Touching Cloudbase by Ian Currer is a comprehensive guide to starting out in Paragliding. The latest edition of Touching Clodbase, released in September 2015, covers the whole of the BHPA Elementary and Club pilot syllabus, and into pilot level, with all the subjects and tasks covered in a practical and theoretical nature.
Touching Cloudbase is the ideal companion to a good instructor, and will be a reference you will use over and over whilst learning to fly.
This book has been out for over 25 years, and has been many pilots bible for their early flying years. The latest edition brings the book right up to date, with the latest Air law revisions and tecniques.
No Paraglider pilot under training or after training should be without a copy