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

by Joshua Hammer

Book Overview

**New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice** 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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476777403
• ISBN13: 9781476777405
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.5"