There's a book called Django by Example by Antonio Mele that I think is pretty good. People love Two Scoops of Django as well. The former consists of a series of tutorials and the latter explains best practices to consider when writing Django apps.
1. Versions -- a lot of printed materials are just old by the time they come out.
2. None of them talk about large-scale projects, only smaller-scale personal blogs etc. as a first project. Or, put another way, many of the resources I find target beginners instead of intermediate/advanced learners.
1. Versions -- both books target Django 1.8+ (Django 1.9 is the current, stable release), so I would consider both relevant for now.
2. I suggested both books because both are current and different. Django By Example includes examples of projects beyond a simple blog (I think that's chapter 1 or 2). Each chapter introduces more and more complexity with a totally separate project example. Whereas, Two Scoops of Django provides general recommendations for how to best manage common Django tasks/flows. I think both are appropriate for intermediate/advanced users.
I've found books by Packt Pub to be of variable quality, and DbE does have some typoes/errors, but the content so far has been quite good.