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A boy befriends a young caveman in this modern children’s classic of friendship and adventure. Barney isn’t supposed to go near the chalk pit. His grandmother and sister both told him the edge could give way and he could fall in—but what else is he supposed to do on a miserable gray day? It’s not long before Barney falls into the pit and bumps his head. But where he lands is more than an old garbage dump: It’s a home. There’s a little hut built out of discarded junk, and more surprisingly, there’s a boy, about Barney’s age, inside. He speaks in grunts instead of English, wears a rabbit-skin loincloth, has shaggy black hair, and might be named something that sounds like “Stig.” Barney befriends him immediately. Together, Barney and Stig go on all sorts of adventures, building a chimney for Stig’s hut, joining a foxhunt, stopping robbers, and catching a leopard escaped from the circus! Barney and Stig’s escapades have been delighting children for more than fifty years, while addressing important topics such as bullying, recycling, and language barriers. This timeless classic is sure to captivate readers young and old with its wit, imagination, and sense of adventure.

Ruth Galloway—whom #1 New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny calls “a captivating amateur sleuth”—investigates a string of murders deep within the abandoned tunnels of Norwich in award-winning mystery. Winner of the CWA Dagger in the Library Award ¶ Far below Norwich is a maze of old mining tunnels. When Ruth Galloway is called to examine a set of human remains in one of them, she notices the bones are almost translucent, a sign they were boiled soon after death. Once more, she finds herself at the helm of a murder investigation. Meanwhile, DCI Nelson is looking for a homeless woman who he hears has gone “underground.” Could she have disappeared into the labyrinth? And if so, is she connected to the body Ruth found? As Ruth and Nelson investigate the tunnels, they hear rumors of secret societies, cannibalism, and ritual killings. And when a dead body is found with a map of what seems to be the full maze, they realize their hunt for the killer has only just begun—and that more bodies may be underfoot. ¶ The Ruth Galloway series is:¶ “Remarkable, delightful.” —Associated Press ¶ “Wonderfully rich.” —Guardian ¶ “Smart, down-to-earth.” —Mercury News

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The prolific novelist Arnold Bennett created a succession of stories that detailed life in the Staffordshire Potteries, which were to immortalize his beloved “Five Towns" and establish his name as one of the leading realist authors of early Twentieth Century fiction. This comprehensive eBook presents the most complete edition of Bennett’s fictional works possible in the United States, with numerous illustrations, many rare novels, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Bennett's life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * ALL 30 novels published before 1926, with individual contents tables * Many rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Includes the rare first novel THE MAN FROM THE NORTH * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Four short story collections, including rare collections like THE LOOT OF CITIES, available nowhere else * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * Easily locate the short stories you want to read * Includes a generous range of Bennett's plays and non-fiction - spend hours exploring the author’s diverse oeuvre * Even includes the engaging HOW TO BECOME AN AUTHOR, available in no other digital edition * Special criticism section, with seminal essays by authors such as Henry James, Virginia Woolf and George Orwell, evaluating Bennett’s contribution to literature * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres * UPDATED with a rare play, a novel (Riceyman Steps), a shorty collection and four more non-fiction works Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, post-1925 novels and short story collections are not included. The Novels A Man from the North (1898) The Grand Babylon Hotel (1902) Anna of the Five Towns (1902) The Gates of Wrath (1903) Leonora (1903) A Great Man (1904) Teresa of Watling Street (1904) Sacred and Profane Love (1905) Hugo (1906) Whom God Hath Joined (1906) The Sinews of War (1906) The Ghost (1907) The City of Pleasure (1907) The Statue (1908) Buried Alive (1908) The Old Wives’ Tale (1908) The Glimpse (1909) Helen with the High Hand (1910) Clayhanger (1910) The Card (1911) Hilda Lessways (1911) The Regent (1913) The Price of Love (1914) These Twain (1916) The Lion’s Share (1916) The Pretty Lady (1918) The Roll-Call (1918) Mr Prohack (1922) Lilian (1922) Riceyman Steps (1923) The Short Story Collections Tales of the Five Towns (1905) The Loot of Cities and Other Stories (1905) The Grim Smile of the Five Towns (1907) The Matador of the Five Towns, and Other Stories (1912) Elsie and the Child, and Other Stories (1924) The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order The Plays Polite Farces for the Drawing-Room (1899) The Honeymoon (1911) The Great Adventure (1913) The Title (1918) Judith (1922) The Non Fiction Journalism for Women: A Practical Guide (1898) How to Become an Author: A Practical Guide (1903) The Human Machine (1909) Literary Taste: How to Form It (1909) How to Live on 24 Hours a Day (1910) The Feast of St. Friend (1911) Those United States (1912) The Arnold Bennett Calendar (1912) The Plain Man and His Wife (1913) From the Log of the Velsa (1914) Paris Nights, and Other Impressions of Places and People (1914) The Author’s Craft (1914) Over There: War Scenes on the Western Front (1915) Introduction to ‘In the Royal Naval Air Service’ (1916) by Harold Rosher Books and Persons: Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-11 (1917) Things that Interested Me: First Series (1921) Things Which Interested Me: Second Series (1923) The Criticism The New Novel (1914) by Henry James The Mercy of Mr. Arnold Bennett (1923) by G. K. Chesterton Character in Fiction (1924) by Virginia Woolf Letter to Arnold Bennett (1924) by Joseph Conrad