The Book Collectors: A Band of Syrian Rebels and the Stories That Carried Them Through a War by Delphine Minoui. Both books are in near perfect condition.
Item Tag: 9781476777412
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The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save … by Hammer, Joshua
His heroic heist is a reminder that ordinary citizens often do the most to protect the beauty of their culture. But then Al Qaeda showed up at the door. All of our paper waste is recycled within the UK and turned into corrugated cardboard.
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The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Prec
Jon Lee Anderson, author of The Fall of Baghdad. Riveting skullduggery, revealing history and current affairs combine in a compelling narrative with a rare happy ending.”. It is also an inspirational reminder that, even as the forces of barbarism extend their thrall across so much of the Muslim world, there are still those willing to risk everything to preserve civilization.
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Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu : And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Prec…
Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu : And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts, Paperback by Hammer, Joshua, ISBN 1476777411, ISBN-13 9781476777412, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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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The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Prec
His heroic heist is a reminder that ordinary citizens often do the most to protect the beauty of their culture. But then Al Qaeda showed up at the door. Format Paperback. Sports & Outdoors.
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BAD ASS LIBRARIANS OF TIMBUKTU by Joshua Hammer Paperback Self Help Business
In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a government library, Abdel Kader Haidara, journeyed across the Sahara Desert and along the Niger River, tracking down and salvaging tens of thousands of ancient Islamic and secular manuscripts that were crumbling in the trunks of desert shepherds. His goal: to preserve this crucial part of the world’s patrimony in a gorgeous library. But then Al Qaeda showed up at the door. Joshua Hammer writes about how Haidara, a mild-mannered archivist from the legendary city of Timbuktu, became one of the world’s greatest smugglers by saving the texts from sure destruction.
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Joshua Hammer The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)
His heroic heist is a reminder that ordinary citizens often do the most to protect the beauty of their culture. Topic: Philosophy & Spirituality, Language & Reference. Format: Paperback. But then Al Qaeda showed up at the door.
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Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu : And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Prec…
Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu : And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts, Paperback by Hammer, Joshua, ISBN 1476777411, ISBN-13 9781476777412, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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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The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Prec
Jon Lee Anderson, author of The Fall of Baghdad. Riveting skullduggery, revealing history and current affairs combine in a compelling narrative with a rare happy ending.”. It is also an inspirational reminder that, even as the forces of barbarism extend their thrall across so much of the Muslim world, there are still those willing to risk everything to preserve civilization.