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005    20190909110852.0 
008    180910r20192019nyua     b    000 0 eng d 
020    9781541767621 
020    1541767624 
035    (OCoLC)1051136414 
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092    956.910423|bTHO 
100 1  Thomson, Mike,|eauthor. 
245 10 Syria's secret library :|breading and redemption in a town
       under siege /|cMike Thomson. 
250    First US edition. 
264  1 New York :|bPublic Affairs,|c2019. 
300    305 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :|bcolor 
       illustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by 
       Weidenfeld & Nicolson, an imprint of the Orion Publishing 
       Group, Ltd."--Colophon. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-303). 
520    "Daraya lies on the fringe of Damascus, just southwest of 
       the Syrian capital. Yet for four years it lived in another
       world. Besieged by government forces early in the Syrian 
       Civil War, its people were deprived of food, bombarded by 
       heavy artillery, and under the constant fire of snipers. 
       But deep beneath this scene of frightening devastation lay
       a hidden library. While the streets above echoed with 
       shelling and rifle fire, the secret world below was a 
       haven of books. Long rows of well-thumbed volumes lined 
       almost every wall: bloated editions with grand leather 
       covers, pocket-sized guides to Syrian poetry, and no-
       nonsense reference books, all arranged in well-ordered 
       lines. But this precious horde was not bought from 
       publishers or loaned by other libraries–they were 
       the books salvaged and scavenged at great personal risk 
       from the doomed city above"--|cPublisher's description. 
650  0 Libraries|xSocial aspects|zSyria|zDārayyā (Damascus) 
651  0 Syria|xHistory|yCivil War, 2011-|xSocial aspects. 
651  0 Dārayyā (Syria)|xSocial life and customs.