Resources I use - required Books

One can easily be overwhelmed by the sheer number of resources available, but instead of inundating yourself with numerous reference or study guides, I would recommend that you stick to three ready reference guides only ~ a text book, a grammar guide and a dictionary.

A Book for Beginners:

Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish: A Creative and Proven Approach

by Margarita Madrigal and Andy Warhol

A Dictionary: (Any dictionary would do)

Spanish English Bilingual Visual Dictionary 

by DK Publications

A Grammar Book: (Any standard grammar text would do)

Practice Makes Perfect Complete Spanish Grammar

by Gilda Nissenberg