they have this book at the Borders by my house. It looks nice, hardcover and glossy black. But thats were it stops. I glanced through it and was not happy with it. I didn't read too much on the history just went to the martial arts section. um......... dont spend the money. please dont spend the money. there was stuff on choy lay fur, mantis dragon, and a few others but didn't see any ( again i didn't read everypage, just looked through it) stuff that was supposed to be shaolin - lohan, hong boxing, cannon fist, taizu or anything else like that. They might have worked hard on it but i wouldn't recomend it.