I have been reading this book, "All About Forex Trading" by John Jagerson and S. Wade Hansen. It also helps to understand how Forex works. For the beginner I think it is the best way to start to know Forex from this book.
All About Forex Trading |
One thing after I read this book: news is really important for you that it has impact to the currency you trade.
This website: http://www.forexfactory.com/ shows the new you need to know and when it show in red, high impact expected. I think it is mostly immediate impact so you could get advantage from this.