Using a "local" Mail's Address Book?

I wish I could use a specific MAIL's Address Book that don't merge with my main Address Book, not merging all my "pure internet contacts" with more important and fully documented ones that iSync with my phone…
Who knows how to make this dream true? I've been searching... the only one BAD solution would be to create in the main addresse book a group that iSync with my phones and .mac account. Not nice, not efficient, not what we need!
Thanks in advance for your help - Xavier
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Just set up a different group in Address Book for each type of addresses and set up your synching software to sync only the group you want to sync.

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