>I am looking for a good book for a beginning user, not programmer. Has anyone heard anything about Visual FoxPro 5.0 for Dummies or know of another book which might be better for them?

There is a VFP for dummies book. But if your "beginning user" has no experience in software/database development, I would consider getting him/her the most recent release of FileMaker Pro. Far from a powerful database development environment, for sure, but perfect for dummies.