God, the Devil, and Harry Potter: A Christian Minister's Defense of the Beloved Novels Review

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(More customer reviews)As a fellow pastor AND fan of the Harry Potter novels, I picked up this book with much interest. The introduction was intriguing enough, so I proceeded with the book. There is no doubt in my mind that evangelicals will dismiss this book as blasphemous. Harry Potter as Jesus? Dumbledore as God the Father? Fawkes as the Holy Spirit?? While I recognize the merit of Killinger's basic argument--that many of the themes in the Potter books are themes that have a Christian basis (if not an outright Christian character--I felt that his comparisons are exaggerated or altogether too weak to stand.
Of course, like others, I am totally embarrassed by the Christians who have dismissed the Potter books as "evil." I was hoping this book might be a reasonable, substantive argument against those accusations. Alas, it is not. In fact, it reads more like a synopsis of each of the Potter books in print with some theology thrown in to boot. Killinger's admiration for the Potter books stands out more strongly than any argument he makes for the books not being anti-Christian.

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Selected Themes from the Motion Picture Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Flute : Solo, Duet, Trio (Instrumental Series) Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this for my daughter as a bday gift. She loved it! This is her first year playing the flute, and I was hoping the music wouldn't be too hard for her to play. It has songs that are for every "talent" group, from beginning to advanced. This was definately a great buy!

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This instrumental series contains selected themes from the box office sensation Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Playable by any combination of instruments -- large ensembles, small ensembles, or solos --the arrangements capture the wonderful sounds from the movie.

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Harry Potter et la Chambre des Secrets (French Edition)Junior Edition Review

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(More customer reviews)A great Harry Potter book that's really fun to read in French. It's not always easy to understand the vocabulary, and it's in that crazy tense that looks like future but is actually sort of past and is only used in literature ..... but get a good dictionnaire and you'll be fine. Bonne chance!

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Harry Potter Divination Sticker Kit: With Crystal Ball Review

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(More customer reviews)I got this item from a Borders book store near me. It's pretty cool. The crystal ball is solid glass and it comes with a neat little elephant stand to put the ball on. It's pretty small but it's still really neat. It also comes with Prisoner of Azkaban related stickers.

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Among the eight sheets of stickers in this Harry Potter Divination Sticker Kit, you will find images of Divination Professor Sybill Trelawney, Harry Potter, and other students from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Re-enact Divination class scenes from the Harry Potter films with your own crystal ball!

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Muggles and Magic: An Unofficial Guide to J.k. Rowling and the Harry Potter Phenomenon Review

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(More customer reviews)As an adult fan of the Harry Potter series, I am fascinated by Ms. Rowling and her talent as a writer which brought this magical world to life. When I purchased 'Muggles and Magic,' I looked forward to reading more about the author and the pop culture surrounding this phenomenon.
After reading Beahm's publication, I have to say that I'm disappointed. Essentially, this book is a collection of articles highlighting Harry Potter/J.K. Rowling facts that have been featured elsewhere. (I.e. newspapers, magazines, online, etc.) While some of the articles have good information about Rowling, there were times where reading them made me feel uncomfortable. I wondered how Ms. Rowling, a famously private person who is not afraid to speak up to defend her character, would feel about the clippings that delve into her painful past. She makes a point to dissuade such stories on her personal Web page, and reading them in this "fan" book seemed more like reading gossip than fact.
Other articles in the book simply have fraudulent and outdated information that Beahm hasn't bothered to research and update, such as that Dan Radcliffe has bowed out of all of the films after 'Goblet of Fire' (he hasn't, and is telling the press he's signed on for 'Order of the Phoenix'), and that J.K. Rowling's Web site doesn't feature a F.A.Q. (it does, here: http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/faq.cfm).
Another problem I had with this book was the higgledy-piggledy way it seems to have been put together. There's no real rhyme or reason to the selections, and the collection doesn't flow but rather jerks, such as from an article about owning owls as pets to another about Joanne's involvement in a cancer charity.
Beahm is clearly a fan and I can tell he had fun putting this little book of Potter/Rowling odds and ends together. Had a little more research been done and a bit more time spent on fashioning the information together, this would be a fleshed-out companion worthy of the world of Harry Potter.

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Selections from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Piano Solos Review

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(More customer reviews)I haven't played the piano in a long time, yet I found it pretty easy to start playing the pieces in this book. It is simple enough for someone with some prior experience in playing piano to enjoy as well as not being too simple to get boring or too simplistic. However, that could also be a bad thing for beginners, for whom I think Big Notes Piano has published a simpler version.
Hooper's soundtrack for this movie was very good, and the sheet music here arranged sticks to the tune of the pieces. I'm able to play these songs that sound quite similar to the actual soundtrack, so that's a big plus.
The only thing I find wrong is that it's a selection of pieces, not sheet music of every track. I would have liked that because I like some music on the soundtrack that was not included in this book.
Otherwise, this is a great purchase for anyone who wants to play Harry Potter on the piano.

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Containing four pages of color photographs and music selections from the much-awaited sixth movie from the Warner Bros. Harry Potter series, this songbook features music by Nicholas Hooper, the composer of Order of the Phoenix and includes songs such as ""In Noctem,"" ""Ginny,"" ""Wizard Wheezes,"" and more. Titles: Dumbledores Farewell * Farewell Aragog * The Friends * Ginny * When Ginny Kissed Harry * Harry and Hermione * In Noctem * Slughorns Confession * The Weasley Stomp * Wizard Wheezes.

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Harry Potter Locket Horcrux Kit and Sticker Book (Mega Mini Kits) Review

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(More customer reviews)This a wonderful Harry Potter cosplay item for the cosplayer on a budget. It is based upon the Horcrux locket used in the Half-Blood Prince film not the Slytherin locket the trio found in the Deathly Hallows.
The chain is made of metal and locket is plastic. I would personally use this locket only for cosplaying and not to wear everyday due to the fact that it is made out of plastic. You want to hold on to this for sometime without getting it broken. I wouldn't recommend giving this to children who's like 14, because lets face it, little children like to play rough with their toys and this would get broken instantly that way. An older teenage would probably appreciate this better.
The locket actually opens so you can place a photo (or a note by the one who has tried to destroy your Horcrux, you only have to worry about this if your Voldemort though, hahaha). The sticker booklet has about eight stickers with photos from the Deathly Hallows Part 1. Including photos of Hermione, Ron, Voldemort and Harry.
I recommend this to any Harry Potter cosplayer or Harry Potter collector. Again, this is not a `toy'. It can be broken easily. Even though the manufacture recommends this for children 6 and up, I don't. It would be broken in minutes. A absolute must for any Harry Potter collector.
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This deluxe kit will be on sale in time for the highly anticipated release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II, in July 2011. In the movie, Harry and his friends are on a mission to seek and destroy Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes. This kit contains a replica of the elusive Horcrux locket and a book of photographic stickers highlighting elements of Harry, Ron, and Hermione's journey as they track down and destroy Slytherin's locket.

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