Turn the needle until the CDI is centered with a FROM indication.
Pull out your map and draw a line from coming off of the VOR on that radial, do this with 2 VOR's, find where they intersect and that's where you're located.
You can never have too many aviation books.. But I've loaned my old Rod Machado's Private book out to many friends, I think it's a greater starter book that doesn't bore the reader to death immediately.
Very unlikely, but it's good to practice things like this so you can really see the relationship between pitch, power, and airspeed especially during climbs and descents.