The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu
and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts
Book - 2016
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.
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The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu
and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts
compact disc unabridged
by Hammer, Joshua, 1957-
Published 2016
Published 2016
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651 | 0 | |a Mali |x History |y Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- |x Destruction and pillage. | |
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