Can anyone recommend books or websites for a beginner in embroidery?

I was a knitter and a quilter for a long time, but quilts were hugely labor intensive for one gift for one person. I've decided to try my hand at embroidery. There are a lot of really great websites with really fun designs, like Sublime Stitching, or Feeling Stitchy, but all of them ume that their users have embroidered before. Can anyone recommend sites or books that THEY THEMSELVES HAVE USED and can vouch for?