Looking to start learning python, what good books are there?

[georgep]

Most python book seem to be aimed at non-programmers / beginners, but with a grasp of the basic fundamentals of C++ and programming in general, I think a different sort of book would be more appropriate.

Are they any good books for this situation, or am I getting ahead of myself?

[helios]

I just grabbed the manual that comes with the reference implementation and skimmed the tutorial. Then I basically went "uh-huh, so that's the if, that's the for, functions are like this, I handle errors like that, and I import modules like so". If you already know how to program, there's nothing particularly interesting about the language, besides maybe the dynamic type system.

[BHX]

Usually the sites of the developers that made the language is the best material you will ever find.

[Catfish2]

IIRC, the Python installation bundles tons of documentation.
If that's not good enough, what exactly are you looking for?

[chrisname]

The Python documentation is pretty easy to start with. That was how I learned it.