> So a question: what is the best book?

Welcome to the list.  Nearly every question has been asked and
answered many time and are all stored in the archives.  I'll take some
heat here, but it's always a good idea (good Netiquette) to check the
archives.  See my signature below.  Malcolm

You might find what your looking for the in the vanagon archives at:
 http://gerry.vanagon.com/archives/vanagon.html

Good luck,  Malcolm