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Coal quinceañera club No president looms larger in"Engrossing . . . Coal, to borrow a phrase, is king." New York Times Book Review In this remarkable book, Barbara Freese takes us on a rich historical journey that begins hundreds of millions of years ago and spans the globe. Prized as "the best stone in Britain" by Roman invaders who carved jewelry out of it, coal has transformed societies, launched empires, and expanded frontiers. It made China an eleventh century superpower, inspired the Communist