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

 
The Emperor of Scent
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 (17788 KP) rated Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation in Books

May 17, 2018  
Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation
Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation
Blake J. Harris | 2014 | Computing & IT, Reference
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6.0 (1 Ratings)
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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.