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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Hammer, Joshua, 1957-     Subjects     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Hammer, Joshua, 1957-       by title:      The bad-ass libraria...       by call number:      025.82 H224b     Search the Web     Hammer, Joshua, 1957-     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.       MARC Display

The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu : and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts / Joshua Hammer. by Hammer, Joshua, 1957- Simon & Schuster, c2016. Call #: 025.82 H224b Subjects 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. ISBN:  9781476777405 (hc.) 9781476777412 (trade pbk.) Edition:  First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. Description:  278 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm. Notes:  Map and illustrations on lining papers Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-263) and index. 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 Quaeda militants to the safety of southern Mali. Holds:  2   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 025.82 H224b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Nonfiction 025.82 H224b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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