The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts |
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Author:
| Hammer, Joshua |
ISBN: | 978-1-4104-9003-2 |
Publication Date: | May 2016 |
Publisher: | Cengage Gale
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $32.99 |
Book Description:
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Led by mild-mannered archivist and historian Abdel Kader Haidara, a band of librarians in Timbuktu pulls off a brazen heist worthy of Ocean's Eleven to save precious centuries-old Arabic texts from destruction by Al Qaeda.
Led by mild-mannered archivist and historian Abdel Kader Haidara, a band of librarians in Timbuktu pulls off a brazen heist worthy of Ocean's Eleven to save precious centuries-old Arabic texts from destruction by Al Qaeda.