here are some real; good sites for a beginner of PIC....
1>**broken link removed**
here u will get a very good book on pic microcontroller
2>http://www.piclist.com
join this group ..ull get a lot of codes and tutorials ,projects,programmer circuits,....
and ofcourse there are some real nice books to be downloaded from download/upload section.....just do a search for pic micro
and u can ask any doubt here on the forum ...great ppl at work here...