Would you recommend Head First Programming for someone new?

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My brother is just starting out college. He's studying the same thing I am here in Bolivia; Systems Engineer which is the equivalent of what a CS degree is in the US.

Being his big brother and a programmer myself I really want to guide him and give him the right material to learn and become good at programming. My motives are selfish I admit, I want him to become really good so he can teach me things in the future. :)

After poking around the web, I found Head First Programming. This book seems to teach the fundamentals of programming, using Python as the language.

Would you recommend this book as his first book ever?
Would learning Python as his first language stunt him somehow?

What are your thoughts and suggestions?

Thanks!

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