In book two of the BenTed Rescue Adventure Series, Benny goes to the dog park with his new family where he meets Teddy, a rescue dog like himself. Teddy is a little wary of strangers and doesn't seem very friendly at first, but Benny takes time to get to know him. It isn't long before Benny and Teddy are best friends!

Book 3 in the BenTed Rescue Adventure Series: When Benny meets Jake and Toni, chaos ensues! Benny learns that he will not be allowed to visit Teddy again if he cannot learn to be cool with cats. In this children's easy reader series, the funny, heartwarming stories of rescue dogs Benny and Teddy address the subjects of tolerance, trust, understanding, forgiveness, acceptance, and love. Although they are from separate parts of the world and very different in personality, Benny and Teddy are the best of friends! Together, with the love of their new families, Benny and Teddy adjust to their unfamiliar surroundings and settle into their new, forever homes.

Teddy Wilson and Benny Goodman broke the color barrier in entertainment when they formed the Benny Goodman Trio with Gene Krupa. Here is the story of how two musical prodigies from very different backgrounds grew up, were brought together by the love of music, and helped to create the jazz style known as swing.

The Music and Life of Theodore 'Fats' Navarro: Infatuation is the first comprehensive study of the jazz trumpeter Theodore 'Fats' Navarro. It provides biographical and discographical information on this talented musician, whose premature death from tuberculosis at 26 robbed the jazz world of his brilliance. Through an analysis of his recorded legacy, this book offers new perspectives on Navarro's role in the history and emergence of Bebop. Through years of study and collecting ephemera, some of which is reprinted here, Leif Bo Petersen and Theo Rehak depict an inclusive history of Navarro and his music. Their information is based on interviews with musicians and people in the music business, contemporary newspaper and magazine articles, and the music itself, which has not been commonly known or described until now. The book features images, musical examples, and depictions of Navarro's recordings, and it provides several appendixes, including explanations of contemporary recording techniques and discographical terms, lists of Navarro's recordings and compositions, and a chronological overview of Navarro's performances, recording sessions, and engagements. Complete with a comprehensive list of sources and a full index, this volume presents a host of new and useful information for anyone interested in jazz and its history.

A history of prestige television through the rise of the “black-market melodrama.” In Second Lives, Michael Szalay defines a new television genre that has driven the breathtaking ascent of TV as a cultural force over the last two decades: the black-market melodrama. Exemplified by the likes of The Sopranos and Breaking Bad, the genre moves between a family’s everyday life and its secret second life, which may involve illegal business, espionage, or even an alternate reality. Second lives allow characters (and audiences) to escape what feels like endless work into a revanchist vision of the white middle class family. But there is for this grimly resigned genre no meaningful way back to the Fordist family wage for which it longs. In fact, Szalay argues, black-market melodramas lament the very economic transformations that untethered TV viewing from the daily rhythms of the nine-to-five job and led, ultimately, to prestige TV.

Everyone loves toys, although nowadays they are becoming more and more sophisticated and electronic. But for really young children, the old favourites are still the best. Teddy bears and all forms of cuddly toys are what toddlers seek. So, what would they give to be able to play with them should they come to life. Benjamin Roy is a typical fun-loving five-year-old who can't believe his eyes when a glove puppet in the form of a grey and white rabbit tips him a wink and comes to life. Benny and Teddy's Day Out is the second in the series, following "Benny's Arrival".