Umm, is that US$1000 for 2 poker books? Do yourself a favor and don't buy it if that is the case. There are a ton of posts on good normally priced poker books here on CC, between buying a few books, hem/pt3 if you don't have one of them already, maybe joining 1 or more of the video training sites, and even a few sessions from a coach would be way cheaper and more effective than 2 books for 1k.