A total of 28 book reports were presented in this month's bookish assembly hosted by Secretary General Huang Chin-ying and commented by President Lin Chun-shin. Details are as follows: August 1 Wang Yen-hsiang:Taiwan Folk Art Lo Yu-yao:Understanding Biotechnology August 3 Pan Yu-wen:Papers on China-Britain Diplomatic History Tsai Meng-chieh:Data Assimilation for the Geosciences August 5 Li Tzu-hsuan:New Food Crisis Chiu Pin-yao:The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring August 8 Yang Nien-tzu:An Atlas of Countries That Don’t Exist Chen Hsiang-chun:Food Supplement August 10 Chang Tzu-yu:Whose Bright Idea Was It? : True Stories of Invention Lin Chien-hung:Creative Cities Paris August 12 Sun Ta-lun:Inequality: What Can be Done? Wang Jheng-yu:Blood, Sweat and Tears of the Fishery Industry August 15 Yang Chu:The Many Colors of Women Wu Yuan-hung:The Encyclopedia of Parasites August 17 Gao Chuan-chi:Chronicles of the Liu Family of Dapinglin Chung Cheng-hsin:Get to Know Your Nuts August 19 Chen Yu-ting:Offshore Wind Power Peng Yu-huei:10% Human: How Your Body’s Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness August 22 Sun Chu-chun:La Grande Chaumiere Violette Chen Yi-fang:The Reckoning: Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of Nations August 24 Yu Hsiu-yun:The House News Ou Yang Yu-syuan:Foot Prints in the Snow August 26 Lin Yu-ju:The Autoimmune Solution Chang Chih-chun:Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue August 29 Tsai Han-chieh:Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain Luo Yang-ching:Renovation Regrets to Avoid August 31 Chang Pei-chen:Droughts Huang Chuan-wei:Finance and the Good Society