Just looked now, #1 is a Black & Decker book like I mentioned above, #2 looks like it would have been right "Wiring simplified : based on the 2011 National Electrical Code" but it is not currently available.
The 2008 code is available though... There is also "McGraw-Hill's national electrical code handbook" but it is for 2008 codes as well.
So I Googled the first book title (the 2011 one) and found it on Amazon. I can actually browse online through part of the 2008 version of that book. Maybe that will get me started and maybe if I can't find the 2011 book at like Home Depot, I will just order it. The cost is just over $8.
EDIT: Hey, that Black and Decker one claims that it covers the current codes too. Maybe I should just pick it up since it IS at the library.