Odai,
I don't think much has changed, only the Air Law. If you have a spare £100 lying about then buy a brand new full set of books. If not, I still use my old ones for reference (The spin recovery technique hasn't changed, and the use of a slip'n'slide rule has been the same for thousands of years, so no new books needed there). Just use a bit of thought, what might have changed, what definitely won't?
My books were Pooley's. Plenty of colourful pictures. I think they were about 2008 too, and they still work nicely. I never got on with the AFE stuff, the Pooley's are fine but...
I suffer the same problem as you wrt the over simplification, even with the ATPLs. Unfortunately I don't think there is a way around it, just sit tight and learn to skim read.
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