Good freediving books
During the course with Umberto P. in Egypt last month I received a copy of his book "Corso di Apnea". It's in italian, but it's a very good book.
I absolutly agree with Jorg's comment. "Corso di apnea" is simply
the book to own.
If you are looking for a book on training, just don't buy "Profondamente". It's a good biography and has nice pictures in it, but except for "you must become water" there is neither advice on technique and training nor are any exercises included. (Similar to Jacques Mayol's "Homo Delphinus". Excellent book, but the only advice on apnea is to eat garlic and not to think about time during statics...)
Stefano Makula's "Guida all'immersione in apnea" (Italian) is not bad either, but shorter than "Corso di Apnea" and simply a little bit less modern.
For those of you interested in monofins and dynamic apnea Francis Fèvre's "L'apnée-Glisse en Monopalme" (French) can be highly recommended. Especially the detailled tables of exercises to take your dynamic to 100 m are very useful. (No, my dynamic is still less than 100 m...)
For those of you interested in the physiology of apnea diving, Jacques Corriol's "La plongée en apnée - Physiologie et médecine" (French) should be very useful. The huge bibliography given will satisfy anybody who really wants to dig deep.
Unfortunately, the concept of packing is not discussed, yet.
I hope that now everybody has a few reasons more to learn French and Italian
Have fun!
Uli