For an introduction to the language's features, see pod/perlintro.pod.
For a discussion of the important changes in this release, see
-pod/perl5132delta.pod. (This will also be installed as perldelta.pod).
+pod/perldelta.pod.
There are also many Perl books available, covering a wide variety of topics,
from various publishers. See pod/perlbook.pod for more information.