You want to see the light?
Dreamweaver 3, Hands-on-training by Lynda Weinman and Garo Green is the best. It is like having a graphic artist sitting next to you guiding you the way. What is cool about Dreamweaver 3 is that it already contain FTP client built in and it does animation just like Flash.
Most tutorial books just copy the tutorial that is already built in Dreamweaver 3.