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I recommend this book because it focuses on a fascinating, unique, and very important topic: truly integrating urban design with nature.

With 80% of the earth’s population soon to be urban, making cities sustainable is essential, but this book goes beyond traditional sustainability to examine how the energy and material flow in cities can mimic nature itself–biophilic cities, in the words of the authors.

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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

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