I have shelves and shelves of OReilly books. I dont recommend them for learning. On any new subject I get a yellow "for Dummies" book first. Those are great books. Even if all it does is convince me that I already knew more than I thought on the subject its a good start. (never get the orange "for Idiots" books)
In-between, a SAMs book is good for learning. QUE is great. WAITE is abit heavy but good.
OReilly you get Last. In my opinion its alot of help but only if you already know the subject. Plus its impressive on the bookshelf for those who know what an OReilly book is.
