{"product_id":"2940170444649","title":"The Trade: My Journey into the Labyrinth of Political Kidnapping","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2008, American journalist Jere Van Dyk was kidnapped and held for forty-five days. At the time, he had no idea who his kidnappers were. They demanded a ransom and the release of three of their comrades from Guantanamo, yet they hinted at their ties to Pakistan and to the Haqqani network, a uniquely powerful group that now holds the balance of power in large parts of Afghanistan and the tribal areas of Pakistan. After his release, Van Dyk wrote a book about his capture and what it took to survive in this most hostile of circumstances. Yet he never answered the fundamental questions that his kidnapping raised: Why was he taken? Why was he released? And who saved his life?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery kidnapping is a labyrinth in which the certainties of good and bad, light and dark are merged in the quiet dialogues and secret handshakes that accompany a release or a brutal fatality. In \u003ci\u003eThe Trade\u003c\/i\u003e, Jere Van Dyk uses the sinuous path of his own kidnapping to explain the recent rise in the taking of Western hostages across the greater Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100669853936,"sku":"2940170444649","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170444649_p0.jpg?v=1763709962","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170444649","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}