Java Programming with CORBA: Advanced Techniques for Building Distributed Applications (OMG) Paperback – 9 Feb. 2001

This book is a bit heavy to read. I suggest you get a background introduction online first. Otherwise, it may leave you bewildered and confused with alot of technical material without some clear grounding in objects and references. There isn't enough balance in this book between theory and practical application. But, gives you a full in depth understanding of what Corba is and it's future. Make sure you understand fully how Java works before embarking on reading this book. However, it does cover some fundamental theories of Java and relates them to how they are extended in Corba.

I've the 2nd edition and although the book is nice there are a big lack of good examples and there are mistake in the code too. The table of contents is the same so i may guess they just update the material to follow the new spec' of CORBA, which may mean that the lack of good examples will go on.