The librarian of Basra
a true story from Iraq
by Jeanette Winter
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Alia Muhammad Baker is a librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, her library has been a meeting place for those who love books. Until now. Now war has come, and Alia fears that the library--along with the thirty thousand books within it--will be destroyed forever. In a war-stricken country where civilians--especially women--have little power, this true story about a librarian's struggle to save her community's priceless collection of books reminds us all how, throughout the world, the love of literature and the respect for knowledge know no boundaries.
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Librarians, Iraq War, 2003, Libraries, Iraq War, 2003-, Iraq War, 2003-2011, Juvenile literature, Destruction and pillage, Biography, Iraq War (2003-2011) fast (OCoLC)fst01802311, Iraq war, 2003-2011, juvenile literature, Iraq war, 2003-2011, Libraries, juvenile literature, Iraq, juvenile literature, Spanish language materials, Literatura juvenil, Bibliotecarios, Biografía, Bibliotecas, Destrucción y saqueo, Guerra de Irak, 2003, Materiales en español| Edition | Availability |
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Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
2019, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers
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Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
2014, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
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La bibliotecaria de Basora: Una historia real de Iraq
February 7, 2007, Juventud
Hardcover
in Spanish
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Ē vivliothēkarios tēs Vasoras: mia alēthinē istoria apo to Irak
2007, Papadopoulos
in Modern Greek
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The librarian of Basra: a true story from Iraq
2005, Harcourt, Inc.
in English
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The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
January 1, 2005, Harcourt Children's Books
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Basila tu shu guan yuan: gan dong bai wan ren de Mei Yi zhan zheng zhen shi gu shi
2005, Ge lin wen hua shi ye gu fen you xian gong si
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The librarian of Basra: a true story from Iraq
2004, Harcourt, Inc.
in English
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Alia Muhammad Baker is a librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, her library has been a meeting place for those who love books. Until now. Now war has come, and Alia fears that the library--along with the thirty thousand books within it--will be destroyed forever.
In a war-stricken country where civilians--especially women--have little power, this true story about a librarian's struggle to save her community's priceless collection of books reminds us all how, throughout the world, the love of literature and the respect for knowledge know no boundaries
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