The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu : and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts
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Coyle Free Lib
025.8 HA
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025.8 HA
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Centre de documentation et de recherches "Ahmed Baba."
Cultural property
Destruction and pillage -- Mali
Islamic learning and scholarship
Librarians -- Mali
Libraries
Mali
Mali
Mali -- History -- Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- -- Destruction and pillage.
Mali.
Manuscripts, Arabic
Protection
Tombouctou.
Tombouctou.
Tombouctou.
Tombouctou.
Cultural property
Destruction and pillage -- Mali
Islamic learning and scholarship
Librarians -- Mali
Libraries
Mali
Mali
Mali -- History -- Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- -- Destruction and pillage.
Mali.
Manuscripts, Arabic
Protection
Tombouctou.
Tombouctou.
Tombouctou.
Tombouctou.
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-263) and index.
Description
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 desctuction at the hands of Al Quaeda militants to the safety of southern Mali.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hammer, J. (2016). The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu: and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts (First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.). Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hammer, Joshua, 1957-. 2016. The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hammer, Joshua, 1957-. The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts Simon & Schuster, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hammer, Joshua. The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition., Simon & Schuster, 2016.
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