Jacqueline Brown

Azalea Rose is no different from all the other gestates. Even though she's been gifted a name by Mr. Northup, she's still only a slave. She exists for one reason-to serve. How could she be worthy of anything more? After all, she isn't even a person. People are born from women; she's merely a human gestated by a machine, genetically altered not to be able to love or even think for herself. Though she looks like a vintage born, the purest form of a person, she's lower than an animal. The truth of her life doesn't bother her. Why should it; it's what she was created for. Besides, there's no escape-the gestation firms made sure of that. Every action is seen, every word is heard, and every heartbeat tracked. If she serves those she is assigned to serve, she will not be punished. She isn't assigned to Mr. Northup. He lives next door in an outdated house built of wood, where he is allowed to grow wasteful roses. Nothing about him makes sense. He's old, already many years into the age of uselessness, and yet he hasn't been dissolved. Everyone knows the useless are dissolved and the gestates serve. Everyone in her world, at least. But Kolbe isn't from her world. Kolbe isn't like anyone she's ever met ... Altered is the first book in a new dystopian series by best-selling author Jacqueline Brown.

Siena has spent most of her life unaware of the world beyond what we can all see and touch. That changes when she's forced to accept the world as it really is ... The world Luca knows to be true is no longer something Siena can deny, after her own so-called gifts reveal the unseen darkness that has been oppressing her family for generations. Her gifts confuse her, but she doesn't fear them. Her new abilities terrify Luca-he understands them too well. Will Siena's gifts destroy her, as Luca fears? Is he strong enough to stay by her side, or are the memories of the past too much, even for him? In the second book of the Awakening Series, past darkness is discovered, present chains are released, future beauty glimpsed.

Extraordinary is a charming picture book about God's extraordinary love for each of us. He loves us even when our hair isn't combed, our knees are scraped, and our house is a mess. He and His angels see through it all and know we are each Extraordinary Every child wants to be an illustrator With this coloring book, the child in your life gets to be the illustrator of Extraordinary A lovely picture book about God's extraordinary love for each of us. A beautiful coloring book that illustrates God's gifts to us through the sacraments of Baptism, Reconciliation, and Holy Communion

Parents who are dealing with unsaved children was birthed straight out of my own home; yes, parents it does start at home. If you cannot understand your child's behavior, a spirit may have come in unaware. I am not talking about what I heard, I'm talking about what I went through and had I not got myself together it could have been worse.

The honeymoon is over. Real life must begin and it is here, in Bria and Jonah's married life, that Bria discovers the strength her friends always knew she had. Along with some of their friends, Bria and Jonah leave their home and family in North Carolina, and travel toward DC in hopes of finding East and bringing her home. Meanwhile, East longs for home, peace, and safety as she perseveres in her mission to save the country. Haz remains by her side and his devotion challenges her to acknowledge the wounds of the past and the fears of the present. In this truth, healing for both of them begins. A nation is saved. Friends are lost. Futures are discovered. All questions are answered in this climactic ending to The Light Series.

African-American college teacher and businesswoman, Reigna Clifford, encounters white mystery man Crane in a New York City museum. He immediately invites her to an upcoming exhibition of the creative works of billionaire CEO, Barrington Thornhill. Crane is tall, handsome, and unemotional, triggering Reigna's caution. Crane presents Reigna with an inviting business proposal to work with him on projects connected with his company which she considers. Reigna gradually discovers dangerous and shocking secrets as well as observing unexplained behaviors regarding the undemonstrative, aloof Crane leading her to either contemplate running away or facing her own fears and regrets. Will she be able to continue working alongside the charming, detached Crane while fighting her own emotions, or will his shrouded secrets jeopardize their growing passion for each other? Mature audiences only. This material is suitable for those over the age of eighteen due to adult themes, adult language and explicit sex scenes.

African-American college teacher and businesswoman, Reigna Clifford, encounters white mystery man Crane in a New York City museum. He immediately invites her to an upcoming exhibition of the creative works of billionaire CEO, Barrington Thornhill. Crane is tall, handsome, and unemotional, triggering Reigna's caution. Crane presents Reigna with an inviting business proposal to work with him on projects connected with his company which she considers. Reigna gradually discovers dangerous and shocking secrets as well as observing unexplained behaviors regarding the undemonstrative, aloof Crane leading her to either contemplate running away or facing her own fears and regrets. Will she be able to continue working alongside the charming, detached Crane while fighting her own emotions, or will his shrouded secrets jeopardize their growing passion for each other? Mature audiences only. This material is suitable for those over the age of eighteen due to adult themes, adult language and explicit sex scenes.

Obento 5e is the market-leading Japanese series for Years 7–10 students in Australia. This fifth edition is revised and updated with greater explicit alignment to The Australian Curriculum: Japanese, greater support for the acquisition of Japanese script, streamlined and high-calibre digital content and a more cohesive 7–10 series. The Obento Supreme Teacher Toolkit provides structured and explicit connections to The Australian Curriculum: Japanese, saving teachers' time and supporting those less experienced or new to the series. At the back of the text are workbook pages with overprinted solutions and audio transcripts from the workbook. For schools that Booklist or class set this resource, you can contact your local learning consultant for access to the NelsonNet Teacher website to use NelsonNet unit tests and solutions, worksheets, grammar PowerPoint presentations and curriculum grids.

Obento 5e is the market-leading Japanese series for Years 7–10 students in Australia. This fifth edition is revised and updated with greater explicit alignment to The Australian Curriculum: Japanese, greater support for the acquisition of Japanese script, streamlined and high-calibre digital content and a more cohesive 7–10 series. The full-colour student book provides the core language and script and is grounded in communicative methodology. Intercultural awareness and understanding are carefully integrated into relevant topics within the text. All script is presented in context, so students develop their core language learning skills of listening, speaking, and reading as they progress through the content. NelsonNet Student Book resources* Teacher Resources: • Includes all student resources • Chapter PDFs • Grammar PowerPoint presentations • Workbook solutions (PDFs) • Worksheets and solutions • Curriculum grids • Audio and video transcripts • Tests and solutions • Teaching plans Student Resources: • Animated cartoon stories • Play and say vocab • Videos # • Language and script quizzes • Student book audio • Worksheets and Worksheet Answers *Complimentary access to NelsonNet is available to teachers who use an accompanying student book and workbook as a core resource in their classroom. Contact your local education consultant for access codes and conditions. #Available with purchase of Obento Supreme WB only.

Obento 5e is the market-leading Japanese series for Years 7–10 students in Australia. The fifth edition is revised and updated with greater explicit alignment to The Australian Curriculum: Japanese, greater support for the acquisition of Japanese script, streamlined and high-calibre digital content and a more cohesive 7–10 series. The write-in consumable workbook offers a range of macro-skill (L/S/R/W) activities, plus: videos and all audio for the workbook activities so students can complete tasks independently; accurate modelling of pronunciation and fluency in all audio files; and numerous opportunities to practise and consolidate the key language and script in the student book. NelsonNet Student Workbook resources* • Videos and animated cartoon stories • Audio tracks from the workbook *Complimentary access to NelsonNet is available to teachers who use an accompanying student book as a core resource in their classroom. Contact your local education consultant for access codes and conditions.

Can cruelty be disguised as courage? Does safety lie in savagery? What happens when the hopes of our hearts are forced to face the truth of our actions? In book three of The Light series, Bria and those she loves have escaped the dangers of DC and discovered a town where compassion survives and love blooms. When their comfort comes to an end, each member of the group must decide their path. Some will stay behind. Some will journey on. But all will learn that even the most hoped for moments can be filled with unimaginable sorrow.

Foreplay Busy African American executive Jesmond LaVilliard, while in the park, accidentally collides with a kind, tall, handsome white stranger who offers to have her damaged camera repaired at his expense. She is initially unimpressed by his celebrity, but her friends are not and have questions as to how they met. Yet despite her seeming disinterest, his stunning good looks and charming manner are continually running through her head. Her camera is a total loss but not the young man's growing interest in Jesmond. Later that week, Jesmond receives a special package in her office. What are this stunning bachelor billionaire's intentions toward the beautiful executive? Coitus No one wants to work with the handsome, arrogant, bullying white executive senior VP Kevin Daly, who screams at and demeans his staff on a regular basis. The increase in requests for transfer from his department has the top executives at Bannon Communications making a serious decision regarding Kevin Daly's future with the company. Enter Dr. Loren Clarke, African American female organizational communicator. Kevin Daly continually ignores her meetings and suggestions and refuses her help. Yet could there be a hidden humanity there? Then something serious and surprising occurs.

Foreplay Busy African American executive Jesmond LaVilliard, while in the park, accidentally collides with a kind, tall, handsome white stranger who offers to have her damaged camera repaired at his expense. She is initially unimpressed by his celebrity, but her friends are not and have questions as to how they met. Yet despite her seeming disinterest, his stunning good looks and charming manner are continually running through her head. Her camera is a total loss but not the young man's growing interest in Jesmond. Later that week, Jesmond receives a special package in her office. What are this stunning bachelor billionaire's intentions toward the beautiful executive? Coitus No one wants to work with the handsome, arrogant, bullying white executive senior VP Kevin Daly, who screams at and demeans his staff on a regular basis. The increase in requests for transfer from his department has the top executives at Bannon Communications making a serious decision regarding Kevin Daly's future with the company. Enter Dr. Loren Clarke, African American female organizational communicator. Kevin Daly continually ignores her meetings and suggestions and refuses her help. Yet could there be a hidden humanity there? Then something serious and surprising occurs.

Before the light, the truth could be slippery. You could work around it, dodge it, run away from it. But in Bria Ford's new life, the truth is always knocking ... about the past, the fate of friends and family, the realities of burgeoning love, and the changed world. For Bria there's no escaping the truth--no matter how much she may want to. In this unflinching sequel to Jacqueline Brown's The Light, Bria and her friends stride into the heart of the post-disaster world and face test after test of their character and convictions. Bria must choose her path in this wounded world. Freedom or comfort? Give up or run? Who has she become since the world fell away?

A blinding flash ... then darkness. Bria Ford and her three closest friends are stranded on a country highway in the middle of a November night. No phones. No car. No lights. Helpless and hundreds of miles from home, they put their lives in the hands of handsome Jonah Page and his flinty sister, East, strangers who somehow know Bria better than she knows herself. As the group bonds to adapt to a new, yet old, way of life, the secrets of Bria's past provide them with the means to survive the extremes of Mother Nature, and the even more frightening extremes of human nature. Quietly suspenseful, The Light explores how the stories we tell ourselves shape the person we present to the world, and what happens to that person when the world falls away.