01562cam a2200349 i 4500 296111834 TxAuBib 20160607120000.0 160309s2016||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 2016011454 9781410490032 lg. print 1410490033 lg. print eng rda TxAuBib rda Hammer, Joshua, 1957- The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu [LARGE PRINT] : and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts / Joshua Hammer. Large print edition. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press Large Print, 2016. 429 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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. 20160607. Centre de documentation et de recherches "Ahmed Baba. Islamic learning and scholarship Mali Tombouctou. Librarians Mali Tombouctou. Libraries Destruction and pillage Mali Tombouctou. Cultural property Protection Mali. Manuscripts, Arabic Mali Tombouctou. Mali History Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- Destruction and pillage. Large print books.