Miked,
First of all, congratulations. You must be thrilled, however I would have to agree with what Piltdown Man has said. The volume of information available in the manuals is considerable and the TRTO Instruction will guide you though what needs to be committed to memory and what can be left firmly in the capable hands of the Bombardier Engineers.
Judging by what you've said so far,I am assuming that this is a job with a certain Exeter based operator. If so, what may be of use to you is a handbook the training department have recently published called the 'DHC8-Q400 Pilot's handbook'. The intention was that this handbook was sent out to new recruits prior to beginning their groundschool. It contains a basic set of perf figures, the vital memory actions/items and a guide through what to expect in the first few months of your training programme.
The next time you speak to them or e mail them, it might be worth asking about this handbook as it tends to get forgotten about.
Well done again.
GFYA