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NME MUSIC Quiz Book

Author : Rob Dimery
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781786275295
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (752 download)

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Download or read book NME MUSIC Quiz Book written by Rob Dimery and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NME Music Quiz Book features around 1,000 questions spanning the 66 years of the cult magazine. A perfect book for music aficionados of all ages. Put your pop and rock knowledge to the test! Rediscover your favourite music and memories, from punk to EDM, the Rolling Stones to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, pop videos to iconic festival headliners, with questions crossing multiple genres and decades. Sourced directly from the NME archive for added authority, the quizzes are supplemented with exclusive quotes and facts from the original magazine. An extract from the book: "We're at something of a watershed in pop history. There's never been so much music readily available, both ancient and cutting–edge modern, and we're consuming it in more ways than ever. But what place is there for albums in a world where fans can simply cherry–pick their favourite tunes and forget the rest? Is it simply the artists' love of the album that keeps it alive? And have we seen the last of the seismic currents that reshape pop into something strange and new? Some might say that new music is too heavily in debt to old music to be truly original: to paraphrase one of the Eighties' most endearing left–field acts, Did Pop Eat Itself? Whatever the truth, it seems like an excellent time to look back on the ground we've covered since rock'n'roll's infancy. From Christmas novelties to the blackest of metal, timeless soundtracks to music's on–off relationship with the Grim Reaper, this quiz book is a celebration of pop's diversity, eccentricity and downright oddness. Within these pages, you'll find brain–teasers on some 70 years of music–making, including sections on major artists and genres, best–selling releases, highly dubious rock–star behaviour, foot–in–mouth disease and the urban legends that we dearly hope are true. Hopefully, it'll feel like a good maze – offering easy progress one moment and head–scratching dead ends the next. So dive in! And if these 62 quizzes inspire you to broaden your own musical radar, all the better."

The Official Radio 6 Music Quiz Book

Author : Nick Holt
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473550556
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book The Official Radio 6 Music Quiz Book written by Nick Holt and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-10-27 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BBC Radio 6 Music is the place for alternative music – and this is the quiz for its fans. From indie pop and iconic rock to trip hop, electronica and dance, these questions will test your knowledge of the last 60 years of floor-fillers, cult classics and the best B-sides to the limit. Including dedicated quizzes on your favourite 6 Music shows, like Lauren Laverne's People's Playlist, Guy Garvey's Finest Hour, Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service and more, find out how much you can really call yourself the king of rock n' roll.

The History of the NME

Author : Pat Long
Publisher : Portico
ISBN 13 : 1907554777
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book The History of the NME written by Pat Long and published by Portico. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The NME mattered to all those generations who grew up with music at the centre of their universe. The NME never had a truer chronicler than Pat Long.' Tony Parsons Since it was founded in 1952, the New Musical Express has played a central part in the British love affair with pop music. Snotty, confrontational, enthusiastic, sarcastic: the NME landing on the doormat every Wednesday was the high point of any music fan’s week, whether they were listening to The Beatles, Bowie or Blur. The Sex Pistols sang about it, Nick Hornby claims he regrets not working for it and a whole host of household names – Tony Parsons and Julie Burchill, Nick Kent and Mick Farren, Steve Lamacq and Stuart Maconie – started their career writing for it. This authoritative history, written by former assistant editor, Pat Long, is an insider's account of the high times and low lives of the world's most famous, and most influential, music magazine. The fights, the bands, the brawls, the haircuts, the egos and much more. This is the definitive – and first – book about the infamous NME.

Quantick's Quite Difficult Quiz Book

Author : David Quantick
Publisher : Robinson
ISBN 13 : 1472146239
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book Quantick's Quite Difficult Quiz Book written by David Quantick and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2021-11-04 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Best quiz book ever' HARRY HILL 'Quantick is the Captain Beefheart of quizzing' MARK BILLINGHAM 'The antidote to every deathly dull pub quiz you've ever been to. This is how a quiz book should be written - where having fun is the most important outcome' GARY WIGGLESWORTH, author of The Book Lover's Quiz Book Distinctive, unusual, difficult, but spectacularly entertaining, this quiz book is to other pub quizzes what Trivial Pursuit was to Ludo, what The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is like to the Rhyl phone directory, and what the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is like compared to a kid's scooter. Loads better. David Quantick works regularly with Armando Iannucci, including on the new HBO series, Avenue 5. He won an Emmy as part of the writing team on Veep, a BAFTA for Harry Hill's TV Burp and a Writers' Guild Award for The Thick of It. For over fifteen years, David has also hosted his own very popular quizzes at festivals, events, pubs, clubs, cinemas and in tents: the quizzes range is broad and the questions are tricky. They're not about statistics, there's no sport, the picture rounds are conceptual, and there's sometimes a round called 'Martin Amis Character or Blur Song'. Each quiz is funny and entertaining even if you don't know the answers. The quizzes are informative and opinionated. In some ways, they're like stand-up with questions. This is a book based on David's excellent live quizzes, described by many people as 'quite difficult'. But they are quizzes. Quite difficult quizzes that tax the brain and make it go in directions it didn't know it could. That's not to say the questions are fiendishly scientific and packed with questions about dates and the periodic table. They're about books and music, movies and actors, strange events and interesting quotes. You don't leave a Quantick quiz knowing how many times Spurs have won the League, but you may know how many Shirleys have sung a Bond theme or how George V made the front page of The Times. The effectiveness of David's quizzes is down to their unusual variety and almost stream-of-consciousness leaps and bounds of factual imagination. There's not even much point in cheating, because the answers often require mental agility as well as just knowing where Calais is (it's in France, but it wasn't always, even when it was). David's quiz book includes twenty-five main quizzes, four Christmas quizzes and four specialist quizzes, so thirty-three quizzes in total. Entertaining in its own right, this is also a conceptual yet very practical guide to staging excellent quizzes of your own.

The Mammoth Quiz Book

Author : Nick Holt
Publisher : Robinson
ISBN 13 : 1472106229
Total Pages : 882 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book The Mammoth Quiz Book written by Nick Holt and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2013-08-22 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive category killer, with over 6,000 varied questions on every topic imaginable - as well as some you might not imagine. The 400 quizzes are a mixture of general knowledge and specialist rounds all aimed at the popular pub or society quiz market on science and technology; nature and the universe; human geography; history; life as we know it; arts and culture; sports and games; popular culture; celebrities and trivia. The questions are up-to-date, interesting and, unlike much of the competition, accurate.

The Russell Brand Quiz Book

Author : Chris Cowlin
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1908752319
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book The Russell Brand Quiz Book written by Chris Cowlin and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2012-06-28 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you like Russell Brand? Does his outspoken manner and unique style of humour make you laugh out loud? Have you followed his career from the early days of stand-up and Channel 4 success to controversial comedy megastar? If you think you know what makes Russell Brand tick or would like to find out more, The Russell Brand Quiz Book is for you. What job did Russell do before becoming a successful stand-up comedian? In which year did Russell release his first stand-up DVD, titled Live? Which American sketch comedy show did Russell guest host during February 2011? If you think you know the answers, why not find out if you are right with this fun quiz book. Russell Brand has proved himself to be a diverse and talented individual and the 100 questions in this book cover all aspects of his life, including many personal details, so you are certain to find out something new about your favourite comedian. This book will appeal to Russell Brand's many fans and anyone with a keen interest in comedy.

The Professor Green Quiz Book

Author : Chris Cowlin
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1909143707
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Professor Green Quiz Book written by Chris Cowlin and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2012-10-23 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a fan of Professor Green? If the answer is yes, how much do you know about him? Are you aware of how he came by his unusual stage name? How did he get into rapping and what were his early influences? What does he have tattooed at the back of his neck? If you would like to find out more about your favourite rapper, The Professor Green Quiz Book is sure to tell you everything you want to know. With 100 brain-teasing questions all about the London rapper, this book is certain to get you thinking. Full of facts about Professor Green, this book will tell you about his early life, his first successes, albums, recent releases, awards and nominations, personal details and much more. This quiz book pays tribute to a talented performer who has made a lasting impression on the music industry in recent months and looks set to continue to make his mark for some time to come. This is a must-have for everyone who enjoys Professor Green's unique sound.

The Rolling Stones Quiz Book

Author : Adam Pearson
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 190994906X
Total Pages : 61 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book The Rolling Stones Quiz Book written by Adam Pearson and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2013-09-09 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rolling Stones have now been rocking the music world for an incredible 50 years and to celebrate this achievement, Adam Pearson has researched and compiled The Rolling Stones Quiz Book. If you are a Stones' fan who has followed the band's amazing success story from the early days through to chart-topping success and international stardom, what better way to test your knowledge of your favourite band with the 500 questions in this new quiz book? Where, in July 1962 did the Rollin' Stones play their first gig? In November 1991 the Rolling Stones signed a three album deal with which record company? What did the Rolling Stones get nominated for in the 2013 Brit Awards? The answers to these questions and more can all be found inside this book. Packed with fascinating fans about the Rolling Stones long career in music, as well as information about the individual band members, this tribute is sure to appeal to rockers of all ages and anyone interested in finding out about one of the most successful UK bands of all time.

The Book Lover's Quiz Book 2

Author : Gary Wigglesworth
Publisher : Robinson
ISBN 13 : 1472148274
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book The Book Lover's Quiz Book 2 written by Gary Wigglesworth and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2023-10-05 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Put your bookworm reputation on the line and prove your literary knowledge with this collection of quizzes for book whizzes. Book lovers can answer questions by themselves or host a quiz among friends with twenty-four quizzes to keep you guessing with a variety of question styles including: - 'Blankety Books', where you must fill in the missing word in each title - Anagrams to decipher - 'Two of a Kind', where you must identify a character and author who share the same initials - Guess the book with 'Say What You See' pictures and badly drawn covers - 'Book Bingo' The quizzes are carefully weighted so avid bookworms will get a workout, while more casual readers can still have lots of fun having a go. All questions are designed to aid guessing, with multiple-choice answers and hints, and make the reader smile with amusing wrong answers, clever red herrings, little-known facts and footnotes.

The Britney Spears Quiz Book

Author : Chris Cowlin
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1908382821
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book The Britney Spears Quiz Book written by Chris Cowlin and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2011-06-14 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you an expert on Britney Spears? Have you followed every dramatic twist and turn in the amazing Britney Spears story from child wannabe to controversial princess of pop? Are you familiar with Britney's early work before finding international acclaim and stardom? And would you like to find out more about the blond schoolgirl who went on to become a global icon? If so The Britney Spears Quiz Book is just what you need. Packed with fascinating facts this quiz book covers the phenomenal success of the young Britney through to more troubled times. With 100 questions about the chart topping hits, awards and nominations, career highlights and low points, as well as many personal details, you are certain to learn something new about your favourite celebrity. This book is a fitting tribute to the woman listed by Forbes as the third most mentioned musician on the Internet and who is purported to be the best-selling female artist of the first decade of the 21st century. If you are a fan of Britney, you will love this quiz book.

Coal to Diamonds: A Memoir

Author : Beth Ditto
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0385529740
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Coal to Diamonds: A Memoir written by Beth Ditto and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-10-09 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A raw and surprisingly beautiful coming-of-age memoir, Coal to Diamonds tells the story of Mary Beth Ditto, a girl from rural Arkansas who found her voice. Born and raised in Judsonia, Arkansas—a place where indoor plumbing was a luxury, squirrel was a meal, and sex ed was taught during senior year in high school (long after many girls had gotten pregnant and dropped out) Beth Ditto stood out. Beth was a fat, pro-choice, sexually confused choir nerd with a great voice, an eighties perm, and a Kool Aid dye job. Her single mother worked overtime, which meant Beth and her five siblings were often left to fend for themselves. Beth spent much of her childhood as a transient, shuttling between relatives, caring for a sickly, volatile aunt she nonetheless loved, looking after sisters, brothers, and cousins, and trying to steer clear of her mother’s bad boyfriends. Her punk education began in high school under the tutelage of a group of teens—her second family—who embraced their outsider status and introduced her to safety-pinned clothing, mail-order tapes, queer and fat-positive zines, and any shred of counterculture they could smuggle into Arkansas. With their help, Beth survived high school, a tragic family scandal, and a mental breakdown, and then she got the hell out of Judsonia. She decamped to Olympia, Washington, a late-1990s paradise for Riot Grrrls and punks, and began to cultivate her glamorous, queer, fat, femme image. On a whim—with longtime friends Nathan, a guitarist and musical savant in a polyester suit, and Kathy, a quiet intellectual turned drummer—she formed the band Gossip. She gave up trying to remake her singing voice into the ethereal wisp she thought it should be and instead embraced its full, soulful potential. Gossip gave her that chance, and the raw power of her voice won her and Gossip the attention they deserved. Marked with the frankness, humor, and defiance that have made her an international icon, Beth Ditto’s unapologetic, startlingly direct, and poetic memoir is a hypnotic and inspiring account of a woman coming into her own.

The Ultimate Beatles Quiz Book

Author : Michael J. Hockinson
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312071042
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Ultimate Beatles Quiz Book written by Michael J. Hockinson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1992-01-15 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was the first song the Beatles recorded for "Sgt. Pepper?" When Beatles fans get together, this is just one of the questions they hurl at each other. The Ultimate Beatles Quiz Book is the most elaborate and entertaining collection of these questions ever published.-of-a-kind mine of facts, photos, and Fab Four lore.

Ultimate PopMaster

Author : Phil Swern
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473532167
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Ultimate PopMaster written by Phil Swern and published by Random House. This book was released on 2020-09-10 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you stop for PopMaster? Get ready to take on the ultimate PopMaster challenge from the minds behind BBC Radio 2's iconic quiz. Every weekday morning over eight million people across the nation stop what they're doing, fix themselves a cuppa and settle in to listen to the PopMaster quiz on The Ken Bruce Show. Now it's your turn to join the throng and pit your musical knowledge against expert question setters Phil Swern and Neil Myners. Ultimate PopMaster is an endlessly entertaining collection of brainteasers, featuring a foreword from the Pop Master himself, Ken Bruce, and 1,500 brand new questions that get progressively harder as you work your way through the book. Discover a surprise twist when you reach the final quiz, in which you'll get the chance to become ultimate PopMaster champion. Covering music from 1958 to 2020, this official quiz companion has something for everyone. So, whether you're a pop anorak or incidental music fan, get stuck in on your own or with friends and family, and watch the hours fly by. Who had a top 10 hit in 1997 with 'The James Bond Theme' as featured in the movie Tomorrow Never Dies? Which legendary soul singer was the subject of the 2015 number one hit by Charlie Puth featuring Meghan Trainor? Which group of comedians had a Top 10 hit in 1975 with Black Pudding Bertha (The Queen Of Northern Soul)?

The Storyteller

Author : Dave Grohl
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 006307611X
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book The Storyteller written by Dave Grohl and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 New York Times Bestseller * Named one of Variety's Best Music Books of 2021 * Included in Audible's Best of The Year list * A Business Insider Best Memoirs of 2021 * One of NME's Best Music Books of 2021 So, I've written a book. Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities ("It's a piece of cake! Just do 4 hours of interviews, find someone else to write it, put your face on the cover, and voila!") I have decided to write these stories just as I have always done, in my own hand. The joy that I have felt from chronicling these tales is not unlike listening back to a song that I've recorded and can't wait to share with the world, or reading a primitive journal entry from a stained notebook, or even hearing my voice bounce between the Kiss posters on my wall as a child. This certainly doesn't mean that I'm quitting my day job, but it does give me a place to shed a little light on what it's like to be a kid from Springfield, Virginia, walking through life while living out the crazy dreams I had as young musician. From hitting the road with Scream at 18 years old, to my time in Nirvana and the Foo Fighters, jamming with Iggy Pop or playing at the Academy Awards or dancing with AC/DC and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, drumming for Tom Petty or meeting Sir Paul McCartney at Royal Albert Hall, bedtime stories with Joan Jett or a chance meeting with Little Richard, to flying halfway around the world for one epic night with my daughters…the list goes on. I look forward to focusing the lens through which I see these memories a little sharper for you with much excitement.

The Stone Roses

Author : Simon Spence
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1250030838
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Stone Roses written by Simon Spence and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Stone Roses captures the magic—and chaos—behind the UK band's rise, fall, and recent resurrection. The iconic Brit pop band The Stone Roses became an overnight sensation when their 1989 eponymous album went double platinum. It was a recording that is still often listed as one of the best albums ever made. Its chiming guitar riffs, anthemic melodies, and Smiths-like pop sensibility elevated The Stone Roses to a cult-like status in the UK and put them on the map in the U.S. But theirs is a story of unfulfilled success: their star imploded as their sophomore effort took years to complete and the band broke up acrimoniously in 1996. Sixteen years later, they reunited and have been playing sold out gigs, thrilling fans around the globe, and working on new material. In 2013, they nabbed the coveted headline spot at the Coachella Festival. With one hundred interviews of key figures, forty rare photographs, and exclusive insider material including how they created their music, The Stone Roses charts the band's rise from the backwaters of Manchester to becoming the stars of the "Madchester" scene to their successful comeback years later. Going beyond the myths to depict a band that defined Brit pop, Simon Spence illustrates their incandescent talent and jaw-dropping success while contextualizing them in the 90s music scene. This is the definitive story of The Stone Roses.

The Penguin Book Quiz

Author : James Walton
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0241986044
Total Pages : 551 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book The Penguin Book Quiz written by James Walton and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE PERFECT QUIZ BOOK FOR BOOKWORMS! Which Haruki Murakami novel shares its title with a Beatles song? In Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, what is Charlie's surname? What is heavy-drinking Rachel Watson known as in the title of a 21st-century bestseller? And what do you get if you add the number of Bennet sisters in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice to the number of Karamazov brothers in Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov? With four hundred questions covering books from literary classics to modern bestsellers, through iconic children's books and books you say that you've read but really you haven't, The Penguin Book Quiz is as appropriate for a making you look well-read at a party as it is for a book-loving family to tuck into after Christmas dinner: it's as enjoyable to read as it is to play. Featuring the work of everyone from Antony Beevor to Zadie Smith, books from The Very Hungry Caterpillar to Ulysses, and with movie, music, television and literary references abound, this entertaining quiz tickles the fancy (and the brains) of light and heavy readers alike. Answers: - Norwegian Wood - Bucket - The Girl on the Train - Eight (five sisters, three brothers)

The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels

Author : Alex Epstein
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698175484
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels written by Alex Epstein and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-11-13 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could everything we know about fossil fuels be wrong? For decades, environmentalists have told us that using fossil fuels is a self-destructive addiction that will destroy our planet. Yet at the same time, by every measure of human well-being, from life expectancy to clean water to climate safety, life has been getting better and better. How can this be? The explanation, energy expert Alex Epstein argues in The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, is that we usually hear only one side of the story. We’re taught to think only of the negatives of fossil fuels, their risks and side effects, but not their positives—their unique ability to provide cheap, reliable energy for a world of seven billion people. And the moral significance of cheap, reliable energy, Epstein argues, is woefully underrated. Energy is our ability to improve every single aspect of life, whether economic or environmental. If we look at the big picture of fossil fuels compared with the alternatives, the overall impact of using fossil fuels is to make the world a far better place. We are morally obligated to use more fossil fuels for the sake of our economy and our environment. Drawing on original insights and cutting-edge research, Epstein argues that most of what we hear about fossil fuels is a myth. For instance . . . Myth: Fossil fuels are dirty. Truth: The environmental benefits of using fossil fuels far outweigh the risks. Fossil fuels don’t take a naturally clean environment and make it dirty; they take a naturally dirty environment and make it clean. They don’t take a naturally safe climate and make it dangerous; they take a naturally dangerous climate and make it ever safer. Myth: Fossil fuels are unsustainable, so we should strive to use “renewable” solar and wind. Truth: The sun and wind are intermittent, unreliable fuels that always need backup from a reliable source of energy—usually fossil fuels. There are huge amounts of fossil fuels left, and we have plenty of time to find something cheaper. Myth: Fossil fuels are hurting the developing world. Truth: Fossil fuels are the key to improving the quality of life for billions of people in the developing world. If we withhold them, access to clean water plummets, critical medical machines like incubators become impossible to operate, and life expectancy drops significantly. Calls to “get off fossil fuels” are calls to degrade the lives of innocent people who merely want the same opportunities we enjoy in the West. Taking everything into account, including the facts about climate change, Epstein argues that “fossil fuels are easy to misunderstand and demonize, but they are absolutely good to use. And they absolutely need to be championed. . . . Mankind’s use of fossil fuels is supremely virtuous—because human life is the standard of value and because using fossil fuels transforms our environment to make it wonderful for human life.”