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The four great cities of northern Belgium are home to fabulous art, elegant shopping streets and a rich assortment of museums - not to mention some of the world's best beer and chocolate.

Make the most of your trip to these enchanting cities with DK Eyewitness Top 10. Planning is a breeze with our simple lists of ten, covering the very best that Brussels, Bruges, Antwerp and Ghent have to offer and ensuring that you don't miss a thing. Best of all, the pocket-friendly format is light and easily portable; the perfect companion while out and about. DK Eyewitness Top 10 Brussels, Bruges, Antwerp and Ghentis is your ticket to the trip of a lifetime.

Inside DK Eyewitness Top 10 Brussels, Bruges, Antwerp and Ghent you will find:

- Top 10 lists of Brussels, Bruges, Antwerp and Ghent's must-sees, including Brussels' Grand Place, Antwerp's cathedral and Ghent's Adoration of the Mystic Lamb
- The most interesting areas, with the best places for sightseeing, food and drink, and shopping
- Themed lists, including the best Art Nouveau buildings in Brussels, art galleries, types of Belgian beer and much more
- Easy-to-follow itineraries, perfect for a day trip, a weekend, or a week
- A laminated pull-out map of Brussels, Bruges, Antwerp and Ghent, plus five full-color area maps

Looking for more on the culture, history and attractions? Try our DK Eyewitness Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp.

About DK Eyewitness:

At DK Eyewitness, we believe in the power of discovery. We make it easy for you to explore your dream destinations. DK Eyewitness travel guides have been helping travelers to make the most of their breaks since 1993. DK Eyewitness travel guides have been helping travelers to make the most of their breaks since 1993.Filled with expert advice, striking photography and detailed illustrations, our highly visual DK Eyewitness guides will get you closer to your next adventure. We publish guides to more than 200 destinations, from pocket-sized city guides to comprehensive country guides. Named Top Guidebook Series at the 2020 Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards, we know that wherever you go next, your DK Eyewitness travel guides are the perfect companion.

Cults, criminals, monsters, and maniacs abound in the highly anticipated debut collection from a writer quickly becoming known as one of the most unique and stylish voices in contemporary dark fiction.

This collection gathers 12 of the author's best and most celebrated stories published to date, as well as two brand new pieces, for a nightmarishly beautiful blend of hardboiled horror and occult noir ideal for fans of Keith Rosson, Johnny Compton, and Laird Barron. These tales meld terrors both subtle and shocking, classic and cutting-edge ...

An infamous influencer's grisly demise and alleged possession are investigated in The Mythologization of Tymber Prescott in Five Selected Photos (a 2022 Brave New Weird Award winner). Equal parts splatter and sentiment, 'Till the Road Runs Out (a Signal Horizon pick for best PseudoPod episodes of the year) sees a queer modern-day Bonnie and Clyde speeding toward their dream life run afoul of a feral cult that worships death. Elsewhere, readers will find an aging TV horror hostess forced to contend with the unexpected loss of her job and thwart the twisted fantasy of a violent predator on Halloween night; an ambitious student pursuing a missing author all the way to the grave (and beyond) using clues in the vanished man's final manuscript; and a cynical photojournalist who discovers escalating horrors at the scene of a gruesome car crash, which may not be the accident it initially appears.

These are just a few of the macabre revelations awaiting those brave enough to explore the pages of Gargoyle Safari by Luciano Marano, whose writing has for years earned outspokenly generous praise from editors and readers alike.

Featuring a special introduction by C.M. Muller.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Peter Jackson's award-winning film trilogy, the first part of Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, is reissued with an exclusive cover image from the film.

Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power - the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring - the ring that rules them all - which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins.

In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings, this first part of the epic tale of fantasy is reissued with an exclusive cover image of the award-winning trilogy.

Your Complete Companion for Maryland MCAP Grade 5 Math Success

Old Line State excellence begins with practice. 5 MCAP Grade 5 Math Practice Tests gives Maryland fifth graders five full-length practice tests built for the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program. Aligned with current state standards, this workbook serves teachers, parents, homeschool families, and tutors. It addresses every Grade 5 Math skill-operations, fractions, decimals, geometry, measurement, and data-in formats that mirror the actual MCAP exam.

Every test replicates MCAP format, question types, and rigor. Aligned with 2026 Maryland Grade 5 Math standards, the five assessments deliver comprehensive coverage. Answer keys include thorough explanations that support reteaching and independent review. The printable format fits classroom instruction, small groups, intervention, or independent study. Educators can use results to drive mastery-based learning and targeted support.

- Aligned with Maryland MCAP Grade 5 Math standards

- Five complete practice tests with authentic question types

- Comprehensive answer keys with clear explanations

- Supports skill mastery and test-taking confidence

- Suitable for classroom, homeschool, and tutoring

- Print-and-go format for flexible use

Maryland educators seeking fifth grade math practice tests for the MCAP will find this workbook invaluable. Five full-length tests cover every content domain and question format. Use it as a benchmark, diagnostic, or ongoing practice tool. The printable resource supports differentiation and mastery-based learning. Parents and homeschoolers benefit from explanations that clarify both answers and strategies.

Equip Maryland fifth graders for the MCAP with practice that pays off. This workbook delivers comprehensive coverage and saves prep time. Teachers, parents, and tutors will see stronger readiness and confidence.

Ingredients

Vibrant fusion of fiction, folklore and food

Jamaica's culture, wisdom and the healing power of plants

Storytelling meeting the kitchen pot

Characters whose lives are transformed through plant-based meals and personal awakenings

The mysterious guidance of Mama Inez, a matriarch whose spirit stirs both heart and heritage

The rich flavors and rhythms of Jamaica, where food becomes a bridge between tradition, wellness and self-discovery

Instructions

Get real, wholesome Jamaican, plant-based recipes; perfect whether you're just curious about plant-based eating, adding new dishes to your weekly table, or embracing a fully plant-powered lifestyle.

Discover how food can heal, connect and empower, and taste the stories of a Jamaica where every meal tells a tale.

The Beautiful Work: Contemplation On Why We Teach is a spiritual correspondence between the staff of De La Salle North Catholic High School in Portland, Oregon, and the writings of St. John Baptist de La Salle, the Patron Saint of Teaching. Drawing from his experience as Principal and Director of Mission, Tim Joy weaves day-to-day high school moments in his weekly Sunday night emails to his staff, along with imagined visitations from the pivotal life of John Baptist de La Salle. In the long arc of a single school year, the staff's unceasing work among students emerges as a consequential moral act.

The Beautiful Work is a direct message from the mission field of education to amplify the vital nature of the profession, to elevate the dignity of all those who work in schools, and to restore the work as a sacred enterprise requiring adults to submit to their calling and embrace its grave and transcendent responsibilities.

What if resilience wasn't something you're born with, but something you could train?

In Resilience is a Muscle, Laurie Carey; CEO, educator, and mother of four, reveals how the science of the brain holds the key to enduring life's hardest moments and emerging stronger. Drawing from neuroscience, psychology, and lived experience, this book breaks down how we process stress, fear, loss, and change - and how we can retrain the mind to recover faster, stay clear under pressure, and lead with strength.

This is not a book about "bouncing back." It's a framework for mental conditioning. You'll learn how to build emotional stability, how to navigate triggers without shutting down, and how to create psychological safety for yourself and for the people who depend on you.

Carey is the founder of Nebula Professional Development Academy, which delivers technical and workforce development training, and We Connect The Dots, Inc., a nonprofit focused on creating career awareness and opportunity for young adults, adults, and underserved communities. The mission behind this book is bigger than personal growth: it is about preparing humans, all of us, for a world of continuous change driven by technology and accelerated by AI.

As automation and AI reshape work, identity, belonging, and economic stability, resilience is no longer "nice to have." It's job readiness. It's leadership readiness. It's community survival.

This book also has a purpose beyond its pages. Proceeds and visibility from Resilience is a Muscle support the ongoing work of We Connect The Dots, Inc. After years of doing critical community work while depending on unpredictable government funding, the organization is focused on building a more stable, sustainable model - one that can fund operations, train future talent, and keep delivering career pathways, workforce development, and resilience training where they're needed most.

Whether you're a leader navigating uncertainty, a parent trying to raise resilient humans, a young adult trying to find your footing in an unstable world, or someone who's been knocked down and is tired of pretending you're fine - this book gives you language, tools, and a way forward.

Resilience is not genetic. It's built. And we need it now.

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"Palms on the Cape is a page turning, delicious escape with a main character you can't help but root for, a charming slow-burn friends-to-lovers romance, an enviable found family, and a touch of intrigue. I loved it!" -Meredith Schorr, author of Roommating

After a tumultuous childhood with a mother she describes as "a train wreck compounded by a dumpster fire that smelled like cheap perfume," Rachel Sinclair has made a life for herself. On the verge of turning forty, her upscale beach bar-Palms on the Cape-is packed with vacationers and regulars throughout the busy Cape Cod summer season. She has surrounded herself with a chosen family of devoted staff and great friends, including her best friend, Carlos...who she might be in love with.

When a visiting study group from a Vermont business school, known as the A-List, descends on Rachel's bar in late August, she gets pulled in by the charms of their leader, Tripper, a younger man with good looks, access, and tremendous connections in the restaurant industry.

But when Rachel learns of the A-List's plans to take over her business, she must decide if it's worth the gamble to join forces with an unlikely ally or risk losing everything she has worked for.

Paris, 2043.

With just sixty hours left to live, legendary patriarch Mackey McGill's grandson summons investigative journalist Thomas "TJ" Elliott to a château in Paris-not to explain the past, but to shape what survives it.

Mackey is determined to die on his own terms. What he hasn't prepared for is what the truth may cost the people he leaves behind.

As TJ is drawn into Mackey's final reckoning, letters long hidden and secrets carefully buried begin to surface, revealing a life formed after postwar America, tested by the upheavals of the 1960s and another war that altered everyone it touched, and carried forward into the seductive worlds of fashion, art, and nightlife in Paris, New York, and Milan.

Moving between eras and continents, Sixty Hours Till Sunset traces the rise of a charismatic man whose ambition, desire, and carefully curated myths shaped-and damaged-some people around him. As the clock runs down, TJ must decide whether telling the truth will bring redemption...or destroy what remains.

Elegant, provocative, and emotionally charged, Sixty Hours Till Sunset is a novel about legacy, masculinity, sexuality, and the stories we tell to survive-asking whether honesty can save us when time no longer can.

Xavier

After a mission gone wrong, the life of valor I once led bleeds away one drink at a time. But a brother-in-arms from my past needs my help, so I reluctantly agree. The assignment: transport a scientist and her antidote to a base on the west coast for international security.

As we race against the clock and face danger at every turn, I become fixated on more than just the mission. For someone so accustomed to feeling nothing, she makes me want to feel everything.

Isabel

Shaking off the tatted, sardonic hired bodyguard isn't as easy as I'd hoped. My sharp tongue and defiant nature are supposed to chip away his resolve and allow me to arrive at my destination solo. But my efforts are stirring something in him-something I shouldn't want from a man like him. The more protective he becomes, the harder I fight to resist the desires hidden in my guarded heart. Because if I let him in, I don't think he'll give me back.

Especially once he learns I'm the reason he's lost everything once before.

Sophia and Alex Prepare for Kindergarten prepares preschoolers as they transition to kindergarten during summer break. This 32-page beautifully illustrated picture book gives parents a tool to ensure their child is ready on their first day of class.Advance Books is a publisher of children bilingual books containing side-by-side Russian and English text. Our books are similarly translated into other world languages in paperback version. The Sophia and Alex 10-book series is intended to ensure early dual-language learners feel connected with the wondrous world around them. Reading the series will help bilingual children reach higher levels of creativity, curiosity, cognition, social awareness and emotional wellbeing, all conducive in preparation for subsequent language immersion programs.Follow Sophia and Alex through their first five books as they navigate the classroom and integrate their learnings back into the home. Continue the journey in the next five books, due to release in the spring of 2020. You will relish the diversity of charters and fall in love with Sophia and Alex as they experience daily life events as seen through the eyes of a child.The beautifully illustrated pages tell the story, and the stories will undoubtedly connect you with your child or grandchild through the sharing of a common language and culture.We invite parents and children to celebrate the diversity of life, and support the effort to publish more bilingual works for our young readers.

Hope at Work: 5 Principles to Breathe Life into Your Organization is a timely, evidence-based leadership book that establishes hope as a practical force in organizational life. Drawing on three decades of consulting and research, it speaks directly to leaders navigating rising demands for meaning, trust, and performance at work.

At its core, Hope at Work presents hope as a leadership practice. The book introduces five interdependent principles-Possibility, Agency, Worth, Openness, and Connection-that together form a framework for action. When these principles are present, organizations do not simply feel better; they perform better.

Through real-world stories, Perry and Hutson show how hope becomes operational when grounded in respect for human worth and collective action. Hope enables honest engagement with reality while keeping people moving forward-even under radical uncertainty and extraordinary pressure.

"In Hope at Work, Barbara Perry and Harry Hutson offer organizations a gift we urgently need: a framework for turning hope from sentiment into a shared capability-a disciplined, collective practice that fuels belonging, resilience, and meaningful progress."

• JERRY COLONNA, Author of Reboot and Reunion

"I love this book. It is beautiful and written in a way that translates years of observation, research and stories about hope in the workplace into something interesting, provocative, usable and potentially powerful."

• EDNA MORRIS, Board Chair, Tractor Supply Company

"In a world being rapidly shaped by AI and uncertainty, Hope at Work offers the human grounding leaders desperately need to build organizations where people can still see-and shape-a better future."

-JOHN WINSOR, Open Assembly and Harvard Business School

Barbara Perry, Ph.D., is a cultural anthropologist who has advised the tribes we call organizations for 50 years. Her work, rooted in the intersection of culture, organizational learning, and hope, has been applied to a wide variety of organizational challenges from innovation to large scale systemic transformation.

Harry Hutson, Ph.D., is a leadership development professional who works with organizations worldwide, as a coach, consultant, and educator. Earlier in his career, he held senior human resources and organizational development roles at Cummins, Avery Dennison, Global Knowledge, and Devon Energy.

The Nazis wanted her champagne. The critics wanted her erased. Lily Bollinger refused to surrender.

1940: In occupied France, the Bollinger cellars are a battlefield. Newly widowed Lily must host the Nazi Weinführer while Resistance fighters hide in the chalk tunnels directly beneath her feet. To protect her legacy, Lily becomes a master of deception-outwitting the Reich by day and defying them by night, bound by a dangerous secret and a mysterious lover known as the Commodore.

1970: Lily reigns as the undisputed "Dame of Champagne," but the new decade brings new enemies. From triumphant tours of America to high-stakes court battles in London, she has conquered the world-yet her own house is under siege. As feuding nephews tear at the empire from within and a venomous critic dismisses her as a relic, Lily makes her move.

In her most audacious gamble, Lily forges an unbreakable bond between Bollinger and the world's most sophisticated spy: James Bond.

As her seventy-fifth birthday looms, Lily executes one final maneuver to secure her empire. But when her rarest vintage is uncorked, a long-buried truth resurfaces-proving her greatest achievement wasn't just the wine she saved, but the secrets she kept.

Two eras. One legacy. A woman who proves the finest vintages are impossible to crush.

What if the fears you carry were never entirely your own?

Adopted in infancy, Hannah Glass lives an anxious and guarded life shaped by early exposure to trauma. At fourteen, she watched the 9/11 terrorist attacks unfold on television; years

later, she witnessed her fiancé's sudden death. Now an accomplished investigative journalist, Hannah begins to search for the story of her birth mother. While pursuing a professional

assignment to interview a renowned trauma expert, she is drawn into a mysterious inheritance from a long-lost relative-diaries and family histories that trace her ancestry to Holocaust-era Europe and earlier histories of persecution and survival.

This easy-to-follow guide shows you exactly how to use Google Chromecast with Google TV (4K), step by step, with no confusion and no technical jargon.
Designed especially for beginners and seniors, this updated user guide walks you through everything from setup to advanced features in clear, simple language.
Inside this book, you'll discover:

• How to set up Chromecast quickly and correctly
• How to navigate the Google TV interface with confidence
• How to use the voice remote and Google Assistant
• How to install, manage, and update streaming apps
• How to stream movies, TV shows, and live TV
• How to cast from phones, tablets, and computers
• How to customize accessibility and comfort settings
• How to use parental controls and family-friendly features
• How to connect Chromecast with smart home devices
• How to fix common problems fast, without frustration
• How to optimize Wi-Fi and performance for smooth 4K streaming
• How to maintain your device and stay future-ready

Whether you're setting up your first streaming device or helping a loved one, this guide gives you everything you need to enjoy Google TV with confidence.
Simple. Clear. Stress-free.
This is the Chromecast guide you've been looking for.

Sisters Beth and Ellen have always been very close. Ellen-the youngest of three daughters-is the emotional one, always seeking attention and, at times, acting "funny" to get it. The rest of the family dismisses Ellen's behavior as "overdramatizing."

But as Ellen matures, the boundaries between her fantasy life and reality blur until, when she becomes a mother, her family is forced to act. Despite her responsibilities to her own growing family, Beth repeatedly tries to save her sister, risking her own stable life until she is in danger of losing it all.

Finally, filled with guilt and anguish over how Ellen's actions are affecting the rest of the family, Beth must decide how much she can sacrifice to save the sister she loves.

Praise for Racing Into the Dark

"Vivid and honest, dramatic and without pat resolutions: an impressive debut."

-Kirkus Reviews

"A compelling exploration of mental illness...Emotionally gripping."

-Booklist