I've found that the "for Dummies" books are often very much more intelligently written than the "offical" books. Tried to figure out how to do something in MS Access using the manual (BIG mistake) and after a table of intcontinence, index and several pages gave up. Took me about a minute to get the answer in Access for Dummies

I think many of our politicians are using "Politics for Dummies," but mistakenly got the Cliff notes.

I've been thinking about writing the "Sort Of Depressed Person's Guide to Inertia" or "100 Things To Do While Your Butt Takes Root in the Couch." Helpful advice on buying stuff in bags for dinner, how to duct tape all your remotes together so they're all in one handy place - that sort of thing. I'm not sure anyone who'd read it ever gets out to the bookstore though.