"SAMS Teach Yourself Java 2 Platform in 21 Days"
by Laura Lemay and Rogers Cadenhead
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/067231438X/wendysmall "Based on the enormous amount of press Java has received
over the past several years and the huge number of books
about Java, you might have an inflated impression of what
Java is capable of doing," observe the authors of "SAMS
Teach Yourself Java 2 Platform in 21 Days." But their three-
week tutorial to today's new Java 2 standard shows that Java
is indeed more powerful than ever, with a rich array of
functionality and enhanced performance. This book covers
both applet development (for running Java inside Web
browsers) and standalone applications, along with many
important Java technologies such as Swing, JDBC, and RMI.
The authors avoid evangelizing Java and instead provide a
wittily written tutorial to what's best in today's Java 2
platform.