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This Rare Earth: Building the Dams, Mines and Megaprojects That Run Our World by Jeremy Thomas Gilmer

4.75

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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Fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpse into the industries that, for better or worse, physically transform our world. Gilmer, a skilled writer, brings an engineer’s knowledge and a poet’s eye to some of the largest mining operations on Earth, capturing moments of humanity and beauty in the unlikeliest of places. A must-read.