Murach's Java SE 6: Training & Reference (Paperback)
by Joel Murach, Andrea Steelman, Doug Lowe

• Paperback: 832 pages
• Publisher: Mike Murach & Associates (April 20, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1890774421
• ISBN-13: 978-1890774424

I like this book because it has good, detailed explanations of each topic, and good examples to go with them. It's also a book in which you can read about topics (after the first three introductory chapters) in pretty much any order you need to--you don't have to read front to back.