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In this 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.

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 Mehaly and Big ‘Oman and the scheming Hattie who conjures hoodoo spells to ensure his attentions.

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 her visits in the 1930s, this travelogue into a dark world paints a vividly authentic picture of the ceremonies, customs, and superstitions of voodoo.

Join Zora O’Neill for a grand tour through the Middle East, to laugh with her in Egypt, delight in the stories she passes on from the Gulf region, and find yourself transformed by her experiences in Lebanon and Morocco. She’s packed her dictionaries, her unsinkable sense of humor, and her talent for making fast friends of strangers. From quiet, bougainvillea-lined streets to the lively buzz of crowded medinas, from families’ homes to local hot spots, she brings a part of the world that is often flattened by news headlines into real and colorful relief.

Carolina lebt ihren Traum, idyllisch mit Mann und Kindern in einem Landhaus mit großem Garten am Rande der schwäbischen Alb. Doch als sich Carolinas Mann von einem Tag auf den anderen von ihr trennt, bleibt sie zunächst alleine zurück, denn auch ihre nächste Liebe endet nicht gut. Dann entdeckt sie durch Zufall, dass ihr Bach heilende Kräfte besitzt, was sich schnell herumspricht. Nun pilgern die Menschen in Scharen in Carolinas Garten und es wird klar, dass die Heilkraft ihres Baches schnell eine merkwürdige Eigendynamik entwickelt.

Step into a transformative experience tailored exclusively for Black women with this powerful audiobook. Unlike many self-help audiobooks that skim the surface, this one delves deep into the unique challenges and strengths of Black women, offering actionable guidance and deep cultural wisdom in every chapter.

In the 1950s, after the publication of Moses, Man of the Mountain, Zora Neale Hurston penned a historical novel reconsidering the life of one of the most well-known Biblical figures, Herod the Great, reimagining him in a very different light than his villainous portrayal in the New Testament. In Hurston’s retelling, Herod is a forerunner of Christ, a religious and philosophical man who enriched Jewish culture and lived a life of adventure.

Welcome to Choose Your Own Love Story: Crossroads of Romance, where you become the protagonist of your own romantic adventure! This interactive fiction book allows you to make decisions that shape the outcome of your love story. Will you find true love or will you face heartbreak? The power is in your hands!

How It Feels To Be Colored Me was first published in The World Tomorrow in May 1928. In this autobiographical piece that focuses on race and 1920s America, Hurston reflects on her early childhood in an all-black Florida town and her first experiences in life where she felt "different." Hurston focuses on the similarities we all share and on her own self-identity in the face of difference. "Through it all," she says, "I remain myself."

Originally published in The Journal of Negro History, this fascinating and important work records the recollections of Cudjo Lewis, one of the last surviving captives of the Clotilde, the final ship to dock in the United States with a cargo of African slaves. Lewis and Zora Neale Hurston provide an ethnography of Lewis's own Togo people, detail his capture by warriors of the Kingdom of Dahomey, hardship and strife aboard the Clotilde en route to port in Alabama, and his eventual liberation.

You Don’t Know Us Negroes is the quintessential gathering of provocative essays from one of the world’s most celebrated writers, Zora Neale Hurston. Spanning more than three decades and penned during the backdrop of the birth of the Harlem Renaissance, Montgomery bus boycott, desegregation of the military, and school integration, Hurston’s writing articulates the beauty and authenticity of Black life as only she could.

Zelia survived. They had won, but she didn't feel like she had won. The tortured souls of her past and of those lost haunt her more now than ever, as the threat of the elder wizards grows ever nearer. A dragon rules under the dwarves' mountain, but all is not as it seems. The dragon bares a warning, a gift, and a plea that leaves her more questions than answers.

Zora del Buono hat von ihrer Großmutter nicht nur den Vornamen geerbt, sondern auch ein Familienverhängnis, denn die alte Zora war in einen Raubmord verwickelt. Ihre Geschichte und die Folgen bis heute erzählt dieser große Familienroman. Die Slowenin Zora lernt ihren späteren Ehemann, den Radiologieprofessor Pietro Del Buono, am Ende des Ersten Weltkriegs kennen. Sie folgt ihm nach Bari in Süditalien, wo sie, beide überzeugte Kommunisten, ein großbürgerliches und doch politisch engagiertes Leben im Widerstand gegen den Faschismus Mussolinis führen.

They created her to kill gods - and then they left her with the Elves. Deemed unfit by the very wizards who made her, Zelia’s powers slumber, until she is given an ultimatum. Prove herself. Or perish. Forced to spill the blood of innocents, Zelia faces the darkest of fates. But when the lives of those she cares about hang in the balance, she must confront her makers - or risk losing the one glimmer of hope that has kept her going. Can she create a new future? Or will she forever remain cast in fire?

In 1925, college student Zora Neale Hurston - the sole black student at Barnard College, New York - was living in the city, ‘desperately striving for a toe-hold on the world.’ During this period, she began writing short works that captured the zeitgeist of African American life and transformed her into one of the central figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Nearly a century later, this singular talent is recognised as one of the most influential and revered American artists of the modern period.

Their Eyes Were Watching God, an American classic, is the luminous and haunting novel about Janie Crawford, a Southern Black woman in the 1930s, whose journey from a free-spirited girl to a woman of independence and substance has inspired writers and readers for close to 70 years.

Running from her powers, Zelia finds herself in lands she had never planned on and around people she doesn't want to hurt. When her path turns to what used to be home, will she return, or will she flee?

The elves voted to wait...and lost. Now Zelia belongs to the Elder wizards, after they forced her powers to emerge in a deadly explosion. Under their rage and supposed training, Zelia feels her light slowly dwindle away. The only spark that still flickers is her connection...to the child god of mischief. But when her actions inadvertently cause her friend harm, even that hope is caught in the balance. Will she suffer for all eternity for her mistakes? Find out in this epic tale of elves, wizards, dragons, and gods.

Wenn wir an Reisen denken, fallen uns oft paradiesische Strände, Erholung oder fremde Menschen und Kulturen ein. Doch nicht immer werden unsere Erwartungen in der Realität auch erfüllt: Die Unterkunft lässt zu wünschen übrig, die Anfahrt war beschwerlich und das Wetter auch nicht immer schön. Ganz anders ist es, wenn unsere Seele auf Reisen geht. In Gedanken können wir uns Orte erschaffen, nach denen wir uns schon immer gesehnt haben, die vielleicht schon immer in uns geschlummert haben. Schon die alten Schamanen wussten, dass das Paradies kein Ort außerhalb von uns selbst ist, sondern direkt in unserem Inneren liegt.

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