The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu : and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts
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Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press Large Print, 2016.
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Large print edition.
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429 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press Large Print, 2016.
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Book
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Large print edition.
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English

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Led by mild-mannered archivist and historian Abdel Kader Haidara, a band of librarians in Timbuktu pulls off a brazen heist worthy of Ocean's Eleven to save precious centuries-old Arabic texts from destruction by Al Qaeda.
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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 (Large print edition.). Thorndike Press Large Print.

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. Thorndike Press Large Print.

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 Thorndike Press Large Print, 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 Large print edition., Thorndike Press Large Print, 2016.

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