I still pull out my treasured 38 year old copy of Davies' 'Handling the Big Jets'. It contains stuff vital to know and understand, and describes techniques I follow religiously today. Stuff that is not even in Flight Crew Training Manuals. I have pored more over that book than I ever did of the Bible when I long ago thought there might possibly be something in this religious malarky before I realised it was all just paganist claptrap and blokes with white beards did not live in the sky!
I cannot conceive of a serious jet pilot not having thoroughly read and digested that book.