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If you're looking for a one-volume general history, I'd recommend either Matthew Bowman, The Mormon People: The Making of an American Faith (Random House, 2012), or Richard Bushman, Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 2008).
You might find the Encyclopedia of Mormonism useful to look up unfamiliar concepts. Being published in the 90s, it's admittedly somewhat out of date (they need to publish a second, revised edition), but the whole thing is online, so it's a massive resource that's easy to access.
Well there's this which is very basic.
If you want something more there is also this and this for short introductions by two of our foremost scholars. However, if you want to dig deep you will probably like this overview of Mormons in general as well as this standard scholarly work on Joseph Smith and this scholarly work on the Book of Mormon.
So, take your pick what level of intro you want and jump in! (And never forget to read the Book of Mormon itself!.) Good to meet you!