Guides and Books on Leopard/OS X

I made the switch last March by buying a macbook. Since then I have bought a macbook pro and most recently a 24" iMac.

There is a lot I would like to learn about the OS itself (system configuration utilities, using the terminal, scripts and such.

What manuals (in ENGLISH please) would you recommend I start with to learn some of the basics?

Thanks!

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Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual.

My apple store gifted me with this book recently "Mac OS X Leopard by Robin Williams". I don't really need it cause I know most of the stuff, but if it's basics that you want, then it's all there in that one. It's published by Peachpit press I think.

I second the Missing manual series.

The Missing Manual has been the book of choice for years now.
It always gets updated to keep up with the latest OS versions.

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From what I've seen, the Missing Manual is the one to get, and I still need to find a copy.

Yes, I can order from Amazon, but I have discount coupon for Borders I need to dig out.

Btw, TUAW (www.tuaw.com) has carried an article on mac books. Be sure to check that out...

You can see pretty good previews for the missing manual books at (I think it's) google.books or something. I saw the one for Tiger and it had a lot of preview pages and I did see that they had one for leopard already.

I have "visually learn" for Tiger, CS2 and Dreamweaver... Altho I can't say the tiger one told me much I didn't already know. For a beginners book I guess it's OK (I still think Que had the best manuals but I think they were only for PC and I don't think they exist anymore)

Good Luck!