A guide for both beginners and experts starts with basics such as equipment, safety, and water ice techniques, and also covers mixed climbing, alpine climbing, leading, and descending
This book rich with pictures and illustrates that make it easy to follow. As beginner it made a big difference if you have to learn on your own rather than spends hundreds dollars for course. You will get basic techniques about ice climbing, have a try and if you like it get the pro adviser. Train and train hard!