The most inexpensive way is to just download the ebook from ELAB ;D
You will find the books by Forrest Mims here, and a lot of other ones.
http://www.electronics-lab.com/forum/index.php?topic=6188.msg39434#msg39434
There are lots and lots of books about electronics......... From very short ones (about 200 pages, to some books that has over 10,000 !! pages.
I think that book by forrest mims is OK, there are many books to get get u started. Just about any will teach u about electronics. Some just has more/less math, more/less doing, more/less info, etc. Depends on how and what u want to learn.
If u want a book copy, Amazon, or Ebay are good places to buy many things including those!
Good Luck Learning ;D ;D ;D
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Also, look in the books section of E-lab on the bottom left section of the homepage. It shows you many electronics books, most in General are great ones for NewBies[/glow]