Hi phil

You can read some excellent and free books at 
http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~ducasse/WebPages/FreeBooks.html

Start with Smalltalk by example


Stef
  "if you knew today was your last day on earth, what would you
  do different? ...  especially if,  by doing something different,
  today might not be your last day on earth" Calvin&Hobbes