{"product_id":"ships-in-the-desert-paperback","title":"Ships in the Desert - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeff Fearnside\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this linked essay collection, award-winning author Jeff Fearnside analyzes his four years as an educator on the Great Silk Road, primarily in Kazakhstan. Peeling back the layers of culture, environment, and history that define the country and its people, Fearnside creates a compelling narrative about this faraway land and soon realizes how the local, personal stories are, in fact, global stories. Fearnside sees firsthand the unnatural disaster of the Aral Sea--a man-made environmental crisis that has devastated the region and impacts the entire world. He examines the sometimes controversial ethics of Western missionaries, and reflects on personal and social change once he returns to the States. \u003ci\u003eShips in the Desert \u003c\/i\u003eexplores universal issues of religious bigotry, cultural intolerance, environmental degradation, and how a battle over water rights led to a catastrophe that is now being repeated around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff Fearnside \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the short-story collection \u003ci\u003eMaking Love While Levitating Three Feet in the Air \u003c\/i\u003eand the chapbook \u003ci\u003eA Husband and Wife Are One Satan\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Orison Chapbook Prize. Other awards for his writing include a Grand Prize in the Santa Fe Writers Projects Literary Awards Program, the Mary Mackey Short Story Prize, and an Individual Artist Fellowship award from the Oregon Arts Commission. His work has appeared in literary journals and anthologies such as \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review, Los Angeles Review, Story\u003c\/i\u003e, and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 8.43 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (2022)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759498363168,"sku":"9781951631154","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/05cbec5838beb1ee8123d94a532ac181.webp?v=1780154536","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ships-in-the-desert-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}