appendix further reading projects the java version is data abstraction and problem solving with javawalls and mirrors by frank carrano and janet prichard practical algorithms in +by bryan flamig (john wiley and sons covers many of the usual topics in addition to some not frequently covered by other bookssuch as algorithm generators and string searching programming pearls by jon louis bentley (addison wesley was originally written in but is nevertheless stuffed full of great advice for the programmer much of the material deals with data structures and algorithms some other worthwhile texts on data structures and algorithms are classic data structures in +by timothy budd (addison wesley )data structures and problem solving using +by mark allen weiss (addison wesley )and data structures using and +by yedidyah langsam et al (prentice hall object-oriented programming languages for an accessible and thorough introduction to java and object-oriented programmingtry object-oriented programming in java by stephen gilbert and bill mccarty (waite group press if you're interested in ++try object-oriented programming in ++fourth editionby robert lafore (sams publishing the java programming languagethird editionby ken arnoldjames goslingand david holmes (addison wesley deals with java syntax and is certainly authoritative (although briefer than many books)goslingwho works at sun microsystemsis the creator of java core java fifth editionby cay horstmann and gary cornell (prentice hall is multivolume series that covers in depth but very accessibly almost everything you want to know about programming in java object-oriented design (oodand software engineering for an easynon-academic introduction to software engineeringtry the object primerthe application developer' guide to object-orientationsecond editionby scott ambler (cambridge university press this short book explains in plain language how to design large software application the title is bit of misnomerit goes way beyond mere oo concepts object-oriented design in java by stephen gilbert and bill mccarty (waite group press is an unusually accessible text