The Bad-Ass Librarians Of Timbuktu: And Their Race To Save World&Apos S Most Precious Manuscripts Joshua Hammer Simon Schuster Αγγλικά Βιβλία Social

In The 1980S A Young Adventurer And Collector For Government Library Abdel Kader Haidara Journeyed Across Sahara Desert Along Niger River Tracking Down Salvaging Tens Of Thousands Ancient Islamic Secular Manuscripts That Were Crumbling Trunks Shepherds His Goal: To Preserve This Crucial Part World’s Patrimony Gorgeous But Then Al Qaeda Showed Up At Door Joshua Hammer Writes About How Mild-Mannered Archivist From Legendary City Timbuktu Became One Greatest Smugglers By Saving Texts Sure Destruction With Bravery Patience Organized Dangerous Operation Sneak All 350 000 Volumes Out Safety Southern Mali Heroic Heist Is Reminder Ordinary Citizens Often Do Most Protect Beauty Their Culture Story Man Who Through Extreme Circumstances Discovered Higher Calling Was Changed Forever It Σελίδες: 288 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0504 Διαστάσεις: 14X14Cm