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Harry Potter has no idea how famous he is. That's because he's being raised by his miserable aunt and uncle who are terrified Harry will learn that he's really a wizard, just as his parents were. But everything changes when Harry is summoned to attend an infamous school for wizards, and he begins to discover some clues about his illustrious birthright. From the surprising way he is greeted by a lovable giant, to the unique curriculum and colorful faculty at his unusual school, Harry finds himself drawn deep inside a mystical world he never knew existed and closer to his own noble destiny.

The Dursleys were so mean that hideous that summer that all Harry Potter wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he's packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature named Dobby who says that if Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike.
And strike it does. For in Harry's second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor, Gilderoy Lockheart, a spirit named Moaning Myrtle who haunts the girls' bathroom, and the unwanted attentions of Ron Weasley's younger sister, Ginny.
But each of these seem minor annoyances when the real trouble begins, and someone--or something--starts turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects...Harry Potter himself?

During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his parents' deaths

Harry Potter is midway through his training as a wizard and his coming of age. Harry wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to the International Quidditch Cup. He wants to find out about the mysterious event that's supposed to take place at Hogwarts this year, an event involving two other rival schools of magic, and a competition that hasn't happened for a hundred years. He wants to be a normal, fourteen-year-old wizard. But unfortunately for Harry Potter, he's not normal - even by wizarding standards. And in his case, different can be deadly.

In his fifth year at Hogwart's, Harry faces challenges at every turn, from the dark threat of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and the unreliability of the government of the magical world to the rise of Ron Weasley as the keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team. Along the way he learns about the strength of his friends, the fierceness of his enemies, and the meaning of sacrifice.

The war against Voldemort is not going well; even the Muggles have been affected. Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix has already suffered losses.
And yet . . . as with all wars, life goes on. Sixth-year students learn to Apparate. Teenagers flirt and fight and fall in love. Harry receives some extraordinary help in Potions from the mysterious Half-Blood Prince. And with Dumbledore's guidance, he seeks out the full, complex story of the boy who became Lord Voldemort -- and thus finds what may be his only vulnerability.

Readers beware. The brilliant, breathtaking conclusion to J.K. Rowling's spellbinding series is not for the faint of heart--such revelations, battles, and betrayals await in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows that no fan will make it to the end unscathed. Luckily, Rowling has prepped loyal readers for the end of her series by doling out increasingly dark and dangerous tales of magic and mystery, shot through with lessons about honor and contempt, love and loss, and right and wrong. Fear not, you will find no spoilers in our review--to tell the plot would ruin the journey, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is an odyssey the likes of which Rowling's fans have not yet seen, and are not likely to forget. But we would be remiss if we did not offer one small suggestion before you embark on your final adventure with Harry--bring plenty of tissues

Was geschah mit Harriet Vanger? Während eines Familientreffens spurlos verschwunden, bleibt ihr Schicksal jahrzehntelang ungeklärt. Bis der Journalist Mikael Blomkvist und die Ermittlerin Lisbeth Salander recherchieren. Was sie zu Tage fördern, lässt alle Beteiligten wünschen, sie hätten sich nie mit diesem Fall beschäftigt.

Mikael Blomkvist recherchiert in einem besonders brisanten Fall von Mädchenhandel, die Hintermänner bekleiden höchste Regierungsämter. Als sein Informant tot aufgefunden wird, fällt der Verdacht auf Blomkvists Partnerin Lisbeth Salander. Eine mörderische Hetzjagd beginnt. Der neue große Roman des preisgekrönten Bestsellerautors Stieg Larsson.

Lisbeth Salander hat es wieder einmal nicht geschafft. Mit einer Axt hat die Ermittlerin versucht, ihrem Erzeuger und ewigen Erzfeind Alexander Zalatschenko das Leben zu nehmen, aber der skrupellose Kriminelle, der seine Tochter zuvor lebendig begraben hatte, überlebt und jagt Salander zudem noch eine Kugel in den Kopf. Nun liegen beide mit schweren Verletzungen, aber genesend, fast Tür an Tür im selben Krankenhaus. Derweil versucht Salanders Kollege Mikael Blomkvist, Salander vom Vorwurf des dreifachen Mordes reinzuwaschen - und sticht dabei in ein wahres Wespennest aus Korruption und krimineller Energie. Und er stößt auf ein gewaltiges Komplott von Mächten, die seine Ermittlungen empfindlich zu behindern suchen.

Fredrik Welin ist etwas widerfahren, das er nur »die Katastrophe« nennt. Danach hat sich der ehemalige Chirurg auf eine kleine Insel in den Schären zurückgezogen und meidet jeden Kontakt mit den Menschen. Doch dann steht eines Tages seine Jugendliebe Harriet vor der Tür und erinnert ihn an ein altes Versprechen. Er folgt ihr auf eine Reise in die Vergangenheit, voller unverhoffter Begegnungen mit außergewöhnlichen Menschen. Eine Reise, die ihm den Weg zurück zu den Menschen weisen wird ...

In diesem einzigen Buch, das sie für Erwachsene schrieb, erzählt Astrid Lindgren die wunderchöne Liebes - und Lebensgeschichte ihrer Eltern und verrät, wo ihre berühmten Geschichten und Gestalten ihren Ursprung haben : im entschwundene Land ihrer Kindheit.

Als der Zweite Weltkrieg seine Schatten auch auf die Küste vor Göteborg wirft, ist Simon noch ein kleiner Junge, und er ist jüdischer Abstammung. Karin und Erik, seine Adoptiveltern, verschweigen ihm seine Herkunft, um ihn zu schützen. So begibt sich der sensible Junge selbst auf die Suche nach seinen Ursprüngen.