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Used Book in Good Condition
older version, but concepts hold over: https://www.amazon.com/SQL-Server-2008-Administration-Action/dp/193398872X
Welcome to the DBA club! Administrating both Oracle and SQL Server is quite the learning curve - good luck, and remember that being conservative is always the best bet until you're familiar with the platform you're on. Just don't lose any data, and you'll be fine :)
I haven't read any SQL Administration books for quite a while, but I've heard nothing but good things about Rod Colledge's book SQL Server 2008 Administration in Action, and Rod's a great, genuine guy as well.
Here's an interview with Rod discussing the book, and provides links to a couple of sample chapters.
SQL Server Books Online (the manual) is fantastic (always, always install it!), and, other than the SQL Server Internals series and quick Google searches, the only resource I use day-to-day (mostly because I'm guaranteed to have access to it, no matter where I am).
I recommend using the local version of Books Online. The web version is great if you want to search it via Google.
The only other resource I can suggest is a good mentor. If you have an experienced DBA at work, try and soak up anything they can tell you. If not, I highly recommend you find one, locally (at a user group or SQL Saturday), or online.