Review of 'The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Title is silly, but the story and the judgement is not. Depressing and uplifting.
audio cd
Published April 19, 2016 by HighBridge Audio.
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu Lib/E
And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts
4 stars
(1 review)
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.