Head First
Just Bring Your Brain
Learning isn't something that just happens to you. It's something you do. You can't learn without pumping some neurons. Learning means building more mental pathways, bridging connections between new and pre-existing knowledge, recognizing patterns, and turning facts and information into knowledge (and ultimately, wisdom).
Featured New Releases
Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML
by Elisabeth Freeman, Eric Freeman
December 2005
694 pages,
$34.95 US
Head First Java
by Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates
Second Edition February 2005
720 pages,
$44.95 US
All Head First Book
- Head First Design Patterns
- Head First EJB
- Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML
- Head First Java
- Head First Servlets and JSP
Upcoming Titles
Head Rush Ajax
by Brett McLaughlin, Elisabeth Freeman
March 2006 (est.)
312 pages,
$34.99 US
Really Learn
We tell stories (PDF) using casual language, instead of lecturing. We don't take ourselves too seriously. Which would you pay more attention to: a stimulating dinner party companion, or a lecture?
We make it visual (PDF). Images are far more memorable than words alone, and make learning much more effective. They also make things more fun.
We use attention- grabbing tactics. Learning a new, tough, technical topic doesn't have to be boring. The graphics are often surprising, oversized, humorous, sarcastic, or edgy.
You might not expect a girl in a bathtub discussing key object-oriented principles, but there she is. Or the woman pulling a duck from an ATM machine. Or the disembodied head on a table. The page layout is dynamic: no two pages are the same, and each one is crafted to keep the right mix of text and images. Examples are usually fun, strange, or both.
