Books with title The New Book Of Knowledge

When your father shows up 12 years after abandoning you as a baby and tells you that he has something important for you to do, the last thing you expect it to be is to kill him. If you're Chelsea Perkins, your day is only going to get stranger from there... ​​​THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE is the first book in the Chelsea Perkins Trilogy, inspired by the author's writings on the popular alternate history web site, Today In Alternate History. TREE OF KNOWLEDGE introduces the reader to Chelsea Perkins, a 12-year old girl who has just discovered that the dreams she has been seeing come true around her mean that she is a seer. Her father has returned after his long absence from her life in order to guide her to her ultimate destiny - which may well mean his death. Chelsea must choose between love and power - and the fate of the world hangs in the balance.

1000 years ago after the fourth world war, the entire social world landscape had changed. That's when the Uplifted Ones appeared. They were worshiped as the new version of humans; a new evolution. That was until something odd happened. An Uplifted One had become dark from within their being along with a few other Uplifted Ones. They covered themselves in hard organic armor and began to "drink" people. After a long battle, only a few were left. They agreed, at least for the moment, they would only take from the land they owned. Luxuria, Acedia, and Nigrum had played a cruel joke on the first Uplifted One. Altus was the first U.O.in existence. He kept secrets from the others for over a millennium until a headstrong girl began to unravel those secrets in a world that had fallen back into an archaic system of old gods and sacrificial lambs. Knowledge is power in this universe. Those with the most, become living gods.

We all know the story of Lazarus. He died and four days later, resurrected by Jesus. The story you don't know is what happened those four days in the grave. What happened to Lazarus after he rejoined the living? When a person dies, they become the prize of Azreal, the angel of death. Now, if that prize is taken from him, he doesn't take that too kindly. The people that witnessed the miracle of the resurrection in that small town of Bethany started to believe in Jesus, and the Pharisee priests could not allow that to happen. Five priests set out to kill the newly resurrected Lazarus to set an example to all that Jesus was just a fraud. By murdering Lazarus, they brought the wrath of Azrael upon them. These priests were cursed to protect the knowledge of what happened those four days inside the body of Lazarus. To preserve the essence of the death angel himself. One cold night in the early eighteen hundreds, while helping her husband with a research dig in Constantinople, Ruina Baxter found the remains of Lazarus himself. What she discovered inside the body changed the course of time forever. A piece of the death angel, a shadow gem of sorts, was left inside. This shadow gem absorbed into her skin, giving her the power of the resurrection; immortality, and the control over death, meaning, if she kills you, you become her personal zombie. She took this power to eventually take over the world. The only way to unlock the powers of the shadow gem is by holding all five keys of the priests. The Keys of Lazarus.

The Native American Book of Knowledge The Circle of Life is an American Indian symbol for the Four Directions. The four colors represent the four stages of life, from childhood to old age; the cycle of seasons, from spring to winter; and the four races of people. Each of the Four Directions symbolizes a certain power. In this circle, East is knowledge, South is life, West is the power of change, and North is wisdom. The Native American Book of Knowledge reveals the true history of the American Indian people. ''We Have Always Been Here'' tells of the origins of the People based on their own accounts, scientific theories, and archaeological evidence; and ''Poets, Prophets, and Peacemakers Before Columbus'' introduces the Native American supernatural and cultural heroes of the past. From the creative inspiration of Quetzalcoatl of the Aztecs to the political genius of the Iroquois peacemaker Deganawida, readers will discover the impact these mystical heroes had on our world today. Other titles in the series: The Native American Book of Life, The Native American Book of Change, The Native American Book of Wisdom