Thanks for the responses everyone. There was as many of you interested in the results as there were contributors!
Under the stipulations I gave in my original posting, I am going to further investigate Quinn and Keough, Gotelli, Rao, and Clark. Results are below: If just 1 book...: -Discovering Statistics Using SPSS (Andy Field)-2 votes -Statistical Computing: An Introduction to Data Analysis using S-Plus (Crawley 2002)-2 votes -Biometry (Sokal and Rohlf)- 2 votes -Experimental Design and Data Analysis for Biologists (Quinn and Keough)-1 vote -Statistical Research Methods in the Life Sciences (P.V. Rao)- 1 vote -Models for Ecological Data (Jim Clark)-1 vote -A Primer of Ecological Statistics (Gotelli)-1 votes\ If just 2 books (not the rules, but ok)....: Zar and Sokal & Rohlf (1 vote) Additional worthy comments: I would recommend staying away from books the focus on testing null hypotheses! (D. Anderson) the biggest one so that I could use it to build a fire since there would be no electricity to run my laptop!!! :) (M. McCallum)
