Book Recommendation Needed re RAW and Lightroom

I use Lightroom but also use Photoshop for some additional touch up work...nothing major.
I work in RAW.
I have the Aaland and Kelby books on Lightroom but wonder whether I shouldn't also have a good reference on Camera RAW for CS3 available.
I'm looking at the Fraser book and the Aaland book as possibilities.
Any recommendations appreciated.
Thanks.
Mark

I've found book requirements are often in the eyes and needs of the end user. Photoshopnews posted a book roundup article at the end of the year that contains several good titles at http://photoshopnews.com/2007/12/21/a-book-roundup-of-2007 Hopefully the link works.
Specifically for Camera raw, my most worn book (at least until the latest version was released) was Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS2 by Bruce Fraser. Jeff Schewe completed the CS3 update sharing co-authoring credits with Bruce Fraser. It is my "go to" reference book for anything camera raw. It also has cross-applicability to LR.
Some of also learn visually. Michael Reichmann and Jeff Schewe filmed a multi-hour tutorial on LR 1.0 w/ a 1.1 update and they just completed shooting a tutorial on Camera Raw. The LR video is available at luminous-landscape.com and the camera RAW video is still in production--at least that's what the post at photoshopnews said. I found the video very informative and entertaining. Michael and Jeff play well off each other and have an obvious passion for what they're doing.
In the end, go to the bookstore, browse through some books and see if any of them discuss the things you're currently trying do with RAW and PS.

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