005 Sami reindeer herders made an alliance with Greenpeace and established a Forest Rescue Station in the wilderness of Inari. The international pressure from Greenpeace made Finnish forest company Stora Enso stop buying the wood from conflict areas. Kalevi Paadar, a Sami reindeer herder, lodged a complaint to the UN Human Rights Commission. He claimed that logging in his home village violated their right to continue their traditional way of reindeer...
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Idiomatic volume 8
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Micke and Aino each spend the evening on their own. The end of the evening takes an unexpected turn.
18) Little Wing
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Little Wing tells the story of twelve-year-old Varpu, who's quickly growing to adulthood, and her mother, who doesn't want to grow up. Varpu lives with her mother and has never met her father. One night, she steals a car and drives north to find her father. Upon their meeting, Varpu begins to understand her place in the world. From Oscar-nominated director Selma Vilhunen comes a touching coming-of-age story about a daughter in search of the father...
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Piece of My Heart volume 3
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Pregnant teen, Jasmin, is starting to show as her home situation escalates. She enlists the help of Rita and Laura. Meanwhile, the mother of the missing child from the lakehouse returns to demand justice from Rita in a dangerous way.
20) My Stuff
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Petri is in the middle of an existential crisis when he decides to start an experiment on himself. The rules are simple: One year. All his stuff into storage. Start naked and take back one item per day. A masterpiece of Finnish humor to explore what truly matters in life.