Harold Gould

Pistachio Disguisey is a mild-mannered waiter whose life is about to change. A criminal mastermind kidnaps his parents and is forcing his father to steal priceless treasures from around the world. His grandfather informs him he is descended from a long line of disguise artists and now it's up to Pistachio to save the day.

A mother and her daughter are always fighting and screaming at each other. Each thinks that the other has it so easy. Then, thanks to a magical fortune cookie, they switch personalities and bodies and discover each other's problems and complications. And they end up gaining a little respect for each other's point of view. But they need to be changed back by Saturday, because the mother is getting married!

"On a visit to her childhood home, spunky window dresser Rhoda Morgenstern had no idea she would meet the man of her dreams, a handsome divorcé named Joe Gerard. But soon she was back to living in New York City and married to Joe. Now their marriage just has to survive Rhoda's hectic career and the relentless antics of her scheming mother Ida, beleaguered father Martin and insecure sister Brenda."--Container.

A wealthy widow falls in love with her doctor after he revives her from a critical illness. But their romance is complicated by the prejudices and greed of their families and friends.

Pistachio Disguisey (Dana Carvey), a genial waiter at his father Frabbrizio's (James Brolin) Italian restaurant, possesses an uncanny knack for mimicry. What he doesn't know is that his talent is genetic, and that he is the descendent of a long line of "Masters of Disguise," all of whom have inherited the secret family gift known as Energico. Initially, Pistachio is a klutz, but little by little, he learns to harness his inherited power, and sallies...

"Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play brings to life the fate and foibles of the celebrated Antrobus family-- a bold and brassy embodiment of Wilder's vision of the American people. This eloquent comedy serves up an allegorical tale of one American family whose members must come to grips with their destinies. Having survived fire, flood, pestilence, seven-year locusts, the Ice Age and a dozen wars, the Antrobuses are as durable as radiators,...

When a new professional baseball team comes to Baltimore, fan Mary Dobkin (Jean Stapleton) becomes inspired to help the kids in her neighborhood who have started falling into delinquency and crime. Mary decides to start her own team, giving the kids something constructive to do. However, since the team has a mixed racial roster, many in the city do not approve.

"Anyone she touched at the party that night would remain eternally in her power, she thought, smiling at herself in the mirror..."

-From The Red Fox Fur Coat by Teolinda Gersão

Strong female protagonists grace this collection celebrating women in all their incarnations young and old: mothers, sisters, daughters, grandmothers, lovers, widows ... and a 70-year-old nun.

Teolinda Gersão's The Red Fox Fur Coat

translated by Margaret

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On a train headed for Yuma, California, to rescue the son he never knew, high-rolling frontier gambler Brady Hawks meets Billy Montana. A self-fashioned gambling dandy, Billy is headed for San Francisco to try his hand at the poker tournament. The two become fast friends who then become a strong team when they help Jennie Reed, a lady who is being pursued by unprincipled railroad baron, Arthur Stobridge.

Romero is the true story of the Catholic Archbishop Oscar Romero who lived in El Salvador during the political unrest in the 1970s. The government launched a 'terror campaign' against the guerillas in an attempt to crush them. Archbishop Romero's protests against the government's actions was perceived as disloyalty. As an example to others, the government began to destroy churches and murder priests. Despite persecution, Romero continued to speak...