The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu : and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts
(Large Print)
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press Large Print, 2016.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
429 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
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| Las Animas - Bent County Library District - LARGE PRINT | LP 025.8 HAMM | On Shelf |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Centre de documentation et de recherches "Ahmed Baba."
Cultural property -- Protection -- Mali.
Institut des Hautes Etudes et de Recherches Islamiques Ahmed Baba.
Islamic learning and scholarship -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Large type books.
Large type books.
Librarians -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Mali -- History -- Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- -- Destruction and pillage.
Manuscripts, Arabic -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Cultural property -- Protection -- Mali.
Institut des Hautes Etudes et de Recherches Islamiques Ahmed Baba.
Islamic learning and scholarship -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Large type books.
Large type books.
Librarians -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Mali -- History -- Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- -- Destruction and pillage.
Manuscripts, Arabic -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press Large Print, 2016.
Format
Large Print
Edition
Large print edition.
Street Date
1605
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
Description
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 desctuction at the hands of Al Quaeda militants to the safety of southern Mali.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hammer, J. (2016). The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu: and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts (Large print edition.). Thorndike Press Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hammer, Joshua, 1957-. 2016. The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts. Thorndike Press Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hammer, Joshua, 1957-. The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts Thorndike Press Large Print, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hammer, Joshua. The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts Large print edition., Thorndike Press Large Print, 2016.
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