What I would recommend is reading the technical articles in Flyer, Pilot, Today's Pilot etc, especially John Farley's ones. Decent starting point.
As for books, I don't know. I learned the basics of flight from, beleive it or not, a fighter sim manual (US Navy Fighters. 'twas this game that got me onto planes in the first place!). The only books I've seen on the subject have been v. expensive textbooks.
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