python book for non technical absolute beginner

[Pekka Klärck]

2008/12/6 News123 <news123 at free.fr>:
> No my question does anybody know a nice beginners book (or a learning CD
> or on line tutorial)? Ideally it shouldn't be too serious and have a lot
> of small nice mini-examples

How to Think Like a Computer Scientist - Learning with Python is a
good book for beginners and it is available for free under the GNU
license.

http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkCSpy/

Cheers,
    .peke