You can find a lot of tutorials on Python, but these is a pretty good one (actually 7) from Nick Parlante from GoogleDevelopers on youTube – here is the link to the first one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKTZoB2Vjuk. This is a really a great tutorial for beginners.
The book I’m using as my main python textbook (and would definitely recommend) is “Core Python Programming” from Wesley J. Chun:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0132269937 .
The book website is here: http://corepython.com/
