What the Book Covers:  Guides the reader through the basics of algorithms and data structures and then on to specific algorithms used in development and programming tasks. Part 1 discusses the basics of how to determine the characteristics of a given algorithm. Part 2 introduces practical sorting algorithms. Part 3 moves on to fundamental data structures. Part 4 introduces hashing, maps, etc. Part 5 moves on to certain advanced data structures useful to programmers. Part 5 wraps up with how to choose the right algorithm and how to avoid common mistakes in application. All the while, the author provides algorithm walk through for the reader, unique to this book. Real World Web Solutions/Website:   most unique to this book is the downloadable Java code in the form of working implementations and examples with which the reader can practice, and all of which have been fully built and tested by the author. No other book on algorithms provides this crucial application and implementation content.