The best book EVER...

I read a lot of books on Flash and actionscript in general.. well actually it's the only thing I read, except the newspaper. Ask anyone who has been to my house and they'll tell you every book I own is Flash.. all the way back to my first book Visual Guide to Flash MX.
I think everyone remembers the first book they bought on Flash because it teaches you the most (let's face you didn't know too much before that's why you bought it). So it's always hard to find a book that quite matches up. Well look no further...
Object Oriented Actionscript for Flash 8 by Peter Elst and Todd Yard is the way to go. I haven't learned so much since my first book. Everything from CVS, design patterns, animation, and External Interface is covered. With wonderful hands on examples that if you work through, will definitely teach someone to everybody. After applying what I've learned in this book to a couple of projects my work flow and understanding of classes has grown by leaps and bounds.. it's opened a door for that has flamed my passion for coding to an inferno. (Yes.. I know a little over the top, but I do love this book).
All I can say it that the pages are worn down from all my referencing back and forth. I can't wait for the AS 3.0 version of this book to come out.