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2. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Wikipedia

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   Stephen Brown noted that the early Harry Potter books, especially Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, were a runaway success despite inadequate and poorly organised marketing. Brown advised marketing executives to be less preoccupied with rigorous statistical analyses and the "analysis, planning, implementation, and control" model of ...

3. List of Harry Potter translations - Wikipedia

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   Other translations have also changed the first book's title, for instance, the French translation which changed Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone to Harry Potter at the School of Wizards for the same reason as the American translation, citing that the reference to the philosopher's stone legend was "too obscure for a book aimed at the ...

4. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) - Wikipedia

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   Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (known as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States, India and Philippines) is a 2001 fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and produced by David Heyman from a screenplay by Steve Kloves. It is based on the 1997 novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling.

5. Harry Potter - Wikipedia

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   The Elephant House was one of the cafés in Edinburgh where Rowling wrote the first part of Harry Potter.. The series follows the life of a boy named Harry Potter.In the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the US), Harry lives in a cupboard under the stairs in the house of the Dursleys, his aunt, uncle and cousin, who all treat him poorly.

6. List of awards and nominations received by J. K. Rowling

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   Children's Book of the Year: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: Won [12] 1998 Children's Book of the Year: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Won [13] 1999 Author of the Year: J. K. Rowling: Won [13] 2000 Children's Book of the Year: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Nominated [14] 2004 Book of the Year: Harry Potter and the ...

7. Harry Potter (film series) - Wikipedia

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   Harry Potter is a film series based on the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling.The series was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and consists of eight fantasy films, beginning with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) and culminating with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011).

8. Thomas Taylor (artist) - Wikipedia

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   Taylor attended Norwich School of Art and Design in 1991. Then he studied illustration at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, graduating in 1995. [3]In 1997, Taylor painted his first professional commission, a cover illustration for a children's book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, by then unknown author J. K. Rowling, for which he was paid a flat fee of two or three hundred ...

9. Nicolas Flamel - Wikipedia

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   Flamel has been portrayed in popular fiction as a legendary figure who holds the key to immortality or the philosopher's stone. In Victor Hugo 's novel Notre Dame de Paris (1831), the tragic main character Claude Frollo is a young priest and alchemist who spends much of his time studying the carvings in Les Innocents , trying to fathom Flamel's ...