Having read Len Goodman's enthusiastic foreword and then buying my own copy of this book I have just purchased a further copy for a ballroom-mad friend. It's a fantastic and very readable book - you can dip into it randomly, and it's full of interesting and varied information. It is not a technical manual - it's there to amuse and entertain but is nevertheless factually very accurate. I have many professional friends in the dance world - everyone I've shown it to is intending to purchase a copy. The fact that Len Goodman so heartily endorses this book surely speaks for itself - he, after all, says it as he sees it! The 2010 series of SCD is about to begin - buy it now and help yourself to view the series from a different perspective! I'm confident you'll enjoy it as much as I did.
This is Maureen Hughes' fourth book in the Pocket Guide series - each one as readable as the last.