Harry, A History - Now Updated with J.K. Rowling Interview, New Chapter & Photos

Harry, A History - Now Updated with J.K. Rowling Interview, New Chapter & Photos

Author: Melissa Anelli

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2008-11-04

Total Pages: 371

ISBN-13: 1416594051

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A new enhanced e-book edition, featuring an extended transcript from Melissa Anelli's exclusive interview with J. K. Rowling and a new, updated chapter! Melissa Anelli wears a ring that was a gift to her from J.K. Rowling, given as a measure of appreciation for the work she does on The Leaky Cauldron, where her job entails being a fan, reporter, guardian, and spokesperson for the Harry Potter series. For ten years, millions of fans have lived inside literary history, the only fans to know what it was like when Harry Potter was unfinished. When anticipation for a book was just as likely to cause a charity drive as a pistol shootout. When millions of rabid fans looked to friends, families, neighbors, forums, discussion groups, fan fiction and podcasts to get their fix between novels. When the death of a character was a hotter bet than who'd win the World Series. When one series of books had the power to change the way books are read. This has been a time when a book was more popular than movies, television, and video games. The series has spawned a generation of critical thinkers and new readers. The New York Times changed the way it reported book sales just to avoid a continual overpowering of its bestseller list. These events must be given their proper context, and this moment must be preserved. The series will remain important to literature and pop culture, but the experience will change. Harry's fate will be as commonly known as the identity of Luke Skywalker's father, and readers who never had to wait for a Harry Potter book will have no idea what transpired when the series had hundreds of millions of people waiting desperately for the next volume. We are the first wave of Harry Potter fans, the ones that are living in the time that shapes how Harry Potter will be remembered for all time. But when this era is over, fans will need some way to remember this strange, wonderful, dizzying experience. Future fans, too, will want to know what they missed. Harry Potter will exist as a seven-book series, but without the indivisible story of the cultural, literary and emotional impact the series has made, the story is incomplete. How can a fan understand Harry Potter without hearing about the midnight book parties, the scams, the theories, the burglaries, the bets, the bannings, and most importantly, the worldwide camaraderie spurred on by mutual love of a boy wizard? How can they know how Harry Potter changed and touched the lives of so many without hearing it first hand? Harry, A History tells this story. It tells the personal story of Melissa Anelli's journey through the very heart of Harry Potter fandom. And wraps this phenomenon up into one narrative, factual volume – one book that tells what happened when Harry Potter met the world.


Beyond the Veil

Beyond the Veil

Author: Brian Rathbone

Publisher: BrianRathbone.com

Published:

Total Pages: 20

ISBN-13:

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In this short story, Vincent Pels struggles to save his daughter in life and death.


Appointments with Heaven

Appointments with Heaven

Author: Reggie Anderson

Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1414380453

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When Dr. Reggie Anderson is present at the bedside of a dying patient, something miraculous happens. Sometimes as he sits vigil and holds the patient's hand . . . he can experience what they feel and see as they cross over. Because of these God-given glimpses of the afterlife--his "appointments with heaven"--Reggie knows beyond a doubt that we are closer to the next world than we think. Join him as he shares remarkable stories from his life and practice, including the tragedy that nearly drove him away from faith forever. He reveals how what he's seen, heard, and experienced has shaped what he believes about living and dying; how we can face the passing of our loved ones with the courage and confidence that we will see them again; and how we can each prepare for our own "appointment with heaven." Soul-stirring and hope-filled, Appointments with Heaven is a powerful journey into the questions at the very core of your being: Is there more to life than this? What is heaven like? And, most important: Do I believe it enough to let it change me?


Beyond the Veil

Beyond the Veil

Author: Udeme Ralph

Publisher: WestBow Press

Published: 2013-05-13

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 1449791824

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In the kingdom of Sapienland, after a series of grave disasters, the land is in a state of chaos and desolation. Even the least-philosophical soul is drawn into philosophical quests and rueful reflections. A mountain of mysteries envelops all minds, as they start questioning the fundamental verities of humanity. If they must understand the cryptic realities that surround their existence, they need to transcend the realm of appearance and empty speculations and behold reality as it truly is.


Beyond the Veil

Beyond the Veil

Author: Mary Ann Cormack

Publisher: Balboa Press

Published: 2020-12-07

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1504322304

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Alice Nobel flat lines and is escorted to the afterlife. She has been plucked away at her prime in order to attend an extraordinary summit intended to deal with the problems occurring in the third dimension. As she glimpses what happens “beyond the veil,” Alice is groomed for something important. She witnesses firsthand the detailed operations in this life beyond life, and in the process, enhances her understanding of the ultimate reason for humankind’s existence. Following the summit, the angels seek Alice’s assistance in delivering the lessons of the summit on earth. The fast-paced life of the twenty-first century has sewn the seeds for addictive behaviour. Now more than ever, humanity needs a spiritual compass to navigate its time here. However, free will makes change difficult. Alice must choose whether to stay in the afterlife or return below to take up the challenge.