I own 14 books on ball pythons written in English, 2 written in Spanish, and 1 written in Arabic. They all share one thing in common...the information is static. I mostly collect them for the pictures.

You'll find far more and updated information about BP husbandry, morphs, and breeding on this forum than you will in any book. And as an added bonus, this forum is easily searchable

The best recommendation I can give you is to not waste money on a glass aquarium set up that will give you fits with humidity and temp control. Instead, invest in a PVC cage and go from there. You won't regret it!