Hi,
Just have to chime in here - there is a book out there, that describes the art of flying like nothing else :
" Stick and Rudder" by Wolfgang Langewiesche ( Macgraw-Hill publishing group ) !
It was published some 60 years ago and is , in my opinion, sill unmatched in introducing beginners as well as established aviators into the basics of flying !
Get that book, spend a few hours of real excitement ! You will NOT be disapointed- promised !
Cheers
Hans