first book about python

[Aahz]

In article <1152405704.389754 at athnrd02>,
IOANNIS MANOLOUDIS  <alien at ath.forthnet.gr> wrote:
>
>I want to learn python.
>I plan to buy a book. I always find printed material more convenient than
>reading on-line tutorials.
>I don't know PERL or any other scripting language. I only know some BASH
>programming. I am looking for a book which will help me get started and
>should contain the foundations. I am not looking for the Python bible.
>Any recommendations?

If you're willing to wait 1.5 months, _Python for Dummies_ will be the
first book that really covers Python 2.5.  (Alex's _Python in a Nutshell_
does cover some of Python 2.5, but there were a fair number of late
changes that came after he needed to turn it in, most notably the
inclusion of sqlite3.  It's also not a beginner book.)
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