[ethyreal]

I've found peepcode and rails casts of be extremely helpful.

http://peepcode.com/

http://railscasts.com/

For a total beginner check out meet rails on peepcode:

http://peepcode.com/products/meet-rails-3-i

I think its like 12 bucks, but its worth twice that easy! It's fast pace, won't put you to sleep like most video tutorials. Good stuff!

Then after the basics, if you need info on a specific topic often Ryan Bates at RailsCast has covered it at least once. Most of his RailsCasts are free, but recently he started doing procasts which are top notch as well.