{"product_id":"ships-in-the-desert-jeff-fearnside-9781951631154","title":"Ships in the Desert","description":"In 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeff Fearnside\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1951631153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781951631154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Santa Fe Writer's Project\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.24d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards - Gold Medal Winner","brand":"Jeff Fearnside","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075032838399,"sku":"9781951631154","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b05b0ee7-408b-416a-91b9-cc48f2961b97.jpg?v=1685457211","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ships-in-the-desert-jeff-fearnside-9781951631154","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}