"Stuart McGraw" <smcg4191zz at friizz.RimoovAllZZs.com> wrote in message news:11nfdv67tfvt246 at corp.supernews.com... > David Beasley's Essential Python (New Riders). It's a little dated > now (covers only up to version 2.2) [...] Oops, that should be "Beazley", "Python Essential Reference", and version 2.1.