Hey, need advice on books!

anyone have a great book for a rookie to recommend? so, i heard that drag, slide, fade is supposed to be good. anyone has an oppinion bout it? i´d really need a step by step book, that really describes the script well, that tell step by step where to begin and how to preceed to be a guru =) ?

i wanna learn, but just don´t know how and where, i´ve been thru tutorials, but i just can´t learn the script so i understand and can develop my own animations, games and transitions.

thx alot for advices and guiding me in how you learned to be a guruuuuuu =D

/hendersson