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Oxmoor Page Turners Book Club

Presented by Homewood Public Library at Homewood Public Library, Homewood AL

Sep 12 2017
Oxmoor Page Turners Book Club

Tuesday, September 12, at 6:30 pm in the Boardroom. The Badass Librarians of Timbuktu by  Joshua Hammer.   To save precious centuries-old Arabic texts from Al Qaeda, a band of librarians in Timbuktu pulls off a brazen heist worthy of Ocean’s Eleven.

In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a government library, Abdel Kader Haidara, journeyed across the Sahara Desert and along the Niger River, tracking down and salvaging tens of thousands of ancient Islamic and secular manuscripts ... view more »

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Phone: 205-332-6622

Website: http://www.homewoodpubliclibrary.org

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This Book Club takes place in the Boardroom of the Homewood Public Library.

* Event durations (if noted) are approximate. Please check with the presenting organization or venue to confirm start times and duration.

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Homewood Public Library

1721 Oxmoor Road , Homewood, AL 35209

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