I would recommend Winning Chess Strategies by Yasser Seirawan as a simple, not overwhelming, well written and enjoyable introduction to chess strategy.
There's more to chess than strategy though. You've got 3 subjects to cover at the minimum: tactics, middlegame/strategy, endgame. So try these to cover all your bases:
Understanding Chess Tactics by Martin Weteschnik
Silman's Complete Endgame Course by Jeremy Silman
The best sort of books for someone like you are ones that teach chess in a systematic and structured way like Laskers Manual by Emmanual Lasker or the Game of Chess by Siegbert Tarrasch once you have a solid foundation in the basics and the fundamentals for life you're eyes will be opened and you'll see chess as a harmonious unit that has spiritual beauty the way all of it's parts are linked together as to embue the whole with one meaning as Lasker said.
Suggested books on tactics and checkmate for sharpening your board vision always solve directly from the book don't set the problems up on a board:
1001 Deadly Checkmates by John Nunn
Sharpen your Tactics in 7 days by Gary Lane
1001 Winning Combinations by Fred Reinfeld
1001 Brilliant ways to Checkmate by Fred Reinfeld
1000 Combinations you should Know by Sukhin
How to Beat your Dad at Chess by Murrary Chandler
Tactic Mania by Glenn Flear
The Art of Checkmate by Renaud and Khan
Sharpen your Tactics by Anatoly Lein and Boris Achangelsky
Simple Checkmates by A.J Gilliam
5334 Problems Combinations and Games by Laszlo Polgar
1000 Checkmate Combinations by Victor Khenkin
The Ultimate Chess Puzzle book by John Emms
The Complete Chess Workout by Richard Palliser
The Giant Chess Puzzle Book by Zenon Franco
Hola,
I am a beginner, in the sense that I've known how to play for most of my life, but have never done any sort of study. I know the basic mechanics of the game, but almost nothing about strategy. I would like to pick a good introductory book, or two. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.