Title The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu : And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts

Published Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (337 pages) Summary To save precious centuries-old Arabic texts from Al Qaeda, a band of librarians in Timbuktu pulls off a brazen heist worthy of Ocean's Eleven and Indiana Jones Notes Print version record Subject Centre de documentation et de recherches "Ahmed Baba." SUBJECT Centre de documentation et de recherches "Ahmed Baba" fast Centre de documentation et de recherches "Ahmed Baba" sears Subject Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- Mali -- Tombouctou Manuscripts, Arabic -- Mali -- Tombouctou Cultural property -- Protection -- Mali Islamic learning and scholarship -- Mali -- Tombouctou Librarians -- Mali -- Tombouctou Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- Mali -- Tombouctou BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Cultural Heritage. HISTORY -- Africa -- West. RELIGION -- Islam -- History. Cultural property -- Protection Destruction and pillage Islamic learning and scholarship Librarians Libraries -- Destruction and pillage Manuscripts, Arabic Libraries -- Tombouctou (Mali) -- Destruction and pillage. Manuscripts -- Tombouctou (Mali) Cultural property -- Protection -- Mali. Learning and scholarship -- Tombouctou (Mali) Librarians -- Tombouctou (Mali) SUBJECT Mali -- History -- Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- -- Destruction and pillage Subject Mali Mali -- Tombouctou Mali -- History. Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 1952534410 9781952534416

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