How to use help in OSX Lion when offline

I am often offline for months when working at sea. When I try to access information for using the operating system, or when trying to do something on my computer, by using Help in the menu bar, very little information is available since I don't have an internet connection. Are there accessible Help files somewhere on my computer that can give me some help? As an example, I wanted to enable root access, which used to be done in NetIinfo Manager. Now I can't even get help to perform such a task because my MBP doesn't have an internet connection. Does anyone have any suggestions?

At the risk of sounding, like, too twentieth century or something, might I suggest David Pogue's BOOK, "Mac OS Lion: The Missing Manual". It's good.
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920014553.do
charlie

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