Glinda you might want to be a little more specific in what area you are looking at. Are you looking at digital processing, lighting, compositions?
For digital processing I am finding the dvd tutorials the most helpful.
Lighting: Light, Science & Magic
for general photography, not sure if they have an updated version with digital but definitely a must have beginning book would be Upton & Upton's "Photography" I would pick up an old one and just ignore the chapters on the darkroom
And of course there's Ansel's "Negative" "Camera" & "The Print"
jeff