Book recommendation please

[Bob X]

"Alex Martelli" <aleax at aleax.it> wrote in message
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> Be warned -- I'm biased, having been a technical reviewer for both
> books (only for the first half, i.e., examples excluded, in the
> case of "Practical Python"), and being friend with each of the two
> authors (each kindly reciprocated my reviewing, by serving in turn
> as technical reviewers for my "Python in a Nutshell").

And "Python in a Nutshell" is coming out....when?   : )

Bob