Make Magazine is available from all good bookstores and as a subscription online from Make. To encourage you to get a subscription, here are the pages from the first issue. Click on a thumbnail for a larger view.

This book gives simplified explanations of how some electronic components work in a circuit. It also gives practical examples of building 2 simple projects. The physics isn’t complex and it doesn’t attempt to explain the ins and outs of “electrons”, “atoms” and such like. Instead, it will give you an understanding of what the components actually DO so that you can immediately begin to design your own simple circuits. The book may be copied as many times as required within an educational system.

This group of circuits comes from various books and magazines that caught the author's eye due to one or more mistakes in a circuit diagram.
The best way to learn electronics is through mistakes - either yours or others.

This article is mainly aimed at the beginner, however the links at the end, cover processes and equipment for the professional and include a wealth of information on industrial applications. 
For a complete list of soldering/desoldering/rework equipment, click HERE. You can get an Xytronic 379 soldering station for about us$70. (ask about this discount price). This is ideal for building the projects we are presenting.

A javascript calculator for resistors.

links to our other site

Electronics for Beginners link

Link to Electronics Teacher