Birch & Bramson ' Flight Briefing for Pilots' in my day. Still on my bookshelf.
OK, just my bit of fun. But the 'old book' you
must read is 'Stick & Rudder'. Should be required reading for every PPL stude. Don't be put off by the ancient presentation and graphics - it's quite excellent and explains soooo much that crops up here and wouldn't had the studes read it.