If you're a complete newbie.. Try the tutorials at www.hetland.org. And maybe change them for a book when your eyes get sour with reading ;)
I just started programming in python myself and i must say that it pleases me so far. Don't know what your programming experience is, but mine is limited to some BASIC and Pascal years and years ago. One of the things that i actually like about it, is solving the puzzles myself.. It's a nice solitary way to keep myself busy when i don't feel like reading. Find some tutorials online, maybe get a book. Buy one, maybe get one from the library and write some code until you get so stuck that you won't be able to solve it yourself anymore. Then maybe ask for help... I think it's more fun this way :P -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
