Is this the best book in town?

Hi all,
We need to purchase a book (intermediate to advanced) so can expand our knowledge of java on the following topics:
* handling errors with exceptions;
* multi-thread;
* java socket communication;
* Queues;
* I/O streams
We've been told that "The Java Programming Language" by Arnold, Gosling and Holmes 3rd edition is the best book in town.
Any comments, suggestions, etc.
Thanks in advance.
Cheers
Trajano

The Java Programming Language, 3rd ed is basically the manual for java; every developer ought to have a copy.
However it's not really a tutorial. It's more of a reference. If you want tutorials or commentary or the like, you might be better off with Effective Java by Bloch. Or one or more of various books dealing with these particular subject areas.

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