I'm looking at this book to deepen my understanding of
Flash's ActionScript, which is based on Javascript.

Barnes and Noble has published a new series of
computer books called "in easy steps."
I saw about 20 titles on topics such as Dreamweaver MX
and PHP. The best thing about the books is the price --
each one is $9.95. All covers are identical to this one with
only the title word changed.

And on a different note...

I have also spent some time with this Director MX book.
Since I felt like I had come up to speed with the other
Macromedia products (as I prepared for presentations at the League),
I had an urge to get up to date with the basics of Director, too.