You only have to go into a decent music store to realise that there is a huge number of drumming instruction books. They're nearly all fascinating but few are truly exciting.
The best I've found in a long while is 'West African Rhythms for Drumset' by Royal Hartigan.
It's not only crammed with exercises that will stretch all four limbs to produce some amazing music, but it's also clearly, intelligently and lovingly written, with detailed explanation of the roots of the rhythms, and wonderful photographs of African players.
And if you're a drummer interested in improving their independence (for non-drummers, that means playing different patterns with each hand and foot), it offers some serious challenges.
Nothing else to say really, except buy it.
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