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Paul Tan wrote:

> The FreeBSD Handbook is excellent!
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html
>
> Maybe you want to print it out or something :) 

The FreeBSD Handbook is available in dead tree format:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1571763031/

Also good are:
Absolute BSD: The Ultimate Guide to FreeBSD by Michael Lucas
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1886411743/

The Complete FreeBSD, Fourth Edition by Greg Lehey
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0596005164/

For a more complete list of BSD books see here:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/3781/