What is the best reference book on using WORDPRESS

I am working on my own blog site and I need a good book on how tos with wordpress. I've never learned PHP and so I am struggling a little. I want to also make my own templates and manipulate it so it is not a standard but has my own structure and fits my needs. ANY help would be appreciated. I know dreamweaver and photoshop so a good book that would help me do what i need with those resources would be the best.

Peace and thanks.

 

Wordpress's codex is really helpful with links to other articles that may be of use. It is the main resource in which I learnt all my WP knowledge:-

http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page

Also, use a Wordpress cheat sheet to familizarize yourself with the template tags. It really is so easy:-

http://www.magnificaweb.it/files/wordpress-cheat-sheet.png

If you can figure out how a theme package operates, the rest is a breeze.

 

I am sure you can find plenty of books on it by doing a simple google search.

But the followings links should give you a good start on the functionalities of wrodpress and maybe will help you better in customizing your own design.
http://phpxref.ftwr.co.uk/wordpress/nav.html?_functions

And this, when you get past the novice level;
http://adambrown.info/p/wp_hooks/version/3.0

 

There are plenty of books on word press , i want u to download this ebook on wordpress

www[dot]wowebook[dot]com/open-source/wordpress-in-depth.html

 

Thank you so much for all the helpful responses. I hope this helps others as well.

 

These were the best.....

 

I bought Digging into Wordpress. A very good book about WP.

Check it out here: http://digwp.com/

 

My friend have this book and he said that's good book but implementation is not easy.

 

I would recommend going to lynda.com and doing th ecourse titled "dreamweaver cs5 and wordpress"