Hey man, if you want a good beginners guide to NLP - then "Introducing NLP" is a good place to start.

As a bit of an alternative suggestion - "Prometheus Rising" by Robert Anton Wilson. This is both mine and Richard "Gambler" La Ruina's favourite book - it's written by a very good friend of Bandler (one of the creator's of NLP) who was heavily influenced by his ideas - but had the knack of being able to explain it without using pseudo-intellectual scientific mumbo-jumbo, Reading this book (AND COMPLETING THE EXERCISES!!!) will blow apart any negative rubbish in your mind and have you achieving things you never dreamed of...

I'm serious, it's properly powerful stuff.

Peace,

Enigma