The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu : and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts
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New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016.
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First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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Port Angeles - Nonfiction (Adult)
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references and 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 destruction at the hands of Al Qaeda militants to the safety of southern Mali.