The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts Dover Publications 013 Product dimensions: 10

013 Product dimensions: 10

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Publication date: 11/20/1997 Series: A Schiffer Book for Collectors Ser

00(h) x (d) Age Range: 15 - 18 Years This is the complete story of Argentina’s contract Mauser rifles from the purchase of their first Model 1871s to the disposal of the last shipment of surplus rifles received in the United States in May 2002

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts Dover Publications 013 Product dimensions: 10ISBN 13: 9781476777412 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publication date: 04 04 2017 Edition description: Reprint Pages: 288 Sales rank: 138,916 Product dimensions: 5. 40(w) x 8. 30(h) x 0. 80(d) **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 Oceans Eleven in this fast paced narrative that is part intellectual history, part geopolitical tract, and part out