Uml
UML Weekend Crash Course
Format: Paperback
Author: Thomas A. Pender
ReleaseDate: 01 April, 2002
Publisher: Wiley
Rating:
Clear and direct 
The examples clearly reveal the key concepts critical for understanding the modeling elements. The book uses simple and direct language to explain the elements of UML. The book has a perfect level of detail. Unlike other books I have started reading about UML, this book does not go into long commentaries or sidebars about UML, design, and standards. As a result the book allows one to work through the material quickly and will serve as an excellent long-term reference.
Not a bad book, but some annoying mistakes 
I agree it would be difficult to finish in a weekend. For the most part, it is a pretty good book. Some annoying mistakes in a few places. For example, on p198-200 the figures are full of mistakes and don't follow along with the text. They are not too hard to correct, but you should not have to do so when you are trying to learn something new. I like this type of format for a book where you pace yourself and then have a review and quiz after a short session. Not too bad, but could be better.
Long and obscure.
I don't think anyone can read and understand it in one weekend, unless of course he is reading about six times faster than me. The name "UML Weekend Crash Course" is misleading. This book has long and obscure sentences and too much of unnecessary information. The chapter on Object-Oriented principles is written so badly, that I doubt in the authors competence. It mentions two major OO postulates "encapsulation" and "inheritance" but leaves out the third one "polymorphism". But he rumbles on for pages about some unrelated stuff. Also, this book was published before the UML-2 standard came out, so it is somewhat outdated. I would recommend "UML Distilled" by Martin Fowler instead of this book.
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