<p>There are already a ton of threads on this topic.
I recommend [Lawrenceville</a> Press - A Guide to Programming in Java](<a href=“http://www.lvp.com/java.htm]Lawrenceville”>http://www.lvp.com/java.htm) or Java Concepts [Big</a> Java / Java Concepts](<a href=“http://www.horstmann.com/bigjava.html]Big”>http://www.horstmann.com/bigjava.html)</p>