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Author Hammer, Joshua, 1957-

Title The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu [sound recording] : and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts / Joshua Hammer.

Publication Info. [Minneapolis, MN] : HighBridge Audio,cp2016.
℗2016
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1679839~S1
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Adult Books on CD Nonfiction  025.8209662 HAM    AVAILABLE
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Description 8 audio discs (9 hr.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
digital optical rda
audio file CD audio rda
Note Unabridged.
Performer Read by Paul Boehmer.
Summary 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.
Subject Centre de documentation et de recherches "Ahmed Baba."
Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Manuscripts, Arabic -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Cultural property -- Protection -- Mali.
Islamic learning and scholarship -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Librarians -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Cultural property -- Protection.
Destruction and pillage.
Islamic learning and scholarship.
Librarians.
Libraries -- Destruction and pillage.
Manuscripts, Arabic.
Mali -- History -- Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- -- Destruction and pillage.
Genre Audiobooks.
Added Author Boehmer, Paul.
ISBN 9781681681429
1681681420
Music No. DD24293 Recorded Books
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