"From a New York Times bestselling author comes this poignant, lyrical tale about nature's great escape artist-perfect for fans of the Oscar-winning documentary film My Octopus Teacher.
The octopus is happy in his undersea cave until one day, a diver captures him and takes him to live in an aquarium. The humans give him food and tests that look like toys. But every day is the same, and the octopus soon tires of captive life. And so, under the cover of darkness, he makes his daring escape...
Maile Meloy and Felicita Sala bring us a story full of excitement and heart, about the thrill of hard-won freedom and the pull of home."
"Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Do Not Become Alarmed, written and read by Maile Meloy.
When Liv and Nora decide to take their husbands and children on a holiday cruise, everyone is thrilled. The ship's comforts and possibilities seem infinite. But when they all go ashore in beautiful Central America, a series of minor mishaps lead the families further from the ship's safety.
One minute the children are there, and the next they're gone.
What follows is a heart-racing story told from the perspectives of the adults and the children, as the distraught parents - now turning on one another and blaming themselves - try to recover their children and their shattered lives."
"It's 1955, and Benjamin Burrows and Janie Scott are trying to live a safe, normal life in America. It's not easy, when they have the power to prevent nuclear disaster, and sinister forces are circling. Soon the advice of a mysterious, unscrupulous magician propels Janie and Benjamin into danger, and toward the land of the dead.
Meanwhile, their friend Jin Lo washes up on a remote island where an American spy is stationed, and finds herself on the trail of a deadly threat in China. But she's on the other side of the world-how can Janie and Benjamin reach her?
The triumphant finale in the trilogy that began with Maile Meloy's bestselling, critically acclaimed The Apothecary, and continued in its captivating sequel, The Apprentices, The After-Room is full of enchantment and heart, with Ian Schoenherr's stunning illustrations throughout."
"Two years have passed since Janie Scott last saw Benjamin Burrows, the mysterious apothecary's defiant son who stole her heart. On the other side of the world, Benjamin and his father are treating the sick and wounded in the war-torn jungles of Vietnam.
But Benjamin has also been experimenting with a magical new formula that allows him to communicate with Janie across the globe. When Benjamin discovers that she's in trouble, he calls on their friend Pip for help. The three friends are thrown into a desperate chase around the world to find one another, while unraveling the mystery of what threatens them all.
Acclaimed author Maile Meloy seamlessly weaves together magic and adventure in this breathtaking sequel with stunning illustrations by Ian Schoenherr."
"What happens to people's lives during times of battle and strife? From the American Revolution to the ongoing war in Iraq, the subject of this collection is how people cope with the dramatic shifts that come with war. Before Independence, a slave fights for freedom by taking up arms for the British; in WWI, a mother goes to the front lines to see her son; and in our time, a teenager in Oregon waits for e-mail from his father in the Middle East."
"Romance is in the air, tempting the imagination. Stirring tales of love, longing and desire. A great gift for your loved ones.
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Rick Bass's 'Fires'
performed by Ted Marcoux
In the Rockies, a woman sets fire to a parched field to take the plunge into the pool of love.
- Padgett Powell's 'The Winnowing of Mrs. Schuping'
performed by Christina Pickles
An eccentric southern dame cleans up her act and finds love.
- Laurie Colwin's 'The Lone Pilgrim'
performed by Hope Davis
A New York artist longs for love and marital domesticity.
- E. Nesbit's 'Melisande'
performed by Jane Curtin
A delicious fairy tale about a princess with a terrible curse.
- Edna O'Brien's 'Violets'
performed by Fionnula Flanagan
A subtle portrait of a woman caught in an impossible affair.
- Maile Meloy's 'Travis, B.'
performed by William Hurt
A Western love story between a lonesome cowboy and a city gal."
