Introspection in Python

Mark Pilgrim has written an excellent book on Python.
It is available on line and is in the book shops.

The section on introspection is likely to be of interest
to us.
http://diveintopython.org/power_of_introspection/index.html

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Functional programming in Python

The chapter on functional programming in Python
is also worth reading.
http://diveintopython.org/functional_programming/index.html

I second that..

Dive Into Python is really good.