Dreamweaver does a terrible job telling you how to use its program

Dreamweaver's manual
Just one problem with this option - there isn't one! Oh, sure, if you buy the whole Adobe (formerly Macromedia) Studio there's an "overview" book you can buy for $15 extra dollars, with a few pages on Dreamweaver. But Dreamweaver expects you to use the online help or tutorials to learn their program.
That's crazy, if you ask me. How can you look up how to do something when you don't even know what you need to ask??
Available books - Dreamweaver help
There are some great books on Dreamweaver. For example, Dreamweaver 8 Unleashed is a wonderful book - all 1032 pages and 3.4 lbs. of it, for $49.99. Loaded with lots of stuff you don't need - and no way to avoid those things.
That's the problem with most "how-to" books - they assume you want to learn how to do practically EVERYTHING in the program. So you'd have to spend the next 3-4 weeks - FULL TIME - going through almost everything in the book. Because that little technique you must have for your site - that's discussed on page 1003 - requires you to have learned several other techniques hidden in the previous 1002 pages!
If you're planning a second career as a website designer - I recommend you buy Dreamweaver 8 Unleashed, or a similar book. (Unfortunately, since these books are PRINTED, all the graphics in them are black and white - NO COLOR. So you'd better know what you're looking at, because the graphics aren't going to help you much.)
If you just want your website up as quickly as possible - so you can get on with trying to make money from it! - then spare yourself the time and aggravation.
Classes/training offering Dreamweaver help
If you ENJOY doing tutorials (personally, I would rather visit the dentist!), you can buy Dreamweaver training. The best place to go for Dreamweaver training is Adobe (formerly Macromedia) - especially if you have purchased the Studio of products (Dreamweaver 8, Fireworks 8, Flash 8 Professional, Contribute 3, and Flash Paper).
For $99, you'll get 12 months' access to the Basic Library of courses - beginner tutorials for a broad range of Adobe products. Or, for roughly $1,195 (PLUS transportation, food and lodging) you might be able to find three days of beginning Dreamweaver training someplace close by.
Which brings you back to the same problem: How many hours will you spend learning the program instead of BUILDING YOUR WEBSITE?
A visitor recently sent me a link for a subscription service, which advocates building your site with Fireworks, then exporting it into Dreamweaver. Sorry, folks, but this makes as much sense as baking an angel food cake in a muffin pan - sure, the taste is there, and once you assemble all the muffins and put frosting on them, who's going to know...? The search engines will choke before they accept something so bulky. But, if you'd like to use a button-making software to build a website, I guess it's up to you. The cost? $69 per year. Those are some high-priced muffins.