The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts
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2016
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Author:
Joshua Hammer |
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278 pp.
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Simon & Schuster
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New York, NY
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ISBN |
9781476777405
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Annotation |
Journalistic account of effort to save ancient Islamic and secular manuscripts and other volumes from potential destruction after Al-Qaeda linked groups gained control of most of Mali.
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