Charlie English
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
The story of how a team of librarians and archivists joined forces to spirit tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts into hiding when al-Qaeda-linked jihadists surged across Mali in 2012, threatening the existence of these precious documents. Relying on extensive research and firsthand reporting, Charlie English expertly twines a fraught and fascinating account of one of the planet's extraordinary places, and the myths from which it has become inseparable....
Author
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
"Combining on-the-slopes experience with off-trail research, Charlie English follows in the footsteps of the Romantic poets across the Alps, learns how to build igloos with the Inuit on Baffin Island, examines snow patches in the Cairngorms to detect signs of global warming, and tests his mettle on some of the most perilous peaks on Earth"--P. [4] of cover.