I'm reccomending this book to any relatively new player to the game, I've been playing about three weeks now and under forum advice I've purchased Harrington on Holdem I II and III & also No Limit Hold em theory and Practice - David Sklansky.

However I saw the Hellmuth book too and couldn't resist it.

It's a fairly short book with nice large print, but it does have some great basic suggestions in it for the new player. It starts with the premise that new players should play tight and introduces suited connectors etc. as an 'intermediate' strategy.

It gives a good broad introduction to the game and I've already learnt quite a bit of 'general' info as well as specific tactical ideas from it, (generally for instance that WSOP is the biggest event on the poker calendar... had guessed as much but didn't know for certain!)

I can't reccomend it enough for the aspiring player that wants a gentle introduction before they get to the more detailed books.