+<para>If you're not a programmer and you're trying to learn,
+many introductory Lisp books are available. However, we don't have any
+standout favorites. If you can't decide, try checking the Usenet
+comp.lang.lisp FAQ for recent recommendations.</para>
+
+<para>If you are an experienced programmer in other languages
+but need to learn about Lisp, three books stand out.
+<itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para><emphasis>ANSI Common Lisp</>, by Paul Graham,
+ will teach you about most of the language. (And later it might
+ also be worth checking out <emphasis>On Lisp</>, by the same
+ author.)</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><emphasis>Paradigms Of Artificial Intelligence
+ Programming</>, by Peter Norvig, also has some good information
+ on general &CommonLisp; programming, and many nontrivial examples.
+ Whether or not your work is AI, it's a very good book to look
+ at.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Neither of the books above emphasizes CLOS, but
+ <emphasis>Object-Oriented Programming In Common Lisp</> by Sonya Keene
+ does. Even if you're very knowledgeable about object oriented
+ programming in the abstract, it's worth looking at this book
+ if you want to do any OO in &CommonLisp;. Some abstractions
+ in CLOS (especially multiple dispatch) go beyond anything
+ you'll see in most OO systems, and there are a number of lesser
+ differences as well. This book tends to help with the culture shock.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para></para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+</para>
+