What is the best RoR book for beginners? Best online resources?

http://poignantguide.net/ruby/ is one of the most entertaining writings I have read, not just out of technical books, overall. Highly recommended.

Ruby for Rails is a good one too. I haven't read it though.

"Ruby for Rails", I feel, is a great resource for learning not only the Ruby language, but how to program with it.

"Ruby for Rails" by David A. Black is a good choice if you're new to Ruby as well as Rails.

Best damn book I've ever bought concerning Rails.

Obviously Agile Web Development with Rails is the bible of RoR books:

By far the best: Agile Web Development with Rails—Second Edition

I've only flipped through "Beginning Ruby" (apress), but that looks like a good Ruby book too.

I've heard good things about 'Ruby on Rails: Up and Running'