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THE WANDERLUST CREAMERY PRESENTS: THE WORLD OF ICE CREAM d’Adrienne Borlongan

Learn the art of artisanal ice–cream making from the flavor experts at LA–based popular ice cream chain Wanderlust Creamery.

THE WANDERLUST CREAMERY PRESENTS: THE WORLD OF ICE CREAM
by Adrienne Borlongan
Abrams, June 2024

With a family background in ice–cream making and a degree in food science, the flavor chemist behind LA–based Wanderlust Creamery, Adrienne Borlongan, turned her interest in recipe development and travel into a successful ice cream business. She and her husband, JP Lopez, started Wanderlust in 2017, and they now have seven stores that feature a rotating selection of around 400 different seasonal/regional flavors throughout the year. From reinvented classics with Asian flair like macadamia kona latte to bestselling Wanderlust flavors like oolong pineapple cake to « rice creams » like sticky rice mango and more, fans just can’t seem to get enough of their unique concoctions. And with THE WANDERLUST CREAMERY PRESENTS: THE WORLD OF ICE CREAM, ice cream enthusiasts will be able to learn the basics of ice–cream making and the science behind creating balanced flavor profiles. Featuring 80 deeply researched and developed ice cream flavors, this ultimate ice cream guide is full of recipes that celebrate the flavors, ingredients, and cultures from around the world. Making mouthwatering, one–of–a–kind global flavors from the comfort of your own home—no matter your skill level—has never been easier.

Adrienne Borlongan is a food science graduate of California State University Northridge (CSUN) and conceptualizes and crafts all of Wanderlust Creamery’s ice cream flavors. The granddaughter of a flavor chemist from Magnolia Ice Cream, Adrienne developed her palate and understanding of flavor theory while working as a mixologist, crafting multiple cocktail programs for SBE hospitality. She and her husband, JP Lopez, started LA–based Wanderlust Creamery in 2017, and they now have seven stores that feature a rotating selection of around 400 different seasonal/regional flavors throughout the year.

WOMEN MONEY POWER de Josie Cox

From an experienced financial journalist, the story of how women have fought for financial freedom, and the social and political hurdles that have keep them from equality.

WOMEN MONEY POWER
The Rise and Fall of Economic Equality
by Josie Cox
Abrams, March 2024

For centuries, women were denied equal access to money and the freedom and power that came with it. They were restricted from owning property or transacting in real estate. Even well into the 20th century, women could not take out their own loans or own bank accounts without their husband’s permission. They could be fired for getting married or pregnant, and if they still had a job, they could be kept from certain roles, restricted from working longer hours, and paid less than men for equal work.

It was a raw deal, and women weren’t happy with it. So they pushed back. In WOMEN MONEY POWER, financial journalist Josie Cox tells the story of women’s fight for financial freedom. This is an inspirational account of brave pioneers who took on social mores and the law, including the “Rosies” who filled industrial jobs vacated by men and helped win WWII, the heiress whose fortune helped create the birth control pill, the brassy investor who broke into the boys’ club of the New York Stock Exchange, and the namesake of landmark equal pay legislation who refused to accept discrimination.

But as any woman can tell you, the battle for equality—for money and power—is far from over. Cox delves deep into the challenges women face today and the culture and systems that hold them back. This is a fascinating narrative account of progress, women’s lives, and the work still to be done.

Josie Cox is a journalist, editor, and broadcaster with a particular interest in business, workplace culture, and equality. She has an extensive professional network and experience working for a broad range of media outlets in Germany, Switzerland, the UK, and the US, including Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, and The Independent, where she served as business editor. As a freelancer, her work has appeared in The Guardian, Fortune, Forbes, The Times and Sunday Times of London, and other publications. She has appeared as a commentator on CNN, Fox News, Al Jazeera, and Sky News, and is a regular guest on the BBC. Cox was a fully funded 2020/2021 Knight–Bagehot Fellow at Columbia Journalism School. She has an MBA from Columbia Business School and is also an associate instructor within the Strategic Communications program at Columbia’s School of Professional Studies. She lives in New York City.

MARVEL SUPER STORIES de Marvel Entertainment

The first–ever middle–grade anthology from Marvel Comics, featuring all–new comics stories by 15 all–star cartoonists.

MARVEL SUPER STORIES
(Book One)
by Marvel Entertainment with various contributors; edited by John Jennings
Amulet/Abrams, October 2023

Welcome to the Marvel Universe and the World Outside Your Window! The first volume in a brand–new middle–grade anthology series with Marvel Comics, edited by John Jennings. All of your favorite Marvel super heroes are here in all–new six page stories written and illustrated by some of the biggest names in comics for young readers. These mighty team–ups include—

Black Panther: Jerry Craft (New Kid),

Wiccan: Mike Curato (Flamer), Miles Morales

Spider–Man: C. G. Esperanza (Soul Food Sunday),

Iron Man: John Gallagher (Max Meow),

Shang–Chi: Gale Galligan (The Baby–Sitters Club),

The Hulk: Chris Giarrusso (G–Man),

Spider–Man: Nathan Hale (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales),

Captain America: Michael Lee Harris (Choco Leche),

Hawkeye: Ben Hatke (Zita the Spacegirl),

Ms. Marvel: Priya Huq (Piece by Piece: The Story of Nisrin’s Hijab),

Daredevil: John Jennings (Kindred: The Graphic Novel Adaptation),

Thor and Loki: George O’Connor (The Olympians),

Namor: Lincoln Peirce (Big Nate),

Squirrel Girl: Maria Scrivan (Nat Enough), and

Ghost Spider: Jessi Zabarsky (Witchlight).

This renowned roster takes a fun, fresh look at Marvel’s greatest super heroes, delivering all–new comics for fans of all ages.

Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly–owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character–based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media.

John Jennings, illustrator of the #1 New York Times bestseller, Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, is associate professor of visual studies at SUNY–Buffalo and has written several works on African American comics creators and is curator of the Megascope imprint at Abrams ComicArts. He lives in Riverside, California.

DEVOUR de Jazmine Joyner, illustré par Anthony Pugh

In this horror graphic novel, American Gods meets Get Out in a dark retelling of the West African legend of Anansi the Spider.

DEVOUR
by Jazmine Joyner; illustrated by Anthony Pugh
Abrams ComicArts, May 2024

In the Deep South, something evil waits in the darkness . . .

This horror graphic novel tells the story of the Turner family, who move to Alabama to care for their ailing matriarch, Vassie, when she begins suffering from dementia. But Vassie isn’t just any old lady; she’s the last of a line of powerful root women who have been caring for the community since her ancestors were first captured and enslaved by white plantation owners. When Patsy takes a closer look at the Turner family home, what she finds is beyond her wildest nightmares.

In a magical room beneath the house, Patsy discovers the source of her family’s legendary skills: the Ghanaian spider god Anansi. Driven mad by the suffering of the enslaved Africans who worshipped him, Anansi was eventually captured and contained by Patsy’s ancestors.

With their legacy and the god’s imprisonment in the balance, Patsy and her brother, Demetrius, will have to take up their grandmother’s mantle—while she can still remember who they are.

DEVOUR is a terrifying new fable that delivers thrills and chills in equal measure.

Jazmine Joyner is a Black disabled nonbinary femme who has been working in various parts of the comics industry for years. They are based in Southern California and have written for Women Write About Comics, The Comics MNT, and others. DEVOUR is their debut graphic novel.

Anthony Pugh has worked on various projects in the creative industry, including marketing, advertising, storyboard art, character design, and comic book art. Anthony has worked with companies like IDW, Comedy Central, Ogilvy x Adidas, Kid Robot, and Pepsi Cola.

THE VANISHING STATION d’Ana Ellickson

A lyrical and bold YA debut about an underground magic system in San Francisco—and the lengths one girl is willing to go to protect the ones she loves.

THE VANISHING STATION
by Ana Ellickson
Amulet/Abrams, April 2024

Eighteen–year–old Filipino American Ruby Santos has been unmoored since her mother’s death. She can’t apply to art school like she’s always dreamed, and she and her father have had to move into the basement of their home and rent out the top floor while they work to pay back her mother’s hospital bills.

Then Ruby finds out her father has been living a secret life as a delivery person for a magical underworld—he “jumps” train lines to help deliver packages for a powerful family. Recently, he’s fallen behind on deliveries (and deeper into alcoholism), and if his debts aren’t satisfied, they’re going to take her mother’s house. In an effort to protect her father and save all that remains of her mother, Ruby volunteers to take over her dad’s station and start jumping train lines.

But this is no ordinary job. Ruby soon realizes that the trains are much more than doors to romance and adventure: they’re also doors to trafficking illicit goods and fierce rivalries. As she becomes more entangled with the magical underworld and the mysterious boy who’s helped her to learn magic, she realizes too late that she may be in over her head. Can she free her father and save her mother’s house? Or has she only managed to get herself pulled into the dangerous web her father was trapped in?

Ana Ellickson writes about fierce girls, family curses, and everyday magic. THE VANISHING STATION is her debut novel, inspired by daydreams about jumping portals in the San Francisco subway. Roman the Renegade–her graphic novel script about street art and Filipino monsters–was awarded the 2021 New Visions Honor by Lee & Low Books. She lives in sunny Santa Barbara.