Around 2001 I got to this book by chance. I was trying to learn how to code and my college course was Pascal based. This was the only book I could find available at the library (i.e., nobody else wanted it) and I found it to be the best. I got a copy for myself.
I can honestly say that afer I read this book, I finally understood what programming a computer was all about. I understood how to create algorithms, functions, procedures, how to use control structures properly.