Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry\'s eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard,

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Owning your own swimming pool is a dream that is coming true for more and more people. The first section concentrates on outdoor swimming pools and pool houses, the garden and surrounding landscape, while part two is devoted to indoor pools. The third section deals with spaces that have increasingly become a natural extension of the (indoor) swimming pool in our modern lifestyle culture, such as bathing

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Becky Brandon (nee Bloomwood) is in Hollywood ! It\'s as if all her life has been leading to this moment. She\'s hanging out with the stars. Or at least she will be, when she finally gets to meet movie superstar Sage Seymour, whom husband Luke is now managing. There\'s so much to see and do! And getting Minnie through the hurdles for her A-list Hollywood pre-school will require some her help. Becky

Au cours d\'un voyage en avion, le narrateur entend une chanson des Beatles: Norwegian Wood. Instantanément, il replonge dans le souvenir d\'un amour vieux de dix-huit ans. Quand il était lycéen, son meilleur ami, Kizuki, s\'est suicidé. Kizuki avait une amie, Naoko. Ils étaient amoureux. Un an aprs ce suicide, le narrateur retrouve Naoko. Elle est incertaine et angoissée, il l\'aime ainsi. Une nuit,

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Las brujas del pequeno reino de Lancre tienen el siguiente problema: solamente son dos. Y un aquelarre compuesto por Yaya Ceravieja y Tata Ogg siempre es una discusión inacabable y un dolor de cabeza, por no decir que ninguna de las dos sabe hacer bien las tostadas. Pero ya tienen en mente una candidata para hacer de tercera bruja... candidata que, por desgracia, se ha marchado a la gran ciudad. Concretamente

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When you\'re a cop in Marseilles, threats of violence and revenge go with the territory. Usually they come to nothing, but when friends and colleagues start turning up dead it soon becomes clear that someone from Jacquot\'s past has a score to settle a nd intends to see it through. But this killer is different.

This is the funniest book that you will read about English people! Why are the English different from Europeans? George Mikes’ book describes the strange things the English do and say. And the English don’t get angry when they read the book. They love it! You will too!