It terms of what to read as a beginner I would read:
1. The Game & Rules of the Game although like previously quoted the rules are watered down but still a good starting point.
2. Ross Jeffries Basic Speed Seduction Home Study Course
3. The Mystery Method
4 & 5. Teach Yourself NLP & Training Trances these two will add some flesh to Ross' stuff and also give you a good insight into learning to see patterns and build process rich scripts for yourself

From there I would get onto the forums and find opinion openers, seduction scripts, truisms, cold reading, graphology, palmistry, most importantly a wing man or two who are more experienced and can take you into the field and help out..

There is so much stuff out there now some really good and some absolute trash...

Hope this helps.

OO