Sylvain writes:

on that point you are set: all the books you need to
study to get up to speed on the theory are available
for free from the FAA website (links already provided);

Yes ... I've already found some of them, and they are quite
interesting. And they are free. I saw one of them in the pilot's
shop, and it was something like $40, even though it was nothing more
than the electronic version on paper.

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