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1) The last son
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English
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Isaac LeMay is a murderous outlaw who is cursed by a prophecy: that he will be killed by one of his children. He hunts down each of his estranged children to discover the truth.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
John Woodson is disillusioned and temporarily without direction. Through a mysterious set of coincidences, he finds himself on an adventure to Peru in search of ancient scrolls, known as the Celestine Prophecy. The prophecy and its nine key insights, predict a new awakening that will redefine human life and provide a glimpse into a completely spiritual culture on earth. Resistant at first, John finds that with each step he takes and person he meets...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
For writer Robert Harlan, life is a dream come true. His first novel has just hit the best-seller lists and he is suddenly thrust into the limelight. But as success consumes him, Robert's family life crumbles. It takes the sobering prophecy of a mysterious stranger for Robert to realize what is most important. Now he must find his way back to the wife and daughter he left behind.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1188
Language
English
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Description
Wayne Wang's follow-up to his watershed indie Chan Is Missing is a family portrait that gracefully combines the director's signature gentle humanism and eye for poignant detail. Offering another fresh perspective on San Francisco's Chinese American community, Wang takes a bittersweet look at the generational pas de deux between an aging immigrant widow and her devoted daughter, torn between filial duty and her desires.
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
Description
By now, everyone knows Marnie Piper is a witch. It comes as no surprise when she wins a full scholarship to prestigious Witch University in Halloweentown. Excited about learning alchemy and amulets, potions and portents, Marnie travels through the portal to become the University's most famous coed. But everything is not what it seems. There's a new school rule: No magic allowed. Marnie also learns about an ancient prophecy -- and it turns out she...
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. He is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously under prepared.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Granger, a lethal ex-Special Forces soldier, finds himself transported back to a mystical age of sorcery, dragons, and savage hand-to-hand combat. He has been summoned to defeat the forces of darkness and fulfill an ancient prophecy. But as he fights his way to the truth, Granger learns no one can be trusted, and one wrong move could cost him not only his life, but the future of his world.
8) Revelations
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When the great prophecies in the Book of Revelation become a reality, a town soon realizes they are living in the end times. Chaos and sorrow tear the community apart, until one day the faith of God touches this town and changes everything.
10) Dark haul
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
Description
A team of secretive guardians transport a deadly creature and its half-human sister to a secure location, but the beast escapes and threatens to fulfill a prophecy - by destroying the world.
Pub. Date
2010.
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English
Description
A tyrannical king reigns over his kingdom with an iron fist, but there is hope. A prophecy foretold long ago states that a boy will rise up against the oppressive regime and lead his people to the promised land of Promethea. The journey of this one boy sparks a rebellion and ignites a vicious clash of wills between king and commoner, where only one group can emerge alive and victorious.
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Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
While raising the ruins of a long-buried Chinese kingdom, billionaire inventor Tony Stark digs up far more than he bargained for. He unleashes an age-old prophecy that foretells the resurrection of the Mandarin, the emperor of China's darkest and most violent dynasty. In order to confront destructive forces, Tony creates an armored suit infused with high-tech weaponry.
13) 12 disasters
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
It's Christmas season in the mountain village of Calvary, but merry and bright have suddenly fled town: There are mass bird deaths. Blood red water running from faucets. Grandmas impaled by humongous flying icicles. And for 18-year-old Jacey, a newly discovered gift has led her and her dad to the revelation that a beloved holiday carol may hold the key to a yuletide Mayan apocalypse. Can their desperate search for five golden rings now stop a global...
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
Lanie does puff pieces on the nightly news. Ready to take on the national news, her boss suggests she hone her skills with ace cameraman Pete. Her comfortable, shallow existence begins to change the moment she and Pete do a story on Prophet Jack, a soothsayer who spouts unusually accurate predictions to passers-by in exchange for spare change. He predicts that Lanie will not get her cushy promotion, in fact, he says she'll die within a week. When...
15) Lu over the wall
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When Lu comes ashore and adds her mermaid singing to a middle-school rock band, a threatening ancient prophecy follows her, so Kai and her other bandmates step up to come to Lu's--and the village's--rescue.
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