http://www.amazon.com/Logical-Chess-Explained-Algebraic-Edition/dp/0713484640/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1368260072&sr=8-1&keywords=logical+chess+move+by+move
This Book.
one fault of beginning chess players is that they tend to make judgements and decisions based on one or two pieces. i would recommend to them to just pause and pause and take in as much information as possible even if it seems irrelevant and then to make an intuitive judgement. i think that arguing with yourself only hinders this process and verbal thinking should be reduced to a bare minimum.
Andrew Soltis's How to Choose a Chess Move is fairly easy to follow, and contains a decent explanation of Kotov's tree of variations ideas.
Cheaper and in my (low rated) opinion just as good would be to read all the thought process Novice Nook articles by Dan Heisman. If you still feel after that that you need more info, then look into buying a book. The articles are here: http://danheisman.home.comcast.net/~danheisman/Articles/subject.htm#Analysis
Good luck.
Whats a good book which focuses on the thinking process of the player rather than some phase of the game for a beginner.