I couldn't agree with you more. His books are complete and utter crap. Personally, I extend those sentiments to the entire "Handbook" series. I mistakenly bought the Cinema 4D handbook, and we have the Raydream Handbook as well. Neither are as good as the products' manuals, and I sent that C4D book back from whence it came [amazon] faster that you can say 'return authorization number'. -Adam