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9781410490032, titled "The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts" | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, May 18, 2016), cover price $32.99 | About this edition: 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.
9781476777405, titled "The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts" | Simon & Schuster, April 19, 2016, cover price $26.00
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9781681681429, titled "The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts" | Unabridged edition (Highbridge Co, April 19, 2016), cover price $29.99 | About this edition: 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 that were crumbling in the trunks of desert farmers.
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9780743264655 | Free Pr, August 29, 2006, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: A narrative account of the 1923 Kanto Earthquake in Japan describes how it resulted in 160,000 deaths in Yokohama and Tokyo and had lasting consequences for U.
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9780743264662 | Free Pr, February 5, 2011, cover price $20.99
Hardcover:
9780743244138 | Free Pr, September 1, 2003, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: Follows the story of the Palestinian uprising, covering such topics as Israel's most wanted guerilla leader, the Isreali invasion of Bethlehem, and the standoff at the Church of the Nativity.
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9780743256049 | Reprint edition (Free Pr, May 1, 2004), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Follows the story of the Palestinian uprising, covering such topics as Israel's most wanted guerilla leader, the Israeli invasion of Bethlehem, and the standoff at the Church of the Nativity.
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9780786864287 | Hyperion Books, November 1, 1999, cover price $22.45 | About this edition: A journalist offers a memoir that chronicles his relationship with his brother, who became estranged from his family when he joined an ultra-orthodox Jewish sect
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9780786886012 | Hyperion Books, September 1, 2000, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: An experienced journalist offers a unique memoir that chronicles his relationship with his brother, who became estranged from his family when he joined an ultra-orthodox Jewish sect, discussing their eventual reconciliation as he accepts his brother's spiritual longings.
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9780523424446 | Pinnacle Books, August 1, 1984, cover price $3.50 | About this edition: Traces the life of the first woman vice presidential candidate, looks at her congressional career, and discusses her stand on political issues
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