Displaying 1 of 1 2016 Title: The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu : and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts Author: Hammer, Joshua, 1957- author. Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. Format: Book Publisher, Date: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016. ©2016 Description: 278 pages : map ; 23 cm Summary: To save precious centuries-old Arabic texts from Al Qaeda, a band of librarians in Timbuktu pulls off a brazen heist worthy of Ocean's Eleven. Subjects: Centre de documentation et de recherches "Ahmed Baba" Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- Mali -- Tombouctou. Manuscripts, Arabic -- Mali -- Tombouctou. Cultural property -- Protection -- Mali. Islamic learning and scholarship -- Mali -- Tombouctou. Librarians -- Mali -- Tombouctou. Mali -- History -- Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- -- Destruction and pillage. Genre: Biographies. ISBN 9781476777405 Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Find It Map It Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
