Tom Walsky book

I have been impressed with Tom's answers here and was looking to get one of his books to help me .
Here in the UK, on amazon is
Final Cut Express HD 3.5 Editing Workshop (DV Expert Series) (Paperback)
Is this the latest and will it help me with FCE 4.01 ?

This is the one you want .... click the link:-
FCE 4 Book

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