New Releases by Milena

You check your phone over a hundred times a day. You feel the pull of notifications, the low hum of digital chatter, the nagging sense that your attention is no longer your own. *Unplug* is not about rejecting technology—it’s about choosing when and how to engage. Drawing on decades of research reviewed by major health organizations, this book shows how small shifts in awareness can break the cycle of constant distraction. You’ll learn to recognize the triggers that pull you into endless scrolling, cultivate micro-moments of focus, and rebuild your capacity for deep presence. With practical exercises for mornings, work, and relationships, you’ll discover that mindfulness is not another task to add to your list—it’s a way of uncluttering your mind. The result: less anxiety, better sleep, stronger connections, and a life that feels spacious rather than fragmented. No gimmicks. No guilt. Just a gentle, science-based path to taking back your time. Part of The Sagewell Wellness Library.

Do you often feel like your brain is a browser with too many tabs open, each one demanding attention? That constant sense of mental clutter, where even small tasks feel monumental, is what we call everyday overwhelm. In From Frazzled to Focused, Milena Kovac Ashford offers a gentle, evidence-informed path back to clarity and calm. This is not a productivity system demanding more from you—it is an invitation to do less with more presence. Drawing on widely accepted neuroscience and practical psychology, the book explores why our brains get stuck in overload and how we can skillfully reset. You will learn to recognize early signs of overwhelm, quiet the inner critic, and build simple routines that protect your focus. Through compassionate exercises and relatable examples, you will discover how to slow down without guilt, set boundaries that stick, and reclaim your ability to concentrate on what matters. Whether you are navigating a demanding career, family responsibilities, or the noise of modern life, this book offers a trustworthy compass. Part of The Sagewell Wellness Library.

Do you feel uncomfortably bloated after meals, or wake up with a tight, distended stomach that lingers throughout the day? You are not alone—and there is a way to break free. Beat the Bloat offers a clear, compassionate roadmap to understanding and soothing your digestive system. Based on widely accepted medical and nutritional science, this book helps you identify your personal triggers—from certain foods and eating patterns to stress and gut microbiome imbalances—without resorting to extreme diets or quick fixes. You’ll learn practical strategies like mindful eating, gentle movement, and targeted meal timing that can dramatically reduce bloating within weeks. Each chapter builds on the last, guiding you step by step toward a calmer, more comfortable relationship with food and your body. Whether you experience occasional puffiness or chronic discomfort, this plan meets you where you are. No gimmicks, no shame—just solid, actionable advice you can trust. Part of The Sagewell Wellness Library.

Every scroll, every like, every carefully filtered photo reinforces a quiet habit: measuring your life against someone else’s highlight reel. This habit—the comparison trap—erodes self-worth, fuels anxiety, and leaves you feeling perpetually behind. Yet the pull is so subtle that most of us don’t notice we’re caught until the damage is done. Drawing on the latest research in social psychology and neuroscience, Milena Kovac Ashford explains why our brains are wired to compare, how social media exploits that wiring, and what you can do to break free. This book won’t ask you to quit your phone or pretend envy doesn’t exist. Instead, you’ll learn concrete strategies to reframe comparisons as information rather than judgment, cultivate genuine self-acceptance, and redesign your digital life so it supports rather than undermines your peace of mind. With a warm, evidence-informed voice, Ashford guides you through a step-by-step process to unlearn the comparison habit and reclaim your attention, confidence, and joy. Part of The Sagewell Wellness Library.

You're exhausted from managing the household schedules, remembering birthdays, smoothing over conflicts, and tracking every detail that keeps your shared life running. Your partner probably doesn't notice half of what you do—and when you try to explain, it sounds like criticism. This is emotional labor, the invisible work of maintaining harmony and making things happen. In this compassionate, research-informed guide, Milena Kovac Ashford helps you name what's wearing you down and offers clear, practical steps for sharing the load more fairly. Drawing on decades of consensus from relationship researchers, therapists, and couples who've rebuilt their partnerships, this book walks you through the real patterns that create imbalance and the communication shifts that can repair them. You'll learn to map your workload, talk about it without blame, and build habits that prevent resentment from returning. Whether you're the partner doing too much or the one who wants to show up better, this book offers a path toward genuine partnership. Part of The Sagewell Wellness Library.

"Es ist komisch, zu tun, was man nicht tun will und sich dann selbst nicht zu mögen. Aber irgendwie machen das die meisten von den Großen." Ilé ist ein kleines Mädchen mit flammendem Temperament und sie ist eine Traumfigur. In nächtlichen Streifzügen durch eine Welt, die nur ihre eigenen Regeln kennt, trifft die Ich-Erzählerin auf das Kind, das sich schlicht weigert, sich in fremden Erwartungen zu verlieren. Der gemeinsame Weg zu Ilés Eltern ist gesäumt von allerhand skurrilen Begegnungen: mit einer Chimäre, einer Zahlenzüchterin, dem Vogelfänger und der Königin der Nacht sowie der geheimnisvollen Nemilia, die über die Erwartungen anderer hinwegtanzt, als wären sie Luft. Ilé ist eine Liebeserklärung an das individuelle und kollektive Unbewusste und an die Tiefe, die nicht dunkel ist, sondern bunt pulsiert.

Putting a Witcher twist on family life, this delightful collection of comics features Geralt of Rivia as your average monster-slaying dad, trying to raise young Ciri to be a good kid while teaching her all about life as a witcher—a perfect gift for parents and The Witcher fans of all ages. Young Ciri''s extensive training at Kaer Morhen, the witchers'' stronghold, includes everything she needs to learn to survive the many threats in her world . . . as well as all the antics and fun of a little girl bonding with her adoptive dad and family. With help from Geralt and Ciri''s closest companions—including the motherly magic of Yennefer of Vengerberg and the wisdom of uncle Vesemir—these adorable tales of a non-traditional family will make you laugh, make you sigh, and make you realize that raising a Little Witcher is not that different from raising any other kid. Sure, bedtime stories might include warnings of monsters who fart when surprised, and Geralt might invoke the Witcher Code to get Ciri to brush her teeth or clean her room, but even the formidable White Wolf knows to surrender when it comes to bedtime battles or Afternoon Tea with the toys. The Little Witcher is perfect for: The Witcher fans raising little Ciris of their own Readers who believe in the power of chosen families Baby showers (don’t forget Dad!) Father’s Day or Mother’s Day gifts Players looking for a light-hearted twist on their favorite game Families who like cute, magical comics The Witcher fans looking to spend more time in Kaer Morhen

This book navigates the complexities of local real estate taxation in the dynamic region of Central and Eastern Europe, providing a meticulous analysis of the diverse approaches taken across the region. From Poland to Hungary, Romania to the Czech Republic, this book explores the historical roots and evolution of local real estate tax, its importance in municipal fiscal policy and its impact on communities. This book analyses the motives and models used by municipal authorities in their calculations around real estate tax and considers whether they are primarily a fiscal tool, related to budget revenues, or stimulants for future growth aimed at boosting local socio‐economic development. It also explores whether municipalities compete with neighbouring entities on taxation and the extent to which the political cycle and the meeting of voter demands and expectations play a role. This book will be of great interest to readers in public economics and finance, taxation policy and law, local government and the CEE region more broadly. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.

This booklet is a manifesto in favour of a Muslim sociology focused on change and development, social justice/equity and multiculturalism. If Muslim sociology is based on interdisciplinarity and open research, it can represent an important force to struggle for human rights in Muslim countries. In particular, Muslim sociology can be an important non-eurocentric force in the struggle against slavery in Mauritania, the last stronghold of the Muslim world where slavery is still practised. Muslim sociology can overcome the still existing dialectics between aboli-tionism and anti-abolitionism in Muslim communi-ties by showing how the core message of the Quran can be exclusively abolitionist. By explaining different methods and approaches of Muslim sociology and by affirming the importance of opposing to positivism in sociology, the author Milena Rampoldi shows how microsociology and macrosociology must be integrated dynamically in order to deeply understand the relationships between master and slave and at the same time the institution of slavery based on racial discrimination, perpetuation of rape, and total reification of human beings who were born free. Muslim sociology is a discipline based on inclusion, promotion of knowledge/competence, respect and struggle for human rights.

This work is justified in view of the emergence of the theme, in the face of a virus that changed the reality of the entire planet. In dentistry, many studies are still needed to clarify the interactions that the SARS-CoV-2 virus has on periodontal conditions. This work compiled various aspects of interaction between Covid-19 and other systemic conditions, in addition to highlighting the main problems affecting epidemiology in Brazil and other countries.

This book - is my offering. Poems do not need to rhyme or look pretty - they have to be ripped out of your soul. With those poems I hope to inspire other people or atleast make them think twice.

Milena Michiko Flašar's Mr Katō Plays Family is an eccentric second-lease-on-life novel for fans of A Man Called Ove and Beautiful World, Where Are You. Mr Katō—a curmudgeon and recent retiree—finds his only solace during his daily walks, where he wonders how his life went wrong and daydreams about getting a dog (which his wife won’t allow). During one of these walks, he is approached by a young woman. She calls herself Mie, and invites him to join her business Happy Family, where employees act as part-time relatives or acquaintances for clients in need, for whatever reason, if only for a day. At first reluctant, but then intrigued, he takes the job without telling his wife or adult children. Through the many roles he takes on, Mr Katō rediscovers the excitement and spontaneity of life, and re-examines his role in his own family. Using lessons learned with his “play families,” he strives to reconnect with his loved ones, to become the father and husband they deserve, and to live the life he’s always wanted. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Narrativa - racconto lungo (35 pagine) - Una storia ispirata dalla canzone Child in Time dei Deep Purple. Un racconto su come la musica ci aiuta a interpretare il mondo che ci circonda. E a comprendere la nostra vera anima. Giada e Davide: una giovane coppia prossima al matrimonio. Così diversi e così fatti uno per l’altra, pare. Due facce della luna fuse alla perfezione tra loro. Lui: biondone dagli occhi cerulei e lineamenti teutonici, con la pelle tendente all’olivastro. Lei: mediterranea in tutto, tranne che nell’incarnato pallidissimo. Brad Pitt e Morticia Addams in giro a braccetto. Lui: corpo scolpito in palestra, cibi sani, alcolici sporadici e moderati. Lei: fisicamente pigra, mai messo piede dal parrucchiere o dall’estetista, amante del cibo spazzatura, della birra e della vodka. Lui: abbigliamento classico, elegante con stile sobrio e sempre appropriato. Lei: a metà strada tra il metallaro e l’hippie. Lui: stimato avvocato. Lei: scrittrice di racconti pornografici. Entrambi però ricchi di famiglia (per motivi ben differenti), fedeli, sinceri, solari, generosi, con valori comuni come l’amicizia, l’attenzione per il prossimo, il rispetto per la natura... Soprattutto: innamorati. Tutto fantastico, perfetto, incastrato, quindi? Eh, no... Perché a mettersi in mezzo arriva un capolavoro assoluto della musica moderna: Child in Time dei Deep Purple. Un racconto su come la musica ci aiuta a interpretare il mondo che ci circonda. E a comprendere la nostra vera anima. Milena Contini (Milano, 1981) è professoressa a contratto di Letteratura Italiana presso l’Università degli Studi di Torino e TD per l’area umanistica dell’Università eCampus, inoltre collabora con l’Universidade de Santiago de Compostela al progetto internazionale Arprego. Dal 2006 ad oggi ha insegnato Letterature comparate, Narratologia e Digital creativity presso diversi corsi di studio dell’Università di Torino (Dams, Lingue Straniere, Scienze della Formazione) e presso il corso di Ingegneria del Cinema del Politecnico di Torino. Ha sempre affiancato alla docenza l’attività di ricercatrice e la scrittura, sia di tipo scientifico sia di tipo creativo: ha pubblicato tre monografie (Le Afriche di Marinetti; Il diario di Emilia Doria di Dolceacqua; La felicità del savio), due edizioni critiche di commedie settecentesche (Il poeta; L’adulatore), oltre quaranta articoli scientifici e numerosi articoli per quotidiani e riviste (Tuttosport; E polis; Minerva; Correre nel verde; On the road; Il Pendolo). Fin dall’adolescenza si diverte a pubblicare in periodici e antologie racconti e poesie. Per Delos Digital, cura la collana Immortali, dedicata alla riproposta di opere della letteratura italiana.

This study analyzes the social significance of prefaces with reference to Bulgarian editions of American literature published between 1948 and 1998. Such prefaces present a diverse body of texts, in different voices, involving numerous actors in the cultural sphere. These raise a range of interesting questions. How do prefaces in Bulgaria structure American literary and cultural studies? What ideological dimensions are found in them through the communist period and immediately afterwards? How are questions about “race” mediated? What do they indicate about Bulgaria’s relations to the USA, the former USSR and other European countries? How aware are American Studies scholars of the underlying presumptions of their professional field? These and other important questions are carefully considered in this book, while exploring a large body of fascinating source material which has received little systematic attention so far.

Hitting rock bottom in the concrete jungle of Manhattan, investigative journalist Jamie Walker lands the assignment of a lifetime: find the most elusive artist of a generation, who has enthralled the art and fashion world for over a decade. This assignment is supposed to finally be Jamie's ticket to journalistic fame and fortune. The quest, however, proves to be difficult, as -- so far -- nobody has managed to discover who the legendary DeVor really is. As Jamie delves deeper into the mysteriers surrounding the enigmatic artist, trying to salvage her stagnant career, she risks getting in over her head and losing her heart in the process.

Between Empire and Nation tells the story of the transformation of the Muslim community in modern Bulgaria during a period of imperial dissolution, conflicting national and imperial enterprises, and the emergence of new national and ethnic identities. In 1878, the Ottoman empire relinquished large territories in the Balkans, with about 600,000 Muslims remaining in the newly-established Bulgarian state. Milena B. Methodieva explores how these former Ottoman subjects, now under Bulgarian rule, navigated between empire and nation-state, and sought to claim a place in the larger modern world. Following the Russo-Ottoman war of 1877–1878, a movement for cultural reform and political mobilization gained momentum within Bulgaria's sizable Muslim population. From 1878 until the 1908 Young Turk revolution, this reform movement emerged as part of a struggle to redefine Muslim collective identity while engaging with broader intellectual and political trends of the time. Using a wide array of primary sources and drawing on both Ottoman and Eastern European historiographies, Methodieva approaches the question of Balkan Muslims' engagement with modernity through a transnational lens, arguing that the experience of this Muslim minority provides new insight into the nature of nationalism, citizenship, and state formation.

A chance encounter. An unforgettable night. And back home, trouble is brewing on the remote island of Three Dragons, where nothing feels like it used to. Alone and lonely, Sam Threadneedle wishes upon a star, hoping for change. But when said change comes, it''s with a roar and not a whimper. Torn between loyalty and lust, Sam is forced to reevaluate everything. Can she and the Home of Dragons withstand the storm that is Magdalene Nox, or will any and all crumble? Not everything is as it seems, and as she slowly unravels the mysteries behind the centuries-old walls, Sam realizes that home is much more than oak and stone. Contains mature themes

This book is a collective journal of the COVID-19 pandemic. With first-hand accounts of the pandemic as it unfolded, it explores the social and the political through the lens of the outbreak. Featuring contributors located in India, the United States, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Bulgaria, the book presents us with simultaneous multiple histories of our time. The volume documents the beginning of social distancing and lockdown measures adopted by countries around the world and analyses how these bore upon prevailing social conditions in specific locations. It presents the authors’ personal observations in a lucid conversational style as they reflect on themes such as the reorganization of political debates and issues, the experience of the marginalized, theodicy, government policy responses, and shifts into digital space under lockdown, all of these under an overarching narrative of the healthcare and economic crisis facing the world. A unique and engaging contribution, this book will be useful to students and researchers of sociology, public health, political economy, public policy, and comparative politics. It will also appeal to general readers interested in pandemic literature.

The Zero Waste Shop Revolution by Milena Glimbovski - founder of Germany’s first zero waste shop – is the story of a woman who made a difference. In 2014, Milena Glimbovski had the bold idea to open a plastic-free supermarket "Original Unverpackt". At the time, the idea felt like a long shot. Many years, TED talks, successes, and failures later, Milena Glimbovski has arisen as an icon in the global zero waste movement. In her book, she talks of her experiences, the zero waste movement, and each recipe, trick, and life-hack she learned on her journey. The journey is inspiring and its telling is both sincere and scathingly funny. “There is a better way” ‘’If you’re currently sitting at home, in lockdown, tired of skipping through reruns of your favorite shows, and wondering how you can make a difference; do yourself a favor and read this book’’

This book highlights Belgrade, reviewing its recent and historical developments and emphasizing its major ongoing planning projects. The book is divided into eight chapters. The first, entitled The urban, political and socioeconomic rise and fall of Belgrade through its history, introduces the reader to the city, and is followed by a chapter on Belgrade’s urban plans through history. The book continues with a chapter on one of the major urban projects in the former Yugoslavia, the construction of New Belgrade, its development and results, entitled New Belgrade: from no man’s land to modern city. In turn, the following three chapters explore three dominant contemporary topics: Belgrade’s riverfront redevelopment; Reimaging Belgrade: the case of Savamala; and Sustainable Belgrade. Expansion of the pedestrian zone in the city center. The book draws to a close with a chapter on Future predictions: South-Eastern European metropolis of the 21st century. This chapter in particular discusses large city projects and includes predictions about the city’s future.

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Tens of thousands of Eritreans make perilous voyages across Africa and the Mediterranean Sea every year. Why do they risk their lives to reach European countries where so many more hardships await them? By visiting family homes in Eritrea and living with refugees in camps and urban peripheries across Ethiopia, Sudan, and Italy, Milena Belloni untangles the reasons behind one of the most under-researched refugee populations today. Balancing encounters with refugees and their families, smugglers, and visa officers, The Big Gamble contributes to ongoing debates about blurred boundaries between forced and voluntary migration, the complications of transnational marriages, the social matrix of smuggling, and the role of family expectations, emotions, and values in migrants’ choices of destinations.

What role can strategic thinking play in contemporary sport management? It can be the difference between leading or languishing – it’s that important! Covering sport at all levels, from community-based sport to elite sport, this is the first textbook to focus on strategic management in a sport context. The book introduces the fundamentals of strategic planning, environmental analyses, strategic direction and leadership, strategy formulation and selection, implementation, strategic control, and change management. Designed to encourage students to develop a strategic mindset, as well as critical thinking and problem-solving skills, the book unpacks key concepts such as leadership, governance, organizational change, and the multiple layers of strategy in sport. Full of real-world case studies from diverse, international sport business environments, and useful pedagogical features such as review questions and guides to online resources, this is an essential text for any sport management course and an invaluable resource for sport development, recreation management, or events management courses.

La quotidianitat transformada en delicioses peces literàries de la mà de l’autora de També això passarà. De vegades, en el fullejar distret d’un diari, trobes escrits que esquiven la immediatesa i que t’enlairen i et fan badar, rumiar i somriure. Homes elegants és una recopilació dels millors articles que Milena Busquets ha publicat a la premsa després de l’èxit internacional de la seva novel·la També això passarà. Peces curtes que limiten amb el dietarisme, l’anecdotari i la crònica literària i social. Seleccionats amb cura i reunits ara sota un mateix títol, aquests textos evidencien el talent i les línies mestres de l’univers creatiu de l’autora. De fet, tal com confessa al pròleg, estan escrits «amb el mateix impuls, la mateixa passió i la mateixa lògica» amb què escriu les novel·les. Entre vivències i situacions quotidianes, Milena Busquets s’ocupa d’incloure, amb gran precisió i elegància, càrregues de profunditat que conviden qui la llegeix al noble art d’aturar-se un moment i reflexionar. «Intento no avorrir i no avorrir-me, intento no repetir el que diu tothom, confesso que a vegades intento també empipar i molestar una mica, però només una mica. No escric per fer amics ni per congraciar-me amb ningú, ni per donar lliçons. Una vegada, un amic em va dir que escrivia “del meu temps i contra el meu temps”. I, com tots els escriptors, intento, sobretot, no trair-me, ser honesta.»

Discerning Experts assesses the assessments that many governments rely on to help guide environmental policy and action. Through their close look at environmental assessments involving acid rain, ozone depletion, and sea level rise, the authors explore how experts deliberate and decide on the scientific facts about problems like climate change. They also seek to understand how the scientists involved make the judgments they do, how the organization and management of assessment activities affects those judgments, and how expertise is identified and constructed. Discerning Experts uncovers factors that can generate systematic bias and error, and recommends how the process can be improved. As the first study of the internal workings of large environmental assessments, this book reveals their strengths and weaknesses, and explains what assessments can—and cannot—be expected to contribute to public policy and the common good.

The profound meaning of the way of the voice is very simple: everything that man seeks can be easily found through the voice. This book will show you how to become a guru and use your voice as a compass to find your voice, figure out which way to go and easily achieve personal fulfillment.

An irresistible, vivid, and wise story of one woman''s reckoning with loss and love Blanca is forty years old and motherless. Shaken by the unexpected death of the most important person in her life, she suddenly realizes that she has no idea what her future will look like. To ease her dizzying grief and confusion, Blanca turns to her dearest friends, her closest family, and a change of scenery. Leaving Barcelona behind, she returns to Cadaqués, on the coast, accompanied by her two sons, two ex-husbands, and two best friends, and makes a plan to meet her married lover for a few stolen moments as well. Surrounded by those she loves most, she spends the summer in an impossibly beautiful place, finding ways to reconnect and understand what it means to truly, happily live on her own terms, just as her mother would have wanted. A refreshingly frank and ruefully funny portrait of a grieving daughter, THIS TOO SHALL PASS explores how our deepest relationships are changed by tragedy, with bonds often becoming stronger in ways we never expected.