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010 $a 2016039192
020 $a9781594634284$qhardcover
020 $a1594634289$qhardcover
024 $a99972061493
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035 $a(OCoLC)956479952
035 $a(NNC)12494895
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050 00 $aDT551.9.T55$bE54 2017
082 04 $a966.23$223
100 1 $aEnglish, Charlie,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe storied city :$bthe quest for Timbuktu and the fantastic mission to save its past /$cCharlie English.
264 1 $aNew York :$bRiverhead Books,$c2017.
264 4 $c©2017
300 $a400 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aThe story of how a team of librarians and archivists joined forces to spirit tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts into hiding when al-Qaeda-linked jihadists surged across Mali in 2012, threatening the existence of these precious documents. Relying on extensive research and firsthand reporting, Charlie English expertly twines a fraught and fascinating account of one of the planet's extraordinary places, and the myths from which it has become inseparable. --$cfrom dust jacket.
505 0 $aProlog: Enterprise and genius -- Occupation -- A seeker of manuscripts -- A wide but extended blank -- Hell is not far away -- The fourth traveler -- Al-Qaeda to the rescue -- Frogs and rosbifs -- Ismael's list -- Destruction -- The armchair explorer -- The headless horseman -- The pope of Timbuktu -- Secret agents -- Liberation -- Lives of the scholars -- The terrible twosome -- King Leopold's paperweight -- Auto-da-fé -- Chronicle of the seeker -- An Indiana Jones moment in real life! -- Manuscript fever -- The myth factory -- Epilog.
611 27 $aTuareg Rebellion (Mali : 2012-)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01907633
651 0 $aTombouctou (Mali)$xDiscovery and exploration.
651 0 $aTombouctou (Mali)$xAntiquities.
651 0 $aMali$xHistory$yTuareg Rebellion, 2012-$xDestruction and pillage.
650 0 $aManuscripts, Arabic$zMali$zTombouctou.
650 0 $aLibraries$xDestruction and pillage$zMali$zTombouctou.
650 0 $aIslamic learning and scholarship$zMali$zTombouctou.
650 0 $aCultural property$xProtection$zMali$zTombouctou.
650 7 $aAntiquities.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00810745
650 7 $aCultural property$xProtection.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00885019
650 7 $aDestruction and pillage.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01906941
650 7 $aDiscoveries in geography.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00894950
650 7 $aIslamic learning and scholarship.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00979968
650 7 $aLibraries$xDestruction and pillage.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00997392
650 7 $aManuscripts, Arabic.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01008278
651 7 $aMali.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204327
651 7 $aMali$zTombouctou.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01220600
650 4 $aLibraries$xDestruction and pillage$zMali$zTombouctou.
650 4 $aCultural property$xProtection$zMali$zTombouctou.
648 7 $a2012$2fast
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
852 00 $bglx$hDT551.9.T55$iE54 2017