The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu : and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, [2016].
Format
Book
ISBN
9781476777405, 1476777403
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Milton Public Library - Adult Non-Fiction
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| Location | Call Number | Note | Status | Due Date |
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| Milton Public Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 025.82 HAM | On Shelf |
| Location | Call Number | Note | Status | Due Date |
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| Blake Memorial Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 025.8 HAM | Checked Out | June 2, 2024 | |
| Brownell Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 025.8209 HAM | Checked Out | June 1, 2024 | |
| Burnham Memorial Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 025.8 HAM | Checked Out | June 6, 2024 | |
| Charlotte Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 025.8 HAM | Checked Out | June 4, 2024 | |
| Dorothy Alling Library - Adult Area | 025.8 Hammer | Checked Out | May 24, 2024 |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Centre de documentation et de recherches "Ahmed Baba."
Cultural property -- Protection -- Mali.
Islamic learning and scholarship -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
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.
Islamic learning and scholarship -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
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
New York : Simon & Schuster, [2016].
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781476777405, 1476777403
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-263) 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.
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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 (First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.). Simon & Schuster.
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. Simon & Schuster.
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 Simon & Schuster, 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 First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition., Simon & Schuster, 2016.
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