The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu -- Joshua Hammer, Paperback Antiques / Collectibles But this year Monona is

But this year Monona is in heaven and Mami is sad

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revealing a tale that is as full of energy and power as it was when it was first written

Cassie and Lenora must piece together the truth of what happened--and the sinister truth lurking in their own pasts--before it's too late

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu -- Joshua Hammer, Paperback Antiques / Collectibles But this year Monona is**New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice** To save ancient Arabic texts from Al Qaeda, a band of librarians pulls off a brazen heist worthy of Ocean's Eleven in this "fast paced narrative that is part intellectual history, part geopolitical tract, and part out and out thriller" (The Washington Post) from the award winning journalist and author of The Falcon Thief. In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a government library, Abdel Kader