I always found those "in 24 hours" books to be amusing in that there was no way in hell you were going to work through a book that size in 24 hours
Re:What Was Your First Coding Book?
by edwinnathaniel on Friday July 13, 2012 @01:27AM
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Long time ago, SAMS books were one of the best out there (lack of competition).
Cover: http://www.treasuretess.co.uk/images/Sams_VB5.jpg