The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts by Hammer, Joshua
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts by Hammer, Joshua

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts

To save ancient Arabic texts from Al Qaeda, a band of librarians pulls off a brazen heist...
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Author: Joshua Hammer
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The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts by Hammer, Joshua

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts

$40.78
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts by Hammer, Joshua

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts

$40.78
Author: Joshua Hammer
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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To save ancient Arabic texts from Al Qaeda, a band of librarians pulls off a brazen heist worthy of Ocean's Eleven in this "fast-paced narrative that is...part intellectual history, part geopolitical tract, and part out-and-out thriller" (The Washington Post) from the author of The Falcon Thief.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: preserve this crucial part of the world's patrimony in a gorgeous library. But then Al Qaeda showed up at the door. "Part history, part scholarly adventure story, and part journalist survey...Joshua Hammer writes with verve and expertise" (The New York Times Book Review) 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. With bravery and patience, Haidara organized a dangerous operation to sneak all 350,000 volumes out of the city to the safety of southern Mali. His heroic heist "has all the elements of a classic adventure novel" (The Seattle Times), and is a reminder that ordinary citizens often do the most to protect the beauty of their culture. His the story is one of a man who, through extreme circumstances, discovered his higher calling and was changed forever by it.

Author: Joshua Hammer
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 04/04/2017
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781476777412

About the Author
Joshua Hammer is the New York Times bestselling author of The Bad-Ass Librarians. He has written for The New York Times Magazine, GQ, Smithsonian, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, National Geographic, and Outside. He lives in Berlin.
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