But I can recommend the Feinman Physics Lectures. He does what few Physics teachers do - he gets what seems to me as the essence of Physics across.

They are highly readable, too, as opposed to most of the technical literature.

Especially useful as a contrast to the Philosophical babble some other people are recommending. (;-)

Thank you. I'm afraid that I've become senile with the years. (Who am I kidding, I've always been senile. Have you any idea how long it took me to remember my own phone number? Yet, for some reason, I can still remember my personal firearm's serial number, from basic training. But I digress)

The "Red Book" is indeed a most interesting, and in most chapters, fun reading experience, but i'm not certain that anything but the first volume would be of much interest to anyone not intending to delve into the physics.
the first volume, however, is fabulous!