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For someone seeking help with choosing openings, I usually bring up Openings for Amateurs by Pete Tamburro (2014).
http://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/2014/05/review-of-pete-tamburros-openings-for.html
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/openings-for-amateurs/
I believe that it is possible to see a fair portion of the beginning of Tamburro's book by going to the Mongoose Press site.
https://www.mongoosepress.com/excerpts/OpeningsForAmateurs%20sample.pdf
Perhaps DrZekria would also want to look at Discovering Chess Openings by GM John Emms (2006).
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf
"Each player should choose an opening that attracts him. Some players are looking for a gambit as White, others for Black gambits. Many players that are starting out (or have bad memories) want to avoid mainstream systems, others want dynamic openings, and others want calm positional pathways. It’s all about personal taste and personal need.
For example, if you feel you’re poor at tactics you can choose a quiet positional opening (trying to hide from your weakness and just play chess), or seek more dynamic openings that engender lots of tactics and sacrifices (this might lead to more losses but, over time, will improve your tactical skills and make you stronger)." - IM Jeremy Silman (January 28, 2016)
https://www.chess.com/article/view/opening-questions-and-a-dream-mate
https://www.chess.com/article/view/picking-the-correct-opening-repertoire
http://chess-teacher.com/best-chess-openings/
https://www.chess.com/blog/TigerLilov/build-your-opening-repertoire
https://www.chess.com/blog/CraiggoryC/how-to-build-an-opening-repertoire
https://www.chess.com/article/view/learning-an-opening-to-memorize-or-understand
https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-perfect-opening-for-the-lazy-student
https://www.chess.com/article/view/3-ways-to-learn-new-openings
https://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-understand-openings
https://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Pdfs/9035.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627110453/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen169.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Pdfs/9029.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Pdfs/7277.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Pdfs/9033.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627104938/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen159.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627022042/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen153.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627132508/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen173.pdf

queens gambit as white. it's not a trap opening (apart from some lines in the accepted but only if the opponent is bad and one in the marshal defence which is also less common.) 

black against 1.e4: at your level the caro-kann but i'd recommend for better players the sicilian nadjorf.

black against 1.d4: kings indian or nimzo inidan/ queens indian

I recommend to consider...

"My First Chess Opening Repertoire For White" by Vincent Moret...

https://www.newinchess.com/My_First_Chess_Opening_Repertoire_for_White-p-9033.html

In fact, I just noticed they (NIC) quote an excerpt of comments I had made about the book on a Chess.com forum thread!

see my full review here (as RLBell)...

https://www.amazon.com/First-Chess-Opening-Repertoire-White/dp/9056916335/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1495393855&sr=1-1&keywords=my+first+chess+opening+repertoire+for+white

There are several other recommendations for opening books for the beginner-novice (and beyond!) in the following list for those who have not yet added "Master" to their chess title...

Good Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-equipment/good-chess-books-for-beginners-and-beyond

You might also enjoy perusing these articles on various openings related topics...

https://www.chess.com/article/opening+theory

Miscellaneous Openings links...

Principles of the Opening for Beginners....

https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-principles-of-the-opening

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21L45Qo6EIY

Jeremy Silman article on understanding chess openings...

https://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-understand-openings

General openings links....suggestions, recommendations for beginner-novice...

https://www.chess.com/article/view/master-path-study-plan-the-opening-1

https://www.chess.com/article/view/study-plan-for-intermediate-players-the-opening2

https://www.chess.com/article/view/study-plan-for-advanced-players-the-opening-1

https://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-understand-openings

http://grandpatzerchess.blogspot.com/2007/03/openings-for-improving-players-part-1.html

http://www.mark-weeks.com/aboutcom/aa02i07.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_opening

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL95D57046F196F063

http://chess.about.com/od/openings/tp/TopOpenings.htm

http://www.dwheeler.com/chess-openings/

http://www.mark-weeks.com/aboutcom/aa05l17.htm

http://www.chesspublishing.com/content/repert.htm

http://www.angelfire.com/nf/chess/Openings.html

http://www.thechesswebsite.com/top-7-aggressive-chess-openings/

http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/links/openings.html

http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/taxonomy/term/9

Gambits...

http://www.ianchessgambits.com/

https://chesslessons.wordpress.com/category/evans-gambit/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_gambits

A list of some good openings books for those who have not yet added "Master" to their chess title...

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-equipment/good-chess-opening-books-for-beginners-and-beyond

in case you dont want to check all those links, i suggest the Giuoco Piano 

I agree...it's the primary opening featured in Vincent Moret's "My First Chess Opening Repertoire For White"...

https://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Pdfs/9033.pdf

The Introduction to Vincent Moret's book.....

Thanks Spongey!

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Thanks for all your refs and links, kindaspongey, Tamburro recommends a variation of the Vienna that I'm going to look into, the Paulsen Var: 1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 g3. Four of the seven pages Tamburro spends on it are visible in the "Look Inside" feature on Amazon (once inside, click on "surprise me" then go forward or back to pp. 233-6 - sometimes requiring a few clicks to get it change sections):

https://www.amazon.com/Openings-Amateurs-Pete-Tamburro/dp/1936277506/

Note that the book is $18.71 there or you can get it in good used condition for $8.35 + 3.99 shipping.

I've been looking for a way, as White, to either play or avoid the Frankenstein-Dracula Variation 1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 Bc4 Nxe4!? which results in such a wild game that the originator of the var's name advised nervous players to avoid it as White or Black.  My recent post on it in the the openings section has a lot of interesting information:

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/vienna-frankenstein-dracula-variation

McDonalds always has openings go apply with them and get a McJob.