Java: The Good Parts: Unearthing the Excellence in Java cover
Java: The Good Parts: Unearthing the Excellence in Java
by Jim Waldo
ISBN: 0596803737
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gtani · 2010-11-27 · Original thread
it's a miniseries: *, the Good Parts

http://www.amazon.com/Java-Good-Parts-Jim-Waldo/dp/059680373...

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gtani · 2010-07-12 · Original thread
I picked these because the big box book resellers stock them (I think you're looking for background on things like primitives/autoboxing, java.util.concurrent, the JVM's startup options, profiling/debug tools, and maybe tips that make rhickey's clojure source easier to read):

http://www.amazon.com/Core-Java-TM-I-Fundamentals-8th/dp/013...

http://www.amazon.com/Java-Good-Parts-Jim-Waldo/dp/059680373...