Evergreen Rotary Book Club

The RCE Book Discussion Group's first book is The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu (And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts) by Joshua Hammer. We will meet on Oct. 4 at a location TBD soon. If you are interested in joining this group of bibliophiles for about one hour every 3 months (or so), please let Linda know at lindalovin@gmail.com.

"After al-Qaida seized control of Timbuktu, Mali, in 2012, a government librarian risked his life to smuggle thousands of ancient manuscripts out of the city, enlisting family and friends to help save the priceless texts before it was too late.

Jake Reiss of Alabama Booksmith says Joshua Hammer's book "reads like fiction, but it is a true-to-life amazing story. ... As a novel, this would make a scary page-turning thriller. But no one would believe that this tale was possible."