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Hi Moonraker (the first Bond movie I saw at a cinema...tender age of 13!).
The best starter books I've seen are:
"Turn Left at Orion" by Consolmagno and Davis
"A Walk Through The Southern Sky" by Heifetz and Tirion.
The first book is great - teaches you about telescopes, observing techniques, and how to find around a hundred objects. A great starters book.
The second book is excellent in teaching you how to locate the southern constellations, along with tips in how to measure angular distances with your hands, etc.
As you get more into it, these three books I find really good - I even read them for pleasure!
"Hartung's Astronomical Objects for Southern Telescopes" by Malin & Frew
"The Messier Objects" by O'Meara
"The Caldwell Objects" by O'Meara
These are more targetted at the faint fuzzy stuff, but again great to read - gives you tips on what to look for in these objects.
I think I picked all of these books up at Technical Bookshop in Swanston Street Melbourne at one time or another.
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