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"It's 1965 and teenage Frances Adams is at an English country fair with her two best friends. But Frances's night takes a hairpin turn when a fortune-teller makes a bone-chilling prediction: One day, Frances will be murdered. Frances spends a lifetime trying to solve a crime that hasn't happened yet, compiling dirt on every person who crosses her path in an effort to prevent her own demise. For decades, no one takes Frances seriously, until nearly...
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When the DNAMIX machine appears in the grocery store of Deerfield, Louisiana, it resembles a plain photo booth. But with just a quick swab of your cheek and two dollars, the device claims to use the science of DNA to tell you your life's potential. With enough credibility to make the townspeople curious, soon the former teachers, nurses, and shopkeepers of Deerfield are abruptly changing course to pursue their destinies as magicians, cowboys, and...
12) Dragon dreams
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Simon visits a fortune-telling seadragon who gives him an alarming, but incomplete prediction, that his friend Olive the octopus is in danger.
13) Amelia tells all
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Amelia creates a handwritten book about palm reading, fortune telling, and handwriting analysis, with games and quizzes included.
14) Fortune cookies
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Seven fortune cookies foretell a child's fortunes for each day of the week.
17) xxxHolic: 7
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Even though there's no love lost between them, Kimihiro seeks Yuko's help when Dômeki becomes the object of a grudge just for trying to be a good samaritan. Will the price be too high?
18) Oracle of Doom
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Marcus is an agent of the Library, a place filled with tales that don't have an ending. Puzzles that won't be solved until Marcus and his friends step in to finish them. This time it's their own stories at stake. Theo just visited the Oracle Baz, an old amusement-park machine that spits out fortunes for the cost of a quarter. Fun, right? The only problem is, the oracle's cheap predictions have been coming true . . . and Theo's fortune says that life...
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Struggling with hard times on his Colorado ranch, Charlie Moon becomes involved in a potentially lucrative wager between his best friend, police chief Scott Parish, and self-proclaimed psychic investor Samuel Reed, who bets that Parish will not be able to prevent Reed's imminent murder.
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"Alice Pendelbury believes everything in her life is pretty much in order -- from her good friends to her burgeoning career. But even Alice can admit it's been an odd week. Her neighbor Mr. Daldry has suddenly become an agreeable confidant and is encouraging her to take a fortune-teller serious while saying that he'll even finance her trip to Turkey to "meet the most important person in her life." It's on this journey that Alice will find out that...