Here's a link for John Farley's excellent book:
https://amzn.to/42OB5E9
I managed to pick up a signed copy a few years back when I was at the
FAST museum at Farnborough. They had some in the shop but I don't see the title in their online shop now. I see that the price on Amazon has gone up a lot since.
The anecdote from his book that stuck in my mind was from when they were training pilots on the first Kestrel/Harriers and there were no twin-sticks available yet. The syllabus included a taxi run (initial take off) down the runway up to 80 KTS, followed by an abort, and a US pilot was not really paying attention during the briefing, thinking that this was something that he could surely master without any additional training. He was seen going down the runway at a speed well over 120 KTS as he had not realised that the type was a very light airframe with a very big engine that demanded a bit more attention than he had been giving it. He was very attentive at subsequent briefings.
Veered a bit off topic here... apologies...