starting Photoshop 5.5. books?

Hi Everyone.

  I'm going to start learning Photoshop 5.5 and I was hoping maybe you could suggest some good beginner's books for the absolute novice.  I looked on Amazon and B & N, and it seems like there's a lot of "starter" books out there, I'm wondering which are the best.

  For those that might tell me to read the manual that comes with PS:  I'm using a trial version for now, so I don't have the manual that comes with it.  Should I get some sort of grasp as to what's what in PS, that's when I'm going to purchase it.

  One more thing, I'm interested in it's uses for both the web and print.  At some point I would like to be designing postcard-type adverts for DJ events and clubs.

  Thanks for your help.
-=chris

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