Timbuktu

Author : Paul Auster
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429900058

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Timbuktu by Paul Auster Pdf

Meet Mr. Bones, the canine hero of Paul Auster's remarkable new novel, Timbuktu. Mr. Bones is the sidekick and confidant of Willy G. Christmas, the brilliant, troubled, and altogether original poet-saint from Brooklyn. Like Don Quixote and Sancho Panza before them, they sally forth on a last great adventure, heading for Baltimore, Maryland in search of Willy's high school teacher, Bea Swanson. Years have passed since Willy last saw his beloved mentor, who knew him in his previous incarnation as William Gurevitch, the son of Polish war refugees. But is Mrs. Swanson still alive? And if she isn't, what will prevent Willy from vanishing into that other world known as Timbuktu? Mr. Bones is our witness. Although he walks on four legs and cannot speak, he can think, and out of his thoughts Auster has spun one of the richest, most compelling tales in recent American fiction. By turns comic, poignant, and tragic, Timbuktu is above all a love story. Written with a scintillating verbal energy, it takes us into the heart of a singularly pure and passionate character, an unforgettable dog who has much to teach us about our own humanity.

Author : Joshua Hammer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781476777405

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The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu by Joshua Hammer Pdf

Describes how a group of Timbuktu librarians enacted a daring plan to smuggle the city's great collection of rare Islamic manuscripts away from the threat of destruction at the hands of Al Qaeda militants to the safety of southern Mali.

Author : Mark Jenkins
Publisher : Modern Times
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008-05-27
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1594867658

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To Timbuktu by Mark Jenkins Pdf

For nearly eight years as the monthly columnist for Outside magazine, and in his award-winning books, Mark Jenkins has held fans spellbound with his riveting accounts of expeditions to remote parts of the globe. In To Timbuktu, he sets out with three friends to attempt their first descent of the Niger River, hoping to reach the legendary city of Timbuktu. Along the way they are attacked by killer bees, charged by hippos, and stalked by crocodiles. They stumble upon a group of completely blind men living alone in the bush and dance with a hundred naked women. That Jenkins finally reaches his goal—riding alone across the Sahara on a motorcycle—stands in sharp contrast to what befell earlier explorers who tried to find Timbuktu and whose fates the author interweaves with the narrative of his own journey. A rich combination of cultural exploration, history, and gripping adventure, this beautifully repackaged edition of To Timbuktu is a journey not to be missed.

Author : Marq De Villiers,Sheila Hirtle
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781551992778

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Timbuktu by Marq De Villiers,Sheila Hirtle Pdf

The first book for general readers about the storied past of one of the world’s most fabled cities. Timbuktu — the name still evokes an exotic, faraway place, even though the city’s glory days are long gone. Unspooling its history and legends, resolving myth with reality, Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle have captured the splendour and decay of one of humankind’s treasures. Founded in the early 1100s by Tuareg nomads who called their camp “Tin Buktu,” it became, within two centuries, a wealthy metropolis and a nexus of the trans-Saharan trade. Salt from the deep Sahara, gold from Ghana, and money from slave markets made it rich. In part because of its wealth, Timbuktu also became a centre of Islamic learning and religion, boasting impressive schools and libraries that attracted scholars from Alexandria, Baghdad, Mecca, and Marrakech. The arts flourished, and Timbuktu gained near-mythic stature around the world, capturing the imagination of outsiders and ultimately attracting the attention of hostile sovereigns who sacked the city three times and plundered it half a dozen more. The ancient city was invaded by a Moroccan army in 1600, beginning its long decline; since then, it has been seized by Tuareg nomads and a variety of jihadists, in addition to enduring a terrible earthquake, several epidemics, and numerous famines. Perhaps no other city in the world has been as golden — and as deeply tarnished — as Timbuktu. Using sources dating deep into Timbuktu’s fabled past, alongside interviews with Tuareg nomads and city residents and officials today, de Villiers and Hirtle have produced a spectacular portrait that brings the city back to life.

Author : Ousmane Oumar Kane
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674969353

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Beyond Timbuktu by Ousmane Oumar Kane Pdf

Timbuktu is famous as a center of learning from Islam’s Golden Age. Yet it was one among many scholarly centers to exist in precolonial West Africa. Ousmane Kane charts the rise of Muslim learning in West Africa from the beginning of Islam to the present day and corrects lingering misconceptions about Africa’s Muslim heritage and its influence.

Author : Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher : Dial Press
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593229408

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Between Time and Timbuktu by Kurt Vonnegut Pdf

An experimental television play composed of excerpts from his novels and stories, Between Time and Timbuktu features Kurt Vonnegut’s special blend of scientific expertise, wit, and penetrating comment. “Most unusual, ultra imaginative . . . a sort of cross between 2001: A Space Odyssey and Alice in Wonderland.”—Philadelphia Inquirer The basic story line: Young Stony Stevenson wins a jingle contest and, as his prize, is blasted off into the time-space warp. The country’s first poet-astronaut thus experiences both past and future human history simultaneously. His observations on it consist mainly of dramatized selections from the author’s works. The result is a unique Vonnegut sampler cast in the form of “an excellent drama” (Pittsburgh Press).

Author : Rudolph Windsor
Publisher : Windsor Golden Series Publication
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9798892381963

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From Babylon to Timbuktu by Rudolph Windsor Pdf

Author : Larry Brook
Publisher : Lerner Publications
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0822532158

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Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Timbuktu by Larry Brook Pdf

Examines the history of the city of Timbuktu, or Tombouctou, from its time as a camping site for nomadic Tuaregs through its prominence in the sixteenth century to the current decline it faces.

Author : John O. Hunwick
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9004128220

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Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire by John O. Hunwick Pdf

The principal text translated in this volume is the "Ta'rikh Al-sudan" of the 17th-century Timbuktu scholar, 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi. The other documents include an English translation of Leo Africanus's description of West Africa and some letters relating to Sa'dian diplomacy.

Author : Charlie English
Publisher : William Collins
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-17
Category : Cultural property
ISBN : 0008126658

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The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu by Charlie English Pdf

Two tales of a city: The historical race to reach one of the world's most mythologized places, and the story of how a contemporary band of archivists and librarians, fighting to save its ancient manuscripts from destruction at the hands of al Qaeda, added another layer to the legend. To Westerners, the name "Timbuktu" long conjured a tantalising paradise, an African El Dorado where even the slaves wore gold. Beginning in the late eighteenth century, a series of explorers gripped by the fever for "discovery" tried repeatedly to reach the fabled city. But one expedition after another went disastrously awry, succumbing to attack, the climate, and disease. Timbuktu was rich in another way too. A medieval centre of learning, it was home to tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts, on subjects ranging from religion to poetry, law to history, pharmacology, and astronomy. When al-Qaeda-linked jihadists surged across Mali in 2012, threatening the existence of these precious documents, a remarkable thing happened: a team of librarians and archivists joined forces to spirit the manuscripts into hiding. Relying on extensive research and firsthand reporting, Charlie English expertly twines these two suspenseful strands into a fascinating account of one of the planet's extraordinary places, and the myths from which it has become inseparable

Author : Elias N. Saad
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1983-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521246033

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Social History of Timbuktu by Elias N. Saad Pdf

Originally published in 1983, this book deals with the precolonial history of the Islamic West African city of Timbuktu. The book traces the fortunes of this fabled city from its origins in the twelfth century, and more especially from around 1400 onwards, to the French conquest in the late nineteenth century. The study rests upon a comprehensive utilisation of the Timbuktu sources, including the well-known chronicles or tarikhs of Timbuktu. The author focuses on the role of scholars and, in so doing, he provides a fresh study of a learned community in sub-Saharan Africa. Additionally, the study shows that the scholars occupied a position of leadership and authority in the social structure of the city. Hence, in providing fuller understanding of the role of scholars and their status as 'notables', the work makes it possible to understand the enigma which has surrounded this extraordinary city throughout its history. It contributes an important perspective for historians of Africa, the Middle East and Islam.

Author : Rick Antonson
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781459710504

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To Timbuktu for a Haircut by Rick Antonson Pdf

With the fabled city of Timbuktu as his goal, author Rick Antonson began a month-long trek. His initial plan? To get a haircut. The second edition of this important book outlines the volatile political situations in Timbuktu following the spring 2012 military coup in Mali and the subsequent capture of the city by Islamic extremists.

Author : Nina Sovich
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780544025950

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To the Moon and Timbuktu by Nina Sovich Pdf

Documents the author's journeys through Mali, Mauritania, and Niger, discussing the inspiration for her travels, the women who adopted her into their ranks, and her discoveries about the region's forgotten areas and future promise.

Author : Brian C. Stiller
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830887613

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From Jerusalem to Timbuktu by Brian C. Stiller Pdf

Christianity started in Jerusalem. For many centuries it was concentrated in the West, in Europe and North America. But in the past century the church expanded rapidly across Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Thus Christianity's geographic center of density is now in the West African country of Mali—in Timbuktu. What led to the church's vibrant growth throughout the Global South? Brian Stiller identifies five key factors that have shaped the church, from a renewed openness to the move of the Holy Spirit to the empowerment of indigenous leadership. While in some areas Christianity is embattled and threatened, in many places it is flourishing as never before. Discover the surprising story of the global advance of the gospel. And be encouraged that Jesus' witness continues to the ends of the earth.

Author : Umm Nura
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0986720801

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Jannah Jewels Book 1 by Umm Nura Pdf

The Jannah Jewels land in the ancient city of Timbuktu in Mali. Suddenly, they are caught in the middle of a mystery. Someone has stolen a priceless manuscript! While following clues, they find the Grand Mosque and discover the Treasure King. Who exactly is the Treasure King and can the Jannah Jewels restore the missing manuscript into a Golden Clock before time runs out?