Books for newbies

[Magnus Lie Hetland]

In article <mailman.1043366266.11545.python-list at python.org>, Tyson Tate wrote:
>My first post! (Everyone, now, "noob!")
>
>Anyhow, I just first started to dig into Python yesterday and I must 
>say I'm quite impressed. I like it's easy learning curve, however, I've 
>now exhausted my newbie tutorials and I'm ready to start investing to 
>go further in Python. I was wondering what are some recommended books 
>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.

<shameless plug>
I feel compelled to recommend my book Practical Python
(http://ppython.com). It doesn't assume any programming knowledge, but
it does cover some quite advanced stuff once you're past the first
chapter or two.
</shameless plug>

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Magnus Lie Hetland
http://hetland.org