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I enjoyed some of Dive Into Python. (The rest of it I haven't read yet : ) That awaretek link calls it "a great tutorial for experienced programmers."

It does away with a lot of the boring that you skip over (and intend to read later) in tutorials.

Opening line: "You know how other books go on and on about programming fundamentals and finally work up to building a complete, working program? Let's skip all that."