Me, i bought this http://www.amazon.com/Core-Python-Programming-2nd/dp/0132269937/sr=8-1/qid=1172592163/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-9302229-1138834?ie=UTF8&s=books and i really think it is a great book for learning Python. It refers to the latest Python version (2.5) and covers a lot of things, besides the language.