The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu, and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts, Joshua Hammer
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The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu, and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts, Joshua Hammer
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-263) and index
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
913303671
Responsibility statement
Joshua Hammer
Sub title
and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts
Summary
Describes how a group of Timbuktu librarians enacted a daring plan to smuggle the city's great collection of rare Islamic manuscripts away from the threat of destruction at the hands of Al Quaeda militants to the safety of southern Mali
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adult
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Badass librarians of Timbuktu
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- Manuscripts, Arabic -- Mali -- Tombouctou
- Centre de documentation et de recherches "Ahmed Baba."
- Libraries + Destruction and pillage -- Mali -- Tombouctou
- Islamic learning and scholarship -- Mali -- Tombouctou
- Cultural property + Protection -- Mali
- Mali -- History -- Tuareg Rebellion, 2012-
- Librarians -- Mali -- Tombouctou
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- Manuscripts, Arabic -- Mali -- Tombouctou
- Centre de documentation et de recherches "Ahmed Baba."
- Libraries + Destruction and pillage -- Mali -- Tombouctou
- Islamic learning and scholarship -- Mali -- Tombouctou
- Cultural property + Protection -- Mali
- Mali -- History -- Tuareg Rebellion, 2012-
- Librarians -- Mali -- Tombouctou
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- Author1
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