I agree about the Friends of Ed (http://www.friendsofed.com/) books! I just bought Flash Games Studio, and it rocks! Great examples, etc. My only suggestion is to buy the book from Amazon.com (unless you can find it anywhere cheaper).
One other note: I don't know how the other books by the publisher are, but the proofreaders and the person who did the index should all be shot! They lowered the quality of what would have a been a perfect book -- and it would have been if not for:
all the spelling and grammatical mistakes that proofreaders are supposed to catch - it's their job, after all! (and believe me, there were so many, it was almost difficult to read. very sub-standard, and
maybe 1 out of 20 index items point to the correct page -- and i'm not talking about a page or two off... I mean, it says it's on p.420 but it's really on p.85! craziness! crazy that it made it past the proofreaders!
But, please, don't let that influence you not to buy the books, because the authors are excellent, in my opinion. I don't feel my money was wasted in the least. I just wish that everyone involved had put forth a little more efffort. :)
Also, I can usually find what I need, tutorial-wise, at either www.flashkit.com or www.were-here.com.