Download or read book Broken Wand Or How J K Rowling Killed Harry Potter written by Timothy A. Wolf and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Broken Wand: Or How J.K. Rowling Killed Harry Potter is a detailed critique by Timothy A. Wolf of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the last book in Rowling's acclaimed series, and how he believes she disregarded everything she wrote in her previous novels. For Harry Potter fans, Broken Wand is must-have reading Using the actual texts, the author finds issues with Rowling's continuity. Like the Trace Charm that would have made it impossible for the teenage Voldemort to get away with killing his Muggle relatives. Or the idea of Harry carrying a piece of Voldemort's soul inside him from the start, when the Dark Lord couldn't even touch him for the first four books. Or "wandlore," which has no consistency to it at all. Citing plot elements like: questioning Harry's account of the murder in the previous book, the Ministry taking over Hogwarts, Snape's Pensieve memories, and Dumbledore explaining his mistakes; Broken Wand maintains that Rowling's Deathly Hallows is essentially just a bad copy of the fifth book in the series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Wolf also contends that Dumbledore, Snape, Lily Potter, and Voldemort are completely out of character, and Harry merely repeats the same emotional journey he went through before. Plus, there are many questions and plots left unresolved. About the Author: Timothy A. Wolf spent two years researching and writing Broken Wand. As a science fiction reader his entire life and an adult fan of the Harry Potter novels, he wanted to bring the problems he found with the final book to light. He lives in Franklin, Wisconsin. Publisher's website: http: //www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/BrokenWand-OrHowJKRowlingKilledHarryPotter.html

Download or read book Potterversity written by Kathryn N. McDaniel and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2023-11-17 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Potterversity: Essays Exploring the World of Harry Potter presents a written companion to the popular, "Hermione-Approved" MuggleNet podcast by the same name. Selected from the top Potter Studies scholars in the field, the diverse authors in the volume provide a range of interpretations of wizarding world stories. Essays include analysis of genre conventions, literary and religious symbolism, the role of games in the series, pedagogical approaches, and politically challenging issues like U.S. race relations, colonialism, and gender and sexuality--including direct attention to J.K. Rowling's controversial statements about trans people. Grouped into the sections "Occult Knowledge," "Ancient Magic," "A Question of Character," "Self and Other," "Playing Potter," and "Teaching, the Hogwarts Way," partnered essays precede transcripts of podcast conversations, led by the hosts of Potterversity. The book's essays and conversations aim to engage not only the mind but the spirit as well--the emotional, personal, and moral responses the Potterverse has evoked in so many people around the world. Fundamentally, this book demonstrates that the characters, stories, and situations of the magical realm promote thinking that helps us navigate our more mundane but no less dangerous world. Perhaps even more importantly, they help us to recognize the magic amid our everyday Muggle realities.

Download or read book The Broken Wand written by Liza Charlesworth and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Wandcraft written by Gary Brown and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Broken Wand Academy written by David R. Bernstein and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-14 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darkness Looms Over the Academy Meena's life is at risk with each day she attends Broken Wand Academy, but leaving could be far more dangerous. Who can she really trust? Continue the incredible magical adventure that you won't be able to put down.

Download or read book Fooling Houdini written by Alex Stone and published by Anchor Canada. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the world of magic that teaches the reader many tricks--including how better to understand the real world. When Alex Stone was five years old, his father bought him a magic kit--a gift that would spark a lifelong love. Years later, he discovered a vibrant New York underground magic scene exploding with creativity and innovation and populated by a fascinating cast of characters. Captivated, he plunged headlong into this mysterious world. From the back rooms of New York City's century-old magic societies to cutting-edge psychology labs, Fooling Houdini recounts Stone's quest to join the ranks of master magicians. As he navigates this quirky and occasionally hilarious subculture, Stone pulls back the curtain on a community shrouded in secrecy, fueled by obsession and brilliance, and organized around a single overriding need: to prove one's worth by deceiving others. But his journey is more than a tale of tricks, gigs, and geeks. In trying to understand how expert magicians manipulate our minds to create their astonishing illusions, Stone uncovers a wealth of insight into human nature and the nature of perception. By investigating some of the lesser-known corners of psychology, neuroscience, physics, history, and even crime, all through the lens of trickery and illusion, Fooling Houdini arrives at a host of startling revelations about how the mind works--and why, sometimes, it doesn't.

Download or read book Transforming Harry written by John Alberti and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-07 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond the classroom, the Harry Potter series clearly enjoys a large and devoted global fan community, and this collection will be of interest to serious fans.

Download or read book The Shadow Wand written by Laurie Forest and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2020-06-09 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling series! HER WORLD-ALTERING SECRET CAN’T BE HIDDEN MUCH LONGER Elloren Gardner hides the most powerful secret in all Erthia—she is the Black Witch of Prophecy, and destined to triumph…or be used as the ultimate weapon of destruction. Separated from everyone she loves, isolated and hunted, Elloren must turn to the last person she can trust—her fastmate, Commander Lukas Grey. With the Mage forces of Gardneria poised to conquer all of Erthia, Elloren has no choice but to ally with Lukas and combine their power to keep herself out of the hands of Gardnerian leader Marcus Vogel…the holder of the all-consuming Shadow Wand. With just weeks to train to become a warrior, and no control over her magic, Elloren finds unexpected allies among those under orders to kill her. It’s time to step up. To fight back. And to forge onward through the most devastating loss yet. Critics are raving about Laurie Forest’s incredible debut, The Black Witch: “Forest uses a richly imagined magical world to offer an uncompromising condemnation of prejudice and injustice.” —Booklist, starred review “Exquisite character work, an elaborate mythology, and a spectacularly rendered universe make this a noteworthy debut, which argues passionately against fascism and xenophobia.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “This briskly paced, tightly plotted novel enacts the transformative power of education, creating engaging characters set in a rich alternative universe with a complicated history that can help us better understand our own.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review Books in The Black Witch Chronicles: The Black Witch The Iron Flower The Shadow Wand The Demon Tide Wandfasted (ebook novella)* Light Mage (ebook novella)* * Also available in print in The Rebel Mages anthology

Download or read book The Children who Lived written by Kathryn A. Markell and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2008 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harry Potter's encounters with grief, as well as the grief experiences of other fictional characters, can be used by educators, counselors, and parents to help children and adolescents deal with their own loss issues. Included in the text are a number of activities, discussion questions, and games that could be used with grieving children and adolescents, based on the fictional characters in these books.

Download or read book Broken Wand written by Denise Tyler and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Angelique sees Mike perform his lacklustre magic show in a run-down pub in Romford, something about him resonates deeply with her and she decides to try and help him reboot his act, make him famous and help her own career at the same time. Despite their very different backgrounds, they discover a bond over difficult past experiences and a friendship forms quickly. But friends and family soon try to derail their friendship and when Angelique is assaulted on a train and gives a spontaneous speech at the trial she becomes a media personality in her own right. Mike begins to see his life unravel; has he staked everything on an illusion of success?

Download or read book Broken Wand Academy written by David R Bernstein and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-11-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Epic Finale of the Broken Wand Academy Series How will Meena and Rahm survive and return home to their family? An old friend comes back... Remi.

Download or read book Broken Wand Academy written by Jenetta Penner and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magic isn't Taken-it's Inherited. Eighteen-year-old Meena Song wants a normal life with a normal job and normal friends. Well, that ain't happening. An unbelievable secret is revealed in the worst possible place-a public bathroom. Yup, gross, but still not the strangest thing she'll see today. Who gets invited to a magical academy if you have zero magical ability? Meena does. Witches are real, but most of them are a-holes. Now, she has to figure out why she was brought to this prestigious manor in the woods, filled with lies, cliques, and one incredibly hot jerk that Meena can't seem to avoid. Broken Wand Academy is a standalone episodic series that also shares the same universe as Marisa Claire's Academy of Shifters series. There's more to this world than you can possibly imagine. Watch for a future crossover series!

Download or read book Broken Wand Academy written by David R Bernstein and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-23 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only Time will Tell Meena uncovers great secrets that lead to amazing truths. Can she trust what's to come? Continue the amazing magical adventure that you won't be able to put down.

Download or read book Fooling Houdini written by Alex Stone and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-06-19 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the back rooms of New York City’s age-old magic societies to cutting-edge psychology labs, three-card monte games on Canal Street to glossy Las Vegas casinos, Fooling Houdini recounts Alex Stone’s quest to join the ranks of master magicians. As he navigates this quirky and occasionally hilarious subculture populated by brilliant eccentrics, Stone pulls back the curtain on a community shrouded in secrecy, fueled by obsession and brilliance, and organized around one overriding need: to prove one’s worth by deceiving others. But his journey is more than a tale of tricks, gigs, and geeks. By investing some of the lesser-known corners of psychology, neuroscience, physics, history, and even crime, all through the lens of trickery and illusion, Fooling Houdini arrives at a host of startling revelations about how the mind works--and why, sometimes, it doesn’t.

Download or read book Broken Wand Academy written by Jenetta Penner and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-24 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secrets Come Into the Light Meena digs deeper into the academy and the world of witches and magic. Can she stay sane in a place so incredibly insane? Continue the amazing magical adventure that you won't be able to put down.

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Download or read book Harry Potter The Wand Collection Book written by Monique Peterson and published by Insight Editions. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the wands of your favorite Harry Potter characters. In the Harry Potter films, each wand is as unique as the witch or wizard who wields it. From Hermione Granger’s elegant, vine-wrapped wand to the bone-inlaid wands of the Death Eaters, each was designed and crafted by the filmmakers to reflect its owner’s identity. Harry Potter: The Wand Collection is a visual guide to these magical wands, their makers, and the characters who mastered them. Profiles of each wand feature stunning new photography of the original props, wand statistics, insights from the cast and crew, and other filmmaking secrets from the Warner Bros. archive. This collectible volume is an ideal resource for both wand-wielding veteran fans seeking to learn the history behind these beloved items and a new generation just beginning their journey into the wizarding world.