what's the best book or website to learn German?

Question

i'm going there this summer and want to learn a little bit before hand.

Answer 1

The best resource on the net is what you can find here: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,2142,2547,00.html

If you still think that is not enough to get you started, take a look here: http://www.fsi-language-courses.com/German.aspx

And if you feel those are too time consuming, take a look here: http://coffeebreakspanish.typepad.com/mydailyphrasegerman/