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Is there a consensus as to the best books for beginning to internediate
players?

I'm not sure about "consensus" but Yasser Seirawan (sp?) and Jeremy
Silman are generally thought of as good authors for that crowd.

I vote for Seirawan, but you can't go wrong either way. See thread,
"How to get good at chess?", just a couple posts down from yours.