Notes on Fermat's Last Theorem (Canadian Mathematical Society Series of Monographs and Advanced Texts)
Have you ever wanted a math book that you could dip into like a favorite, inspired novel?  One in which every page has a delicious quote, a provoking viewpoint, or a novel insight?  A book that when read for the third time still makes you think or smile?  A book that you can't put down, finding yourself reading on, even when you only picked it up to check on one little fact?  This is Van der Poorten's polished, eccentric, opinionated, and inspiring Notes on Fermat's Last Theorem. We need more mathematics books like this....Finally, let me repeat that Van der Poorten's monograph is a wonderful mathematics book, which dares to breach the stylistic barriers that usually impede understanding.  It encompasses a lot of material, from elementary to very deep, but remains accessible.  I expect it will turn a lot of people on to number theory and arithmetic geometry, and indeed the beauty of mathematics as a whole. --American Mathematical Monthly A Publication of the American Mathematical Society