I would recommend the free videos on youtube of Abdul Rahman Green, and Hamza Yusuf from Zaytuna Inst. Also Imam Bilal Phillips. I have a good translation of the Quran by Muhammad Asad that I will post tonight sometime. Also he wrote a good book called, THE ROAD TO MECCA. If your up for older type books. For older resources on Islam I would refer to Sheikh Albani, Ibn Kathir, and Ibn Taymiyyah. God Bless!