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001 ocn913303671
003 OCoLC
005 20180722222103.0
008 150803s2016 ilu b 001 0 eng c
010 _a 2015030396
040 _aINU/DLC
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020 _a9781476777405
020 _a1476777403
020 _a9781476777412 (trade pbk.)
020 _a1476777411 (trade pbk.)
020 _z1476777438
035 _a(OCoLC)913303671
042 _apcc
043 _af-ml---
092 _a025.82
_bH224
049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aHammer, Joshua,
_d1957-
_9295456
245 1 4 _aThe bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu :
_band their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts /
_cJoshua Hammer.
250 _aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bSimon & Schuster,
_c2016.
300 _a278 pages ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aDescribes how a group of Timbuktu librarians enacted a daring plan to smuggle the city's great collection of rare Islamic manuscripts away from the threat of destruction at the hands of Al Qaeda militants to the safety of southern Mali.
650 0 _aLibraries
_xDestruction and pillage
_zMali
_zTombouctou.
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650 0 _aManuscripts, Arabic
_zMali
_zTombouctou.
_9295458
650 0 _aCultural property
_xProtection
_zMali.
_9295459
651 0 _aMali
_xHistory
_yTuareg Rebellion, 2012-
_xDestruction and pillage.
_9295460
610 2 0 _aCentre de documentation et de recherches "Ahmed Baba."
_9295461
650 0 _aIslamic learning and scholarship
_zMali
_zTombouctou.
_9295462
650 0 _aLibrarians
_zMali
_zTombouctou.
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994 _aC0
_bNFG
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