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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.
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Librarians, Libraries, Arabic Manuscripts, Islamic learning and scholarship, Cultural property, Centre de documentation et de recherches "Ahmed Baba.", Large type books, Destruction and pillage, Protection, History, Cultural property, protection, Libraries, africa, Manuscripts, Africa, north, history, nyt:culture=2016-05-08, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Centre de documentation et de recherches "Ahmed Baba", Centre de documentation et de recherches "Ahmed Baba, Tuareg Rebellion (Mali : 2012-) fast (OCoLC)fst01907633Places
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The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu: and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts
2016
in English
- Large print edition.
1410490033 9781410490032
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The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu Lib/E: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts
Apr 19, 2016, HighBridge Audio
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1665150262 9781665150262
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The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu: and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts
2016, Simon & Schuster
in English
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
1476777411 9781476777412
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