03521cam a2200325 4500 369467011 TxAuBib 20190203120000.0 ||||||s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780062691590 0062691597 B078W6FG6Z Amazon 6dfcffb4-89c2-4377-886f-3bd2755f053b OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3962854 OverDrive (Product ID) 3962854 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Rezaian, Jason. Prisoner [Libby eBook] : My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison—Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out. HarperCollins, 2019. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 793kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. HTML:<p><strong>"An important story. Harrowing, and suspenseful, yes—but it's also a deep dive into a complex and egregiously misunderstood country with two very different faces. There is no better time to know more about Iran—and Jason Rezaian has seen both of those faces."<br /> — Anthony Bourdain</strong><br /></p> <p><strong>The dramatic memoir of the journalist who was held hostage in a high-security prison in Tehran for eighteen months and whose release—which almost didn't happen—became a part of the Iran nuclear deal</strong></p> <p>In July 2014, Washington Post Tehran bureau chief Jason Rezaian was arrested by Iranian police, accused of spying for America. The charges were absurd. Rezaian's reporting was a mix of human interest stories and political analysis. He had even served as a guide for Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown. Initially, Rezaian thought the whole thing was a terrible misunderstanding, but soon realized that it was much more dire as it became an eighteen-month prison stint with impossibly high diplomatic stakes.</p> <p>While in prison, Rezaian had tireless advocates working on his behalf. His brother lobbied political heavyweights including John Kerry and Barack Obama and started a social media campaign—#FreeJason—while Jason's wife navigated the red tape of the Iranian security apparatus, all while the courts used Rezaian as a bargaining chip in negotiations for the Iran nuclear deal.</p> <p>In Prisoner, Rezaian writes of his exhausting interrogations and farcical trial. He also reflects on his idyllic childhood in Northern California and his bond with his Iranian father, a rug merchant; how his teacher Christopher Hitchens inspired him to pursue journalism; and his life-changing decision to move to Tehran, where his career took off and he met his wife. Written with wit, humor, and grace, Prisoner brings to life a fascinating, maddening culture in all its complexity.</p> <p>"Jason paid a deep price in defense of journalism and his story proves that not everyone who defends freedom carries a gun, some carry a pen."<br /> —<strong>John F. Kerry, 68th Secretary of State</strong></p>. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. Politics. History. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2019-02-03 22:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6dfcffb4-89c2-4377-886f-3bd2755f053b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6dfcffb4-89c2-4377-886f-3bd2755f053b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)