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The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu : and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts Cover Image Book Book

The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu : and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts

Hammer, Joshua 1957- (Author).

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 Qaeda militants to the safety of southern Mali.

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  • ISBN: 9781476777405
  • ISBN: 1476777403
  • ISBN: 9781476777412 (trade pbk.)
  • ISBN: 1476777411 (trade pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9781476777436 (e-book)
  • ISBN: 1476777438
  • Physical Description: print
    278 pages ; 23 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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