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010      2016039192 
020    9781594634284|q(hardcover) 
020    1594634289|q(hardcover) 
035    (OCoLC)956479952 
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100 1  English, Charlie,|eauthor. 
245 14 The storied city :|bthe quest for Timbuktu and the 
       fantastic mission to save its past /|cCharlie English. 
263    1703 
264  1 New York :|bRiverhead Books,|c2017. 
264  4 |c©2017 
300    400 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations, maps ;|c24 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (page [346]-382) and 
       index. 
505 0  Prolog: Enterprise and genius -- Occupation -- A seeker of
       manuscripts -- A wide but extended blank -- Hell is not 
       far away -- The fourth traveler -- Al-Qaeda to the rescue 
       -- Frogs and rosbifs -- Ismael's list -- Destruction -- 
       The armchair explorer -- The headless horseman -- The pope
       of Timbuktu -- Secret agents -- Liberation -- Lives of the
       scholars -- The terrible twosome -- King Leopold's 
       paperweight -- Auto-da-fé -- Chronicle of the seeker -- An
       Indiana Jones moment in real life! -- Manuscript fever -- 
       The myth factory -- Epilog. 
520    The story of how a team of librarians and archivists  
       joined forces to spirit tens of thousands of ancient 
       manuscripts into hiding when al-Qaeda-linked jihadists 
       surged across Mali in 2012, threatening the existence of 
       these precious documents. Relying on extensive research 
       and firsthand reporting, Charlie English expertly twines a
       fraught and fascinating account of one of the planet's 
       extraordinary places, and the myths from which it has 
       become inseparable. --|cfrom dust jacket. 
611 27 Tuareg Rebellion (Mali : 2012-)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01907633 
648  7 2012|2fast 
650  0 Manuscripts, Arabic|zMali|zTombouctou. 
650  0 Libraries|xDestruction and pillage|zMali|zTombouctou. 
650  0 Islamic learning and scholarship|zMali|zTombouctou. 
650  0 Cultural property|xProtection|zMali|zTombouctou. 
650  4 Libraries|xDestruction and pillage|zMali|zTombouctou. 
650  4 Cultural property|xProtection|zMali|zTombouctou. 
650  7 Antiquities.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00810745 
650  7 Cultural property|xProtection.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00885019 
650  7 Destruction and pillage.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01906941 
650  7 Discoveries in geography.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00894950 
650  7 Islamic learning and scholarship.|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst00979968 
650  7 Libraries|xDestruction and pillage.|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst00997392 
650  7 Manuscripts, Arabic.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01008278 
651  0 Tombouctou (Mali)|xDiscovery and exploration. 
651  0 Tombouctou (Mali)|xAntiquities. 
651  0 Mali|xHistory|yTuareg Rebellion, 2012-|xDestruction and 
       pillage. 
651  7 Mali.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204327 
651  7 Mali|zTombouctou.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01220600 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
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