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From Al Lukaszewski, for About.com

Mastering Regular Expressions

Wednesday July 9, 2008
Having read up on regular expressions, you may find that you still struggle with them. This is to be expected, as noted in a recent post. However, more resources are available. One of the best that you can get is Jeffrey Friedl's Mastering Regular Expressions (prices).

It may seem counter-intuitive, but the older version is better suited to Python programming than the newer. In the second edition, Friedl pulled the section that addressed Python specifically and filled it with discussions about .NET and similar technologies. So, in this instance, cheaper is better.
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