http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0789727706/
My lovely friend gave me a gift certificate which I just picked up this book with. Its is VERY good. If you wanna learn photohop better it is a must read. It is good for a newbie. Its simple. with lots of clean diagrams and pictures. It also is good for soeone with alot of experience with older versions of the program and is a little lost as to where things are now.
I HEAVILY reccomend it.