Book Recommendations

[Manuzhai]

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.
> 
> 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.

Check this thread currently going on: 
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&safe=off&threadm=coqd91%246m2%241%40news.doit.wisc.edu&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26c2coff%3D1%26safe%3Doff%26group%3Dcomp.lang.python

Regards,

Manuzhai