Zora: 46 books
Jonah's Gourd Vine
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Jonah's Gourd Vine, Zora Neale Hurston's first novel, originally published in 1934, tells the story of John Buddy Pearson, "a living exultation" of a young man who loves too many women for his own good. Lucy, his long-suffering wife, is his true love, but there's also Mehaley and Big 'Oman,...
Every Tongue Got to Confess
Negro Folk-tales from the Gulf States
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Every Tongue Got to Confess is an extensive volume of African American folklore that Zora Neale Hurston collected on her travels through the Gulf States in the late 1920s.
The bittersweet and often hilarious tales -- which range from longer narratives about God, the Devil, white folk, and mistaken...
by Zora Hurston
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
According to Wikipedia: "Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 January 28, 1960) was an American folklorist and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for the 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Zora Neale Hurston on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans."
Barracoon
The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
New York Times Bestseller • Amazon's Best History Book of the Year 201 • TIME Magazine’s Best Nonfiction Book of 2018 • New York Public Library’s Best Book of 2018 • NPR’s Book Concierge Best Book of 2018 • Economist Book of the Year • SELF.com’s Best Books of 2018 • Audible’s...
Dust Tracks on a Road
An Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2010
From Zora Neale Hurston, one of the most important African American writers of the twentieth century, comes her riveting autobiography—now available in a limited Olive Edition.
First published in 1942 at the height of her popularity, Dust Tracks on a Road is Zora Neale Hurston’s candid,...
A Teacher's Guide to Their Eyes Were Watching God
Common-Core Aligned Teacher Materials and a Sample Chapter
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
For teachers
We know that the Common Core State Standards are encouraging you to reevaluate the books that you assign to your students. To help you decide which books are right for your classroom, each free ebook in this series contains a Common Core–aligned teaching guide and a sample chapter.
This...
Demenz für Anfänger
Tagebuch eines Enkelkindes
Language: German
Release Date: July 10, 2015
Zora liebt ihre Oma sehr. Oma Paula hat sie mit aufgezogen, das Haus der Großmutter im Toggenburg war immer ihr zweites Zuhause. Heute lebt Paula in einem Pflegeheim. Sie ist 86 Jahre alt, und die Demenz wird immer schlimmer, ihr Radius immer kleiner. Sie erkennt ihre Enkeltochter inzwischen oft...
by Zora Bombach
Language: German
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Language: German
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Asienkunde, Asienwissenschaften, Note: 1,0, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (Institut für Orient- und Asienwissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Geographien Südostasiens, Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten in den Asienwissenschaften, Sprache: Deutsch,...
12 Common Core Essentials: Literature
Selections from New and Classic Books for the English Language Arts Standards for Middle and High School
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
As you reevaluate the books you use in your classroom to meet the Common Core Standards, this free collection—filled with selections from classics such as Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, contemporary novels like The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, and the AP English favorite How to...
Their Eyes Were Watching God
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick
“A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people from the small of heart, without ever losing sympathy for those unfortunates who don’t know how to live properly.” —Zadie Smith
One of the most important...
by Zora Neale Hurston
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Mules and Men is a treasury of black America's folklore as collected by a famous storyteller and anthropologist who grew up hearing the songs and sermons, sayings and tall tales that have formed an oral history of the South since the time of slavery. Returning to her hometown of Eatonville, Florida,...
by Zora Neale Hurston
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2010
In this 1939 novel based on the familiar story of the Exodus, Zora Neale Hurston blends the Moses of the Old Testament with the Moses of black folklore and song to create a compelling allegory of power, redemption, and faith. Narrated in a mixture of biblical rhetoric, black dialect, and colloquial...
Tell My Horse
Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
As a first-hand account of the weird mysteries and horrors of voodoo, Tell My Horse is an invaluable resource and fascinating guide. Based on Zora Neale Hurston's personal experiences in Haiti and Jamaica, where she participated as an initiate rather than just an observer of voodoo practices during...
Women of the Underground: Music
Cultural Innovators Speak for Themselves
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
In a series of 20 candid interviews with radical women musicians and performance artists, author Zora von Burden probes the depths of how and why they broke through society's limitations to create works of outstanding measure.