Best Oracle book(s) to learn from??

Hi there:

I am wondering if anybody has any suggestions on which are some of the best books for a newbe to learn Oracle from. I have no experience what so ever with Oracle and I plan on taking courses from our community college but in the mean time, I want to start on my own. I would like to know which book(s) is the easiest to understand as well as which has examples and exericises to get practice on. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Please e-mail me at okorkie_at_hotmail.com

      -thanks, Owen Korkie
                       Calgary, AB Canada