The Head First Books List

	Head First Algebra By Tracey Pilone, Dan Pilone December 2008 (est.) $29.99 USD Get more information about this book.
	Head First Ajax By Rebecca Riordan July 2008 $44.99 USD Get more information about this book.
	Head First C# By Andrew Stellman, Jennifer Greene November 2007 $49.99 USD Get more information, the table of contents, a free sample chapter, and code downloads here.
	Head First Design Patterns By Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates, Elisabeth Freeman, Eric Freeman October 2004 $44.95 USD Get more information, the table of contents, two free sample chapters, code downloads, and the Sharpen Your Pencil solutions here.
	Head First EJB By Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates October 2003 $44.95 USD Get more information, the table of contents, a free sample chapter, and the Sharpen Your Pencil exercises here.
	Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML By Elisabeth Freeman, Eric Freeman December 2005 $39.99 USD Get more information, the table of contents, a free sample chapter, and code downloads here.
	Head First Java, Second Edition By Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates February 2005 $44.95 USD Get more information, the table of contents, a free sample chapter, and code downloads here.
	Head First JavaScript By Michael Morrison December 2007 $39.99 USD Get more information, the table of contents, a free sample chapter, and code downloads, and practice your JavaScript here.
	Head First Object-Oriented Analysis & Design By Brett McLaughlin, Gary Pollice, David West November 2006 $49.99 USD Get more information, the table of contents, a free sample chapter, code downloads, and academic supplements here.
	Head First PHP & MySQL By Lynn Beighley, Michael Morrison December 2008 $44.99 USD Get more information here.
	Head First Physics By Heather Lang August 2008 $29.99 USD Get more information about this book.
	Head First PMP By Andrew Stellman, Jennifer Greene March 2007 $49.99 USD Get more information, a free practice exam, the table of contents, and a free sample chapter here.
	Head First Rails By David Griffiths December 2008 $49.99 USD Get more information here.
	Head First Servlets & JSP, Second Edition By Bryan Basham, Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates March 2008 $49.99 USD Get more information here.
	Head First Software Development By Dan Pilone, Russell Miles December 2007 $49.99 USD Get more information, the table of contents, a free sample chapter, and code downloads here.
	Head First SQL By Lynn Beighley August 2007 $44.99 USD Get more information, the table of contents, a free sample chapter, practice your SQL queries, and download the tables here.
	Head First Statistics By Dawn Griffiths July 2008 $34.99 USD Get more information about this book.
	Head First Web Design By Ethan Watrall, Jeff Siarto December 2008 (est.) $44.99 USD Get more information about this book.
	Head Rush Ajax By Brett McLaughlin March 2006 $39.99 USD Get more information, the table of contents, a free sample chapter, and code downloads here.

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Head First Design Patterns has taken home the Jolt product excellence award in the general category, beating out some stiff competition like Joel on Software by Joel Splosky. One of our favorite books won the technical category: Better, Faster, Lighter Java by Bruce A. Tate and Justin Gehtland. Congrats Bruce and Justin!