Learn to use the Python language to create programs of all kinds. Author Jason Cannon will guide you from complete unfamiliarity with Python to creating practical applications. With Python Succinctly, lack of experience isn't an obstacle to programming language mastery.
The book starts off taking things really easy and slow and looks promising as a primer for those new to Python. Unfortunately, as with many technical books, as it progresses it begins hitting on topics in a less verbose manner and fails to explain certain key concepts and terms.
This book also takes one through the basic grammar/syntax of the language but not much more. You won't find anything relating to the use of databases, for example.
Still, it is an exceptionally quick read. Has a lot of potential, hope author releases an updated edition.
A quick cursory coverage of the basics of Python. The occasionally typos don't cause too much alarm, but is it too much to ask for code to be checked before being published?