Figure Drawing?

The books of Burne Hogarth are the best I've ever had. I've started drawing anatomical studies as a teenager, and the first book I'd bought was a suggestion of my art teacher at school, and the best choice in my life:

http://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-Anatomy-Expanded-Burne-Hogarth/dp/0823015521/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222096416&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-Anatomy-Expanded-Burne-Hogarth/dp/0823015521/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222096416&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-Wrinkles-Drapery-Solutions-Practical/dp/0823015874/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222096416&sr=1-3

http://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Human-Head-Practical-Books/dp/0823013766/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222096416&sr=1-4

http://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Dynamic-Hands-Practical-Books/dp/0823013685/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222096416&sr=1-5

To expand the anatomical knowledge I can suggest a book from Frederic Delavier, called "Strength Training Anatomy", and was originally designed for bodybuilders, but is a secret tipp of recent great artists...

http://www.amazon.com/Strength-Training-Anatomy-Frederic-Delavier/dp/0736041850

To draw the human figure as well as still life (nature morte, french. And Stiillében, Swedish) is of course very important. And then perspective and the notion and feeling of space is very important.

I have been drawing basically all my life as both an artist & illustrator, and of all great books I have seen, there is one special little book I originally got from my mother way back, that have made the strongest impression, when it comes to Figure Drawing.

"Anatomy & Figure Drawing" by Louise Gordon. It might also be called: " The Figure in Action: Anatomy for the artist".
Link (Copy & paste) amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0713459476/ref=sib_rdr_dp

I have the Swedish version and it might be a bit different from the once I suggest here, but both these links are the book, but it seems split into two (2) ??
A quick search on Amazon.co.uk gave me a link to the book. Both Paperback & Hardcover.
Link is (copy & paste) 
amazon.co.uk/How-Draw-Human-Figure-Anatomical/dp/0140464778/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222097595&sr=1-3

And this link:
amazon.co.uk/How-Draw-Human-Head-Techniques/dp/014046560X/ref=pd_sim_b_1

But I strongly suggest you try to go to some open classes in nude figure drawing. It will speed up your drawing skills alot. I dont know about Guyana, but in Sweden anyway its very normal to go to open classes at art schools. And you dont have to attend as a student at the school. You just come in the evenings.

Another thing I strongly recomend is NOT to get cought up in the speed drawing the human figure to much. Learn how the human actually looks like. And then of course, one of the GREAT things in going to Cafés so much as I do, in true european coffee culture (for artists anyway...) is to actually sit with a little sketchbook and draw people and surroundings at the café. I would also suggest you start to look at buildings and the nature, and squeeze your eyes and try to see the "hidden" straight lines, which helps you see the perspective and space, which we all live in.

If you are a concept artist I would suggest you buy books or magazines with cars, planes and buildings and draw the images you see in them.

And dont forget an artist look at things more than just looking. Its about becoming "it" with what you draw.