The librarian of Basra : a true story from Iraq
Titre
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The librarian of Basra : a true story from Iraq
Jeanette. Winter
Sommaire
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Alia Muhammad Baker is a librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, her library has been a meeting place for those who love books. Until now. Now war has come, and Alia fears that the library--along with the thirty thousand books within it--will be destroyed forever. In a war-stricken country where civilians--especially women--have little power, this true story about a librarian's struggle to save her community's priceless collection of books reminds us all how, throughout the world, the love of literature and the respect for knowledge know no boundaries.
Date de publication comme intervalle
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2004
Description matérielle
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Informations sur le programme
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Accelerated Reader LG 3.2 0.5 83517
Vedette-matière - nom de personne
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Baker, Alia Muhammad.
Terme de vedette-matière
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Librarians -- Iraq -- Baṣrah -- Biography.
Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- Iraq -- Baṣrah.
Iraq War, 2003-2011-.
Résumé
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Alia Muhammad Baker is a librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, her library has been a meeting place for those who love books. Until now. Now war has come, and Alia fears that the library--along with the thirty thousand books within it--will be destroyed forever. In a war-stricken country where civilians--especially women--have little power, this true story about a librarian's struggle to save her community's priceless collection of books reminds us all how, throughout the world, the love of literature and the respect for knowledge know no boundaries.
Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
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9780152054458
9780358141839
Informations de publication
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Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, Inc., c2004.
Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, Inc., c2005.
Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, Inc., c2019.
©2004
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| Johnny Bright | E WIN | Book | 31455000114404 | Picture Books |