Book Recommendations

[Sean Dolan]

Nathan Weston wrote:
> I'm new to Python and am looking for a book to get me up to speed
> quickly. I'm an experienced programmer and very proficient with Ruby,
> so Python is coming easily to me and I don't need a gentle
> introduction -- I just need a quick way to get familiar with common
> Python idioms and important libraries.

http://www.diveintopython.org/

> 
> I'm also looking for a "gentler" book to help introduce some of my
> co-workers to python. They are also experienced programmers, but
> mostly in C++, with some Java/C# but minimal exposure to scripting
> languages.
> 
> Any suggestions?