Practical Linear Algebra

belfalas you probably feel you don't need another one but this is a great book that is friendly for visual learners (even though apparently they don't exist!) Practical Linear Algebra - Gerald Farin & Dianne Hansford. IIRC, the first edition was based on a work designed to educate design workers at a car firm who either didn't have the background or needed shoring up. So from the beginning it was aimed at the common person. It has since been developed over the years to it's current form. All I know is this book has great illustrations / great analogies and was written in a way that worked _for me_ where other books did not and was a springboard to more advanced texts which as you can tell by the comments there are many. I highly reccomend. http://www.farinhansford.com/books/pla/