I really like the user guide book:
Raspberry Pi User Guide https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1119264367/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_x1CDzbAXAC2TN
It offers some basic info to get you up and running and helps a lot with your first steps. Making and breaking the pi is part of the fun with it! I'd recommend having a backup system (I use pibaker on my mac to create backups whenever my tinkering leads to a success, so if/when I break it again I can rollback to my last working version!)