The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu: and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts
(Large Print)
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Published:
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2016.
Format:
Large Print
Physical Desc:
429 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Status:
Description
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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Hamden/Whitneyville Adult Large Type Books
LP/025.82/HAM
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Centre de documentation et de recherches "Ahmed Baba."
Cultural property -- Protection.
Islamic learning and scholarship -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Large type books.
Librarians -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Mali -- History -- Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- -- Destruction and pillage.
Manuscripts, Arabic -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Cultural property -- Protection.
Islamic learning and scholarship -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Large type books.
Librarians -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Mali -- History -- Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- -- Destruction and pillage.
Manuscripts, Arabic -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
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Language:
English
ISBN:
1410490033, 9781410490032
Notes
Description
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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APA Citation (style guide)
Hammer, J. (2016). The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu: and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts. Thorndike Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Hammer, Joshua, 1954-. 2016. The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts. Thorndike Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Hammer, Joshua, 1954-, The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts. Thorndike Press, 2016.
MLA Citation (style guide)Hammer, Joshua. The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts. Thorndike Press, 2016.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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