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The book under review is an undergraduate course in algebra. It covers the basics of Group theory (incl. Sylow theorem), Rings and Polynomials in one and several variables, Fields. Further topics such as groups of symmetries, finite abelian groups, Galois theory and solvability, isometries of Euclidean spaces are included as well. The sections of the book are divided into subsections, each one a single topic, and equipped with lots of carefully selected exercises. The style is informal and concrete. There are no formal prerequisites for reading the book. The book can serve as a base for several undergraduate courses in Algebra, ranging from introductory ones to more advanced topics. One can benefit from the information available at the author's WWW home page located at \url{http://www.math.uiowa.edu/~goodman}. One can find there the Table of Contents, some graphics and images from the book, some interesting programs for use with Mathematica, additional exercises, and errata. It would be useful if answers and/or solutions and hints for some key exercises were included also.