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

By:

Hammer, Joshua, (1957 -)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster , 2016Description: 278 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

9781476777405

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DDC classification:

025.8209 HAM

Abstract: 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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	025.8209 HAM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		063806

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-263) and index.

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.

English.

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