I've posted a mini-review of the fine book Head First Java, 2nd ed. by Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates over on my "Cats On Keyboards" blog. I don't recommend it as a first book for the beginner, but it makes a fine supplemental book.
The best part of this book is some of the explanations it gives for how Java goes about doing things. The explanations give your brain something to hang on to that makes dealing with Java's approach to object-oriented programming that much easier.
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