Originally Posted by
2StgTurbine
I would not get a Jeppesen book. The FAA makes everything you need. The Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge and The Airplane Flying Handbook have everything you need to get started. The FAA books are cheap (free if you don’t mind reading them from a PDF) and most other publishers just take text and pictures from the FAA books to use in their books anyway.
Airplane Flying Handbook
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge
I wish I had referred to these more during my primary training. I'm using the FAA materials now for my IFR training, and they are actually outstanding! Scratch my suggestion, start with the FAA materials.