[PDF.39nj] The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts

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 | #37117 in Books |  Simon Schuster |  2016-04-19 |  2016-04-19 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.37 x1.00 x5.50l,.0 | File type: PDF | 288 pages

 | Simon Schuster

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||18 of 19 people found the following review helpful.| Good story, well-told, but with quibbles.|By wrangler|This is a fascinating tale and well told by Joshua Hammer. But there are quibbles, most of which we can attribute to the publisher's editors and fact-checkers.
Proofing/editing errors are scattered throughout the book The author says Northwestern University is in Chicago. It is in Evanston. The text says B-52 bombers| |**New York Times Book Editors' Choice**|

“This is, simply, a fantastic story, one that has been beautifully told by Josh Hammer, who knows and loves Mali like some farmers know their back forty. At a time of unprecedented cult

To save precious centuries-old Arabic texts from Al Qaeda, a band of librarians in Timbuktu pulls off a brazen heist worthy of Ocean’s Eleven.

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 had fallen into obscurity. The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu ...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts   |  Joshua Hammer.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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