An edition of The Basora Librarian (2004)

The Librarian of Basra

A True Story from Iraq

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An edition of The Basora Librarian (2004)

The Librarian of Basra

A True Story from Iraq

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  • 5 Have read

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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32

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Cover of: Librarian of Basra
Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
2019, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers
in English
Cover of: Librarian of Basra
Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
2014, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
in English
Cover of: La bibliotecaria de Basora
La bibliotecaria de Basora: Una historia real de Iraq
February 7, 2007, Juventud
Hardcover in Spanish
Cover of: Ē vivliothēkarios tēs Vasoras
Ē vivliothēkarios tēs Vasoras: mia alēthinē istoria apo to Irak
2007, Papadopoulos
in Modern Greek
Cover of: The librarian of Basra
The librarian of Basra: a true story from Iraq
2005, Harcourt, Inc.
in English
Cover of: The Librarian of Basra
The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
January 1, 2005, Harcourt Children's Books
in English
Cover of: Basila tu shu guan yuan
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
in Chinese - Chu ban
Cover of: The librarian of Basra
The librarian of Basra: a true story from Iraq
2004, Harcourt, Inc.
in English - 1st ed.

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OL7363378M
ISBN 10
0152054456
ISBN 13
9780152054458
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57496
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