Not your average patterns book
This caught my eye at B&N the other day. After flipping through it, and thinking “Are you serious?” I plunked the money down and picked it up. This is, perhaps, one of the best approaches to learning and retaining a subject.
And, the cover is easy on the eye.
Also, for you CSharpies out there, who, like me, are starting out in the study of patterns, check out http://www.dofactory.com/Patterns/Patterns.aspx for examples.