I was expecting something else, perhaps I should have read the write-up more carefully but this came up as a recommended book when I was searching for a guidebook on using Sage - this isn't it.
I thought that a general book on accounting would give me a better overall picture, but it just does not apply to double entry bookeeping at all.
As soon as I found it was not what I was after I stopped reading but it seemed extremely basic and I'd sum it up as : keep a written record of all your income and keep a written record of all your expenditure.
I've given it two stars rather than one as I take some of the blame for accepting the amazon recommendation without checking more carefully that it was what I wanted.