Java in a Nutshell used to be the shit (for Java 1.1 and 1.2) but is now a 1,254 page monstrosity. I don't know if it still has a core of readability or whether the whole thing has been taken over by bloat and suckitude.
Disclaimer: This is not the kind of answer you are looking for. I can't recommend a book because I haven't cracked a Java book since the first year of college (excepting very specialized ones dealing with certain toolsets etc).
Anyway, I suggest writing a small project in Java, referencing various tutorials and documentation on the web. Possibly a CRUD web app of some kind -- that would fairly easily cover servlets & containers, jdbc, and templating. If you really wanted to kick yourself in the head, add in log4j logging and axis web services (the former is easy and super handy and the latter contains the current Most Powerful Buzzword).
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Anyway, I suggest writing a small project in Java, referencing various tutorials and documentation on the web. Possibly a CRUD web app of some kind -- that would fairly easily cover servlets & containers, jdbc, and templating. If you really wanted to kick yourself in the head, add in log4j logging and axis web services (the former is easy and super handy and the latter contains the current Most Powerful Buzzword).
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