If you really want to add to your rhythm playing, and learn some very useful patterns. Check out these tutorials, and you'll learn methods that can be used in many styles.
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=832
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=846
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=869
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=910
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=917
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=965
After these, go for this one for some totally different strumming ideas.
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=995
I know your post was about a book, and I don't know of one. These tutorials will definitely give you new ideas for rhythm, and maybe new ways to use what you already know.
JD
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Latest Tutorials
Bending The Flat 7 To The 1
Chicken Pickin'
Hybrid Picking Exercises: One Finger
Hybrid Picking Progression In A
Double Stop Progression In A
Crosspicking Combinations
Behind The Nut Bends On The G String
Behind The Nut Bends On The B String
My Lessons
http://www.youtube.com/jdfenderbender
myspace.com/jdjarrell
myspace.com/guitartrickscountry
twitter.com/jdfenderbender
facebook.com/jdjarrell