New Releases by Michael A DeVito

The epic tale of the five owners who shepherded the NFL through its tumultuous early decades and built the most popular sport in America The National Football League is a towering, distinctly American colossus spewing out $14 billion in annual revenue. But it was not always a success. In The League, John Eisenberg focuses on the pioneering sportsmen who kept the league alive in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, when its challenges were many and its survival was not guaranteed. At the time, college football, baseball, boxing, and horseracing dominated America''s sports scene. Art Rooney, George Halas, Tim Mara, George Preston Marshall, and Bert Bell believed in pro football when few others did and ultimately succeeded only because at critical junctures each sacrificed the short-term success of his team for the longer-term good of the league. At once a history of a sport and a remarkable story of business ingenuity, The League is an essential read for any fan of our true national pastime.

Collecting book 3 (A Jester's Tale) and 4 (The Toy Collector) of the New York Times bestselling series, The Stuff of Legend, this beautiful hardcover edition finds our toys at a crossroads. Unable to find their boy, our loyal toys' bonds have been tested and broken. Now scattered across The Dark, the toys must decide whether to continue their search or admit defeat and return home. Jester chooses to follow his heart in A Jester's Tale, and embarks on a solo quest to search for true love. Will he survive his swashbuckling journey across the perilous sea? Meanwhile in The Toy Collector, Maxwell the Bear, aching to bring the boy home, hunts for a weapon to defeat the Boogeyman for good. However, the Dark One does not play fair, and he is searching for an item as well, one that may very well make him unbeatable.