Having passed the CCNA exam last year and having taught the ICND class over the past several months I am always looking for new material to better the class. Finding this book has given me new ideas and labs to create for the class.
In over 400 pages, this book has a narrow focus on only the exam objectives. While the book does a good job of covering the exam for those with limited knowledge or exposure you'll need alternative resources for studying.
Covering the OSI model, media, cabling, the IOS and boot process, CDP, config register, bridging, switching, spanning tree, the 1900 switch, VLANs, TCP/IP and subnetting gets you about two thirds through the book.
From there static and dynamic routing, RIP and IGRP, access lists, WANS, including HDLC, PPP, ISDN, DDR and Frame Relay finish out the coverage. Each chapter has questions and answers. There is also a cd with practice questions included and I think to make this the perfect study tool a router simulator should be included. Overall very good.