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Hi Eric,
I wholeheartedly agree with your review of this book, so many astro publications originate from the Northern Hemisphere and I think we should support good home grown material such as this.
On this same note and as you get more experience observing, I would highly commend to you The Herald Bobroff Astro Atlas, another home grown effort that is simply the best atlas available anywhere in the world.
It takes a bit of getting use to but is unique insomuch as it presents regions of the sky that are heavily populated, in ever increasing detail.
The whole sky is presented at a scale similar to Will Tirons Sky Atlas but then there are about 5 higher resolution series of maps for regions such as Virgo and Leo, where there is just to much to present at just one scale.
With the Herald Bobroff, you can start on the edge of the Virgo cluster and confidently star hop from galaxy to galaxy and positively identify them.
There are many other stunning features that include a full series of maps that show the stellar magnitudes so that you can accurately compare the seeing from night to night and site to site.
Probably way to much information for a novice but truly indispensable for the experienced observer.
Regards
Trevor
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