The Resource Syria's secret library : reading and redemption in a town under siege, Mike Thomson
Syria's secret library : reading and redemption in a town under siege, Mike Thomson
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The item Syria's secret library : reading and redemption in a town under siege, Mike Thomson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Colby College Libraries.
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- Summary
- "Daraya lies on the fringe of Damascus, just southwest of the Syrian capital. Yet for four years it lived in another world. Besieged by government forces early in the Syrian Civil War, its people were deprived of food, bombarded by heavy artillery, and under the constant fire of snipers. But deep beneath this scene of frightening devastation lay a hidden library. While the streets above echoed with shelling and rifle fire, the secret world below was a haven of books. Long rows of well-thumbed volumes lined almost every wall: bloated editions with grand leather covers, pocket-sized guides to Syrian poetry, and no-nonsense reference books, all arranged in well-ordered lines. But this precious horde was not bought from publishers or loaned by other libraries-they were the books salvaged and scavenged at great personal risk from the doomed city above"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First US edition
- Extent
- 305 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- "Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group, Ltd."--verso of title page
- Isbn
- 9781541767621
- Label
- Syria's secret library : reading and redemption in a town under siege
- Title
- Syria's secret library
- Title remainder
- reading and redemption in a town under siege
- Statement of responsibility
- Mike Thomson
- Subject
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- Dārayyā (Syria) -- Social life and customs
- History
- Libraries -- Social aspects
- Libraries -- Social aspects -- Syria | Dārayyā (Damascus)
- Manners and customs
- 2011
- Syria
- Syria -- Dārayyā (Damascus)
- Syria -- History
- Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Social aspects
- Social aspects
- Civil War (Syria : 2011-)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Daraya lies on the fringe of Damascus, just southwest of the Syrian capital. Yet for four years it lived in another world. Besieged by government forces early in the Syrian Civil War, its people were deprived of food, bombarded by heavy artillery, and under the constant fire of snipers. But deep beneath this scene of frightening devastation lay a hidden library. While the streets above echoed with shelling and rifle fire, the secret world below was a haven of books. Long rows of well-thumbed volumes lined almost every wall: bloated editions with grand leather covers, pocket-sized guides to Syrian poetry, and no-nonsense reference books, all arranged in well-ordered lines. But this precious horde was not bought from publishers or loaned by other libraries-they were the books salvaged and scavenged at great personal risk from the doomed city above"--
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- Thomson, Mike,
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Civil War (Syria : 2011-)
- Libraries
- Syria
- Dārayyā (Syria)
- Libraries
- Manners and customs
- Social aspects
- Syria
- Syria
- Syria
- Label
- Syria's secret library : reading and redemption in a town under siege, Mike Thomson
- Note
- "Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group, Ltd."--verso of title page
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-303)
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- still image
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1051136414
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First US edition
- Extent
- 305 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781541767621
- Lccn
- 2019938981
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1051136414
- Label
- Syria's secret library : reading and redemption in a town under siege, Mike Thomson
- Note
- "Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group, Ltd."--verso of title page
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-303)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1051136414
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First US edition
- Extent
- 305 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781541767621
- Lccn
- 2019938981
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1051136414
Subject
- Dārayyā (Syria) -- Social life and customs
- History
- Libraries -- Social aspects
- Libraries -- Social aspects -- Syria | Dārayyā (Damascus)
- Manners and customs
- 2011
- Syria
- Syria -- Dārayyā (Damascus)
- Syria -- History
- Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Social aspects
- Social aspects
- Civil War (Syria : 2011-)
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