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Get yourself one of these:
http://www.amazon.com/RHCSA-Linux-Certification-Study-Edition/dp/0071765654
CentOS is the free community supported version of Red Hat.
I wouldn't bother with books, they're largely outdated.
With CentOS though; that might make a bit of an exception, considering it too is also largely outdated.
I belive the best way to learn is to have a small VPS or even the installation under VMware and try to set web/file/samba/dns-server, etc. The internet is full of manuals and howtos.
I double that. You better start hands on. There is a plenty on-line resources that can help you.
What do you expect from the book? Would you like to use it as a reference or are you looking for training?
Books are outdated, though the basics and concepts are almost there anyway.. It is better to look for books on Redhat. I have seen books on CentOS on and off, but it doesn't interest me
Book are outdated?
What about e-books?
"Advanced Linux Programming" is an oldie and available as an ebook... it covers a lot of basic concepts to give you a solid starting foundation.
I've found there are a lot of .edu sites with great and lengthy tutorials with a nice minimal design and 'wall of text' to get stuck into.
In the end, the man pages get you everything else.
I recommend the Redhat 6 Deployment Guide https://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/datasheets/red-hat-enterprise-linux-6-deployment-guide and the Debian Administrator's handbook http://debian-handbook.info/get/.
There is also a lot of good information in your /usr/share/doc directory.
This book here is all about solving and setting up different problems and then use google to find the package name in centos or debian or what ever.
http://www.amazon.com/Linux-System-Administration-Handbook-Edition/dp/0131480057