Displaying 1 of 1 2016 Format: Book Author: Hammer, Joshua, 1957- author. Title: The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu : and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts / Joshua Hammer. Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016. Description: 278 pages ; 23 cm Summary: Describes 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. Subjects: Centre de documentation et de recherches "Ahmed Baba." Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- Mali -- Tombouctou. Manuscripts, Arabic -- Mali -- Tombouctou. Cultural property -- Protection -- Mali. Islamic learning and scholarship -- Mali -- Tombouctou. Librarians -- Mali -- Tombouctou. Mali -- History -- Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- -- Destruction and pillage. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. LCCN: 2015030396 ISBN: 9781476777405 9781476777412 (paperback) Other Number: 913303671 System Availability: 11 # System items in: 9 # Local items: 1 # Local items in: 1 Current Holds: 0 Place Request Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Librarian's View Syndetics Unbound Displaying 1 of 1
