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Reddit mentions of OS X Mavericks: The Missing Manual
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Ars Technica's OS X reviews are very extensive and present a lot of info in a straightforward manner (it may be helpful to go back and read the Mountain Lion (OS x 10.8) article as well).
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/os-x-10-9/
If you'd rather have something more like a reference book I'd recommend The Missing Manual series. Again, you may find it helpful to read up on the previous version of the OS as well, because Mavericks builds on a bunch of stuff that was introduced in Mountain Lion.
http://www.amazon.com/OS-Mavericks-The-Missing-Manual/dp/1449362249
I generally thing the basics can be picked up without much instruction (but I tend to like to dig around and find stuff vs reading books), but it is all those little tips and tricks you mention that really make a system truly useful. I was lucky enough to move over to OS X over 10 years ago, so I got to learn each piece as the system evolved vs trying to learn it all at once. The same goes for iOS.
With each release over those years, Apple has posted a page like this which lists out all the new features so you know what is available to you.
https://www.apple.com/osx/whats-new/features.html
The keynote when they announce stuff gives the big features (I don't know if those are captioned or not), but these pages fleshes it out and gives the rest of the picture. It doesn't take too long to go through and I find it amazingly helpful. Any time I see those "10 hidden tricks" articles I usually already know between 8-10 of them.
I'd say the basics from going from Windows to Mac are the following:
David Pogue (former tech columnist of the NY Times, now at Yahoo Tech) writes the "Missing Manual" for OS X when each new release comes out. It is a bit of a tongue in check title based of the very issue you're having. At this point, I'm not sure if you'd want to get the current version or wait for Yosemite to release and the book to come out, since it is right around the corner and the system has a huge UI overhaul.
Here is the Missing Manual for Mavericks.... 880 pages.
http://www.amazon.com/OS-X-Mavericks-Missing-Manual/dp/1449362249/ref=la_B000AP8Q6U_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408986900&sr=1-4
Here is the version for those switching from Windows. I'm not sure the exact differences, but it probably has some more stuff on migration and might use some Windows ideas to explain OS X (but I'm guessing here).... this one is 800 pages.
http://www.amazon.com/Switching-Mac-Missing-Manual-Mavericks/dp/1449372260/ref=la_B000AP8Q6U_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408986900&sr=1-5
Hopefully some of this help. I haven't read any of the books, but my dad has the Missing Manual and in recent years as become a fan of Pogue's writing.