Joomlashack.com announced the release of Barrie North's  Joomla 1.5: A User's Guide book. You can get this book from the publishers and Amazon.com.

{mosimage}With this book you also get free access to the companion site, www.joomlabook.com. This site features:

• an active forum where you can ask questions specific to chapters from the book from a Joomla expert (well, me anyway)
• 5 fully functional Joomla 1.5 live follow-along examples from the book. You can browse the sites and their backends live online.
• downloads of 5 free sample chapters and files for Joomla 1.5. These are SQL dumps you can import to instantly give you a completed Joomla site. This means you can create a school, blog or small business site instantly!
• 4 free tutorial templates and 3 free templates from joomlashack.com including our popular commercial template - JS Aqualine!

Link | JoomlaShack.com