Can anyone recommend a good Ubuntu book for complete beginners?

[zvbxrpl]

I've just set up a secondhand system running Ubuntu for some elderly neighbours. They've no experience of Ubuntu/Linux, but one of them has been to a few evening classes run by the local council in which she learnt how to use Word and PowerPoint running on Windows ME (don't worry, I didn't let her load WinME onto her home computer :-))

What I'm looking for is a *very straightforward* guide for new users, the sort of thing with lots of screen shots taking you through common commands in a point and click fashion. No command line hacking required!

I'm in the UK, so it needs to be something I can get hold of here. I took a look at 'Ubuntu for Dummies' but it hasn't been updated since Edgy.

Any ideas?

[vanadium]

With the new LTS version, many updated books will appear soon. I have (had, gave it to my father ;) Marcel Carné's "Moving to Ubuntu Linux", which is excellent for people with a limited technical "feeling" for computers. It is focussed on practical use through the graphical user interface, and a pleasant read. For more technical "savvy" people (like me ;) it soon becomes a bit "light", though.

Either wait a few weeks for updated books, or pick up cheap remaining copies of the old editions: these will prove equally useful. While written for Dapper, they might prove to be quite useful anyway to master Hardy.

[stinger30au]

there is a few kicking round the net for free in pdf format. saw then some time ago and never bookmarked the pages.

i suggest fire up google or dogpile.com and go for a bit of a hunt