Jim Dovey and Ash Furrow just released Beginning Objective-C. It is subtitled "Get started with programming the fast-growing language." It is not, however, really aimed at new programmers.
Unlike Aaron Hillegass's superb "Objective C Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide", the book expects a reader who's an experienced programmer, even if that reader is new to iOS development.
Beginning Objective-C's chapters are already discussing interface bindings by page 11. Language fundamentals (such as conditionality and loops) start at the end of page 16 and wrap on page 22.
At least half the book focuses on non-language topics such as ne