Books for newbies

[David M. Cook]

In article <mailman.1043366266.11545.python-list at python.org>, Tyson Tate wrote:

> are. I'm looking for books that assume general programming knowledge 
> (OOP, classes, basic concepts, etc) and cover everything from the 
> basics to more advanced topics.

Take a look at the "Dive into Python" and "Python Cookbook" websites:

http://diveintopython.org/
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python

Dave Cook