TI launched MSP430 Micro controller into the Hobbyist world with the TI MSP430 Launchpad Platform much similar to the Arduino Platform and also Much cheaper $4.30 including Shipping, Awesome!!
but although MSP430 boasts of some great Low Power Operation and 16 bit Processing it doesn't have the luxury of huge open Source community that Arduino Possess, so any new guy would be lost without some guidance and with so less blogs talking about MSP430 this book stands out as a one stop resource for...

Very good book. The condition of the book was also very new. It contains all the concepts explained in a very fluid way . Though the microcontroller included in the text is old now but the fundamentals remain the same and this book delivers it a very good manner with numerous examples codes in assembly and c language also.

one and only of its kind giving details of an awesome power saving MCU in the industry. Loving to read it along with texas instruments notes.