Good starterbook for learning Python?

[Patrick Rutkowski]

On Tuesday 05 July 2005 11:32, Lennart wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> Can someone advice me with the following issue: i want to learn python in
> my summer vacation (i try to ...:-) So, a good start is buying a good book.
> But wich? There are many ...
>
> I'm living in the Netherlands and I prefer a book from bol.com (see link)
> because i've to order more books by them. I'm familiar with html & php and
> basic (in the good old days). It has to be a newbie book, but not a book
> what i don't need anymore when i've got some skills. I.e. the learning
> curve of the book should be linear. A kind of book wich i could use as a
> novice.
>
> Search here for python (sorry, there's no short link)
> http://www.nl.bol.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/nl/-/EUR/BOL_Brow
>seCatalog-View;sid=nyuhO3sz8k2hODn5OfqfDJvrcywRiGQwhPU=?Section=BOOK_EN&Cate
>goryContent=NJqR5Kpb0soAAADqmW%2eZypJb&OpenCategory=HwqR5Kpb8AUAAADqVW6ZypJb
>&CategoryLeftpanel=BOOK_EN%2eCATEGORY00000000&Secondary=YES&Template=BOL_sub
>cat_BOOK_EN_1476

I've taken up learning python over the summer as well. 
http://safari.oreilly.com/ is a website which sells IT books for on-line 
viewing. They charge $20 per month and you get 10 "slots" on your books 
shelf. You can get anybook you want, some books take 2 slots, some 1 slot, 
and some are even half of a slot.

They have a 14 day free trial as well, its really worth giving it a whirl 
(free books!!). It's totally 100% over the internet (or in downloadable PDF 
format), its so great.