Sam Shepard: 'America is on its way out as a culture'. 1  As his seminal 1980 play, True West, is revived in London, the influential playwright reflects on the diminishing global role of the US, and the deaths of his friends Philip Seymour Hoffman and Robin Williams.
The second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was originally published in the UK on 2 July 1998 and in the US on 2 June 1999. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was then published a year later in the UK on 8 July 1999 and in the US on 8 September 1999. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was published on 8 July 2000 at the same time by Bloomsbury and Scholastic.
How many Harry Potter books are there? The Harry Potter literary series spans seven books, each corresponding to a year-long period (usually Harryâs school year). In order, the books are: Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone; Harry Potter And The Chamber of Secrets; Harry Potter And The Prisoner of Azkaban; Harry Potter And The Goblet of Fire; Harry Potter And The Order of the Phoenix