Java Books -- II

The Java Programming Language, by Ken Arnold and James Gosling, Addison-Wesley, May 1996, has lots of details on the language basics for intermediate and advanced programmers. It covers threads and i/o packages, but not applets or windowing packages.
- All serious computer scientists should read to understand fundamentals

Java Primer Plus, supercharging Web applications with the Java programming language, by Paul M. Tyma, Gabriel Torok, and Troy Downing, Sams.net, concentrates on object-oriented and distributed computing aspects of Java.

The Java Programming Language, by Ken Arnold and James Gosling, Addison-Wesley, May 1996, has lots of details on the language basics for intermediate and advanced programmers. It covers threads and i/o packages, but not applets or windowing packages.