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The Book: The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts, by Joshua Hammer (2016). 288 pages.
Situated on the trans-Saharan caravan route, Timbuktu was for centuries a center of Islamic scholarship, and home to thousands of precious Arabic-language manuscripts. Award-winning journalist Joshua Hammer first visited the city in 2006. His book describes how Timbuktu citizens responded when their city's historic legacy was threatened during Mali's 2012-13 Islamist insurgency.
Discussion will be led by Beth Berlage, Country Director for Timbuktu, Mali, Tempe's Sister City since 1991.
Reading Global Book Club: Tempe Public Library's Reading Global Book Club reads fiction and non-fiction books focusing on Tempe's Sister Cities. Each book is either written by an author from one of Tempe's Sister Cities, or focuses on those cities, and each book club meeting will include discussions led by individuals with deep experience in the diverse and compelling histories and cultures of these communities. The club meets once per month. All Reading Global Book Club meetings are held at the Tempe Public Library, 6:00pm-7:30pm.
What If I Have Not Read the Book? We find that most attendees at our book club meetings are excited about reading these books and come to the meetings having read all or part of the books. But everybody is welcome at the book club meetings, even if they haven't read the book! We have great discussions, great guests, etc., and everyone can enjoy and participate, regardless of how much they read.
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