Paragliding – The Beginner's Guide
Purchase this guide and study the early chapters before you begin your lessons. You will not be able to pass the examinations without it. Becoming a safe paragliding pilot is impossible without study – without "skin in the game" a.k.a. work and effort. Cost: about $35 + shipping. The best price is from the publisher.
Also available from Super Fly, one of our fellow PASA and USHPA schools.