World of Books January Meeting

 

World of Books Book Group meets Wednesday, January 3rd at 4pm at the Library. Discussing The Bad-Ass librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer. Setting: Timbuktu in Mali.

New members are always welcome to join our lively literary discussions. Feel free to just listen in, or participate in the conversation.

Summary from CLAMS:

Describes how a group of Timbuktu librarians enacted a daring plan to smuggle the city’s great collection of rare Islamic manuscripts away from the threat of destruction at the hands of Al Qaeda militants to the safety of southern Mali.