Ok folks this is going to sound like spam but I found a website that has been very helpful to me at a low enough cost that it's easily affordable.
VCT Computer Learning
I have signed up for this myself and found it a quite useful tool. They have videos there on all kinds of software and languages.
For you people wanting to learn VB or PHP my g/f has been using these videos online for $25.00 a month and has been attaining a great amount of knowledge.
I myself spend at least $50.00 a month on books and have found I don't need to anymore with these online videos.
It's unlimited on how many videos you can watch a month too.
Call this spam if you want but I think it's a great tool for everybody and haven't found a better place to learn for the money yet.
And you can test drive it for free !!!
JFPDude