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"The second non-fiction book by the legendary novelist and screenwriter responsible for such classic films as The Princess Bride (a personal favorite), Marathon Man, All The President’s Men and Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. Like the prequel, Which Lie Did I Tell includes candid behind-the-scenes stories, a window into the process of how to write good scripts and how The Princess Bride became his first screen credit in nearly nine years. A thoroughly entertaining insider’s look into how Hollywood works."

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Sean Farrell (9 KP) rated Collision 2012: Obama vs. Romney and the Future of Elections in America in Books

Mar 15, 2018

Glad I read this. The author provides an entertaining and informative look at what went on behind the scenes in the many, <i>many</i> months leading up to the 2012 Presidential election. It is fascinating to learn exactly what the candidates and their advisers were thinking when they decided to take various actions throughout the campaign. It is also impressive that there is little, if any, bias apparent throughout. This is a must read for anyone that follows politics at all.

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Words At War - Stories from WWII

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Words of War was an anthology of war stories, "told by the men and women who have seen them happen."...

Liz Phair recommended The Emperor of Scent in Books (curated)

The Emperor of Scent

Chandler Burr | 2004 | Science & Mathematics, Technical

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"“I loved the drama of this exploration into the mechanism of smell, itself wrapped inside the romantic tale of a curmudgeonly scientist obsessed with his own exquisitely refined appreciation of perfume. This book gives a behind-the-scenes look into the world of manufactured scent: the history, the most prized essences, the sterile labs, the villainy, the exotic extracts, the big retail business—and the pure joy of olfactory response in customers who can recall major events in their life by inhaling a whiff of the cologne they wore at the time."

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Erika (17789 KP) rated Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation in Books

May 17, 2018

So, this was billed as the 'behind-the-scenes' look at the war between Sega and Nintendo. Now, I'm not sure where all of the invented conversations came from, but they struck me as odd. I imagine they were made up... Which you can't really do for something billed as non-fiction.
It was an interesting story, and shows very much why Sega is non-existent, why Nintendo keeps hanging on, and Sony that surpassed them.