What's the best book to learn Adobe Illustrator for GUI ?

What's the best book to learn Adobe Illustrator (I want to use it for iOS graphical user interface design):
- Realworld Illustrator
- Illustrator CS5 Bible
- Lynda.com Illustrator Essential
- Lynda.com for Web and Interactive Design
thanks

Howdy.
I can't say which is best, but I like  the Visual Quickstart Guide from Peachpit Press. I have it for Photoshop and Illustrator. As the title states, it's for a quick start. A concise description of every tool and option, with simple, easy to follow instructions with screen shots. I have Photoshop CS3, and have well over 10,000 hrs in Ps and have several newer Ps books. But my tattered old Visual Quickstart Guide for Ps 6 is still my first resource when questions arise.
So far as Illustrator goes, I'm only about 100 hours into it, and so far, so good. But it could be just be a case of ignorance is bliss. Mike has thoughtfully posted the link for Peachpit Press above. You can check it out yourself.
Peace,
Lee
P.S. Here's a direct link to the guide for Illustrator.

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