Syria's secret library [DAISY talking book] : reading and redemption in a town under siege

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Title:

Author:

Thomson, Mike, author.

Added Author:

Hartley-Margolin, David, narrator.

Publication Date:

2020

Publication Information:

Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress, 2020 (Books to Life, recording studio)

Physical Description:

1 computer optical disc : sound ; 4 3/4 in.

Abstract:

An account of a hidden library organized in 2013 in the war-torn town of Daraya, which was besieged early in the Syrian Civil War. The author recounts how the books inside were salvaged and scavenged. 2019.

General Note:

"Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group, Ltd."--verso of title page.

Digital audiobook in DAISY format.

Performers:

Narrated by: David Hartley-Margolin.

Technical Details:

System requirements: NLS authorized digital talking book (dtb) player. Web version requires Internet access, BARD password and NLS authorized digital talking book player. Contact your cooperating library or the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress, for more information.

Full audio with structure.

Subject Term:

Libraries -- Social aspects -- Syria -- Dārayyā (Damascus)

Geographic Term:

Dārayyā (Damascus, Syria) -- Social life and customs.

Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Social aspects.

Genre:

Talking books.

Language:

English

Audience:

Male narrator.