Well I don't think you need to read the whole book... This is a short guide to the technique and in my opinion it is enough. I did my past 2 lucid dreams with this technique even I didn't knew about it at the time (I found out on myself to"listen in" after waking up when I tried DEILD) The easiest way for achieving lucid dreaming or out-of-body experience | Out-of-Body Experience (OBE)