hi,

I'm looking for a good book or two to learn maya. I'm not a complete newbie, that means I know how the interface works, about basic animation very basic modeling and basic texturing. How to use fields and how they affect objects, lightning etc. I am looking for something that actually explains why I am doing stuff and not just prompts "click here, click there, now your scene should look like this" I also want something that explains how expressions work and how to write some basic ones myself.
So I thought I'll ask someone who knows maya better than me which book would be helpful.

thanks in advance for any advice given.