I have purchased two easy, basic SPSS books.  They are both popular.  One is Pallant's "Surviving SPSS".  The other is Andy Field's.  I prefer the Field book.  Both have been brought to class by participants.  I will be writing complete reviews. One thing that concerns me is that these books are often REALLY out of date.  The "new" edition of the Pallant book is for version 12.0!  I will be getting my beta of 16.0 during the summer.  {I can't talk about the beta until the real release}.