The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu
Cultural property, protection
Destruction and pillage
Cultural property
Librarians
Protection
Manuscripts
Libraries
New York Times bestseller
New York Times reviewed
Large type books
History
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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