Being a total newcomer to Flash, I found this book and accompanying CD an absolute godsend. Where do you start when confronted by a daunting looking interface with no idea what any of it means? Answer: H.O.T. by James Gonzalez. The book is over 600 pages long and not one word is wasted. After just a week I was making Flash movies of my own (ok, not brilliant ones, but the point is I was doing it), which I really could not have imagined doing the previous week. I heartily recommend this book to any Flash 8 Pro newbies... The cover price of £[...] is just top value.