Powershell Books?

I'd like to learn powershell a little more extensively... and wondered if anyone has read or seen any good books
 
I'd like to try and learn from a task based approach... kind of like the "Advanced VBScript for Administrators" book, where i can learn from writing useful scripts...
intsead of reading programing theory based stuff.
 
I've looked at the MS "Task-Based Guide to Windows PowerShell Cmdlets" --> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/msh/cmdlets/index.mspx
and i must say.. found it rather lacking in useful examples.
 
If this technology is to ultimately replace btach/vbs script, as i believe is microsoft's intention, surely there must be some slighlty more useful guides for beginners like myself...???

I'm glad you liked the Advanced VBScript book. If you liked it, then I would encourage you to take a look at Windows PowerShell: TFM (SAPIEN Press), the book that Don Jones and I co-wrote. We always prefer real-world and practical examples instead of foo-bar examples, (although we have a few of those but they are small and only prove a point).  You can view a TOC and download a sample chapter at http://www.sapienpress.com.

I also like Bruce Payette's book, PowerShell in Action. Primarily because Bruce is on the PowerShell team and gives you insights that only a team member could give.

thanks... will take a look at the link :)

I have both of those books and liked "PowerShell in Action".  I still can't find a real reason to use it, PowerShell, at this point though.  

The trick for me isn't in finding a real reason to use it. Instead I have decided it is the tool that I will always use unless I find a real reason to use VBScript. So any time that I sit down to write a script to do anything I write it in Powershell unless it needs to run on a machine that does not have it installed yet and then I write it in VBS.

You know I would, but the majority of the scripts I write are for other team members who either do not have PowerShell installed or will use it on production systems that do not have it either.  Perhaps I'll try writing new scripts in both VBS and PowerShell to get me to learn it.