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Alia's mission : saving the books of Iraq : inspired by a true story by Mark Alan Stamaty is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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The inspiring story of an Iraqi librarian's courageous fight to save books from the Basra Central Library before it was destroyed in the war.<br>It is 2003 and Alia Muhammad Baker, the chief librarian of the Central Library in Basra, Iraq, has grown worried given the increased likelihood of war in her country. Determined to preserve the irreplacable records of the culture and history of the land on which she lives from the destruction of the war, Alia undertakes a courageous and extremely danger
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Mark Alan Stamaty
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780375832178
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Computer Science, Fiction, Young Adult
- Rating
- 3.75 / 5 (4 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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