resources for mutli threaded programming

Ranchers,
Can any one direct me to a good resource, where I can get a full understanding of mutli threaded programming. I know little nuts and bolts about it, but would like to get some expertise on it, even a good book would help, thanks

I recommend Java Concurrency in Practice.

One of our JavaRanch bartenders, Henry Wong, wrote Java Threads

You should check it out

thanks for the info.

This article was very good in helping me put the bits and pieces together. After that I was better equipped to understand the material presented in the Java tutorial and API.

http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-04-1996/jw-04-threads.html

Just be aware that the article is a little outdated, and makes reference to the stop() method which is now deprecated.

edit: to fix the url it now works