books on javascript/java/actionscript

Does any one know of any good books with real examples on scripting in these languages.
I got books which explain etc, know all about functions etc, but I lack real capabilities in using the knowledge inreal life.
I find that books are either just reference books with explanations of what functions are bla bla bla...
Or books with examples of uses but no real explanation of the thinking so that one can develop programming logic behind it all.
Just there to copy...
Anyone any ideas???

well never read any books on any of them.

I learned Javascript by.

1. reading this forum
2. reading some of the tutorial(http://www.wsabstract.com/)
3. reading some of the sample scripts(http://www.wsabstract.com/)
4. start making a webpage any webpage with the soul purposs of putting as many javascript/java/actionscript things on as humanly possible.


thats how I learned it don't know if it help.