Great book, but IMO too advanced for a beginner. The risk of being discouraged by the level of its topics is high. I would rather suggest to a complete newbie to start experimenting with analog electronics by following well known old magazines, soldering kits, then attempt to modifying them, destroy components by applying the wrong voltage/current/polarity (or sometimes just by touching them with ungrounded hands) and learn why and how to avoid in the future; in other words learn by failure and success. I would also initially stay away from Arduinos, Raspberries etc. They're great but they also hide the inner workings of a circuit behind the code (and often also the code behind a linkable library). Building a single transistor wah guitar pedal for example will teach a lot more about electronics (and some mechanics too) than any small computer module out there: they will be wonderful addition to make great things with the knowledge gained through simpler projects.