Lightroom 2 Book(s) recommendations?

I'm looking for one or two Lightroom 2 books.
First I'm looking for a book (or even website) that provides a rock solid (fast, fast, fast) workflow. I'm reasonably proficient in Lightroom 1 - but am finding I have ever shrinking quantities of time to spend working with my images. Anything that can help save me even a few minutes everytime would be a god send.
The more difficult problem. I would like a book that gives me a deeper understanding of the develop module. I have got a fair understanding of the basic controls (white balance, exposure, fill, highlight recovery, vibrance, clarity etc.). But I get lost when I'm looking at the Curves, HSL controls, ... - 2.0 has just made my life more complicated (in a good way). For Lightroom 1 I bought the O'Reilly Lightroom Adventure and its a good book, but I found the section on the develop module focused only the what. What effect does each control have? Good to a point - but I struggled to figure out when and why I would want to use the Curves (etc). Are there better books for 2.0? Martin Evening's book (http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Photoshop-Lightroom-Book-Photographers/dp/0321555619/ref=sr_ 1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1224266775&sr=8-4) gets great reviews but I've no idea about the depth in this area.
Other candidates include:
- Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques: http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Photoshop-Lightroom-How-Tos-Techniques/dp/0321526376/ref=sr_1 _5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1224266775&sr=8-5 - the table of contents doesn't not offer hope.
- Lightroom 2 Professional Shortcuts: http://www.amazon.com/Lightroom-Professional-Shortcuts-Nathaniel-Coalson/dp/0470400765/re f=sr_1_26?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1224267851&sr=8-26
- Adobe Lightroom 2 - The Missing FAQ: Real Answers to Real Questions asked by Lightroom users: http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Lightroom-Missing-Answers-Questions/dp/0956003028/ref=sr_1_15 ?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1224266775&sr=8-15
What can you recommend? If you happen to be Martin can you tell me - does your book have alot of depth in the develop section?

My experiences:
Martins LR2 book is an excellent reference tome but doesnt teach me how to use the software properly.
In his examples Martin will say things like As you can see I chose to modify XXX without ever saying why he thought this was a good idea or why you would want to do it. The screen shots are not very easy to read and dont clearly illustrate the points. I found the section on Printing both brief and vague. I gained the impression that Martin does not use LR2 for printing. Finally I also found the section on the new Adjustment Brush somewhat lacking. For example I could not find any mention of how to delete an Adjustment (Answer: click on the adjustment and press delete)and I still have not found a way of selecting a colour from the image.
I found Scotts LR1 book helped me enormously in terms of workflow and how to actually user LightRoom. I had hoped that with Scotts LR1 book and Martins LR2 book I would have comprehensive cover but find I have had to order Scotts book in addition. Pity I didnt know about Daves imminent book.
Finally a word of warning on the Martin Evening Book. Both on the back page and inside the publisher (Adobe) states that buying the book gives you access to the online version. This may sound good but the undocumented reality is that you only get this access for 45 days. I think thats pretty underhand.
Ian

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