I'm new to all this. In fact, I'm schizoaffective and there's even less information for us (do a search on amazon for "schizoaffective," and fall over laughing hysterically at the prices of the few books out there... I'm in the UK, and 125 pounds sterling is about the average.

However, I think that bipolar is similar in many ways to my condition, and I really want to know more about it... you mention the "classic texts"... do you have a reading list? I'm pretty desparate.