I would recommend Down with Determinants! instead. Same author, and was the inspiration for that textbook. https://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/awards/

I would recommend Down with Determinants! instead. Same author, and was the inspiration for that textbook. https://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/awards/Axler-Ford-1996.pdf https://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/awards/Axler-For... As a graduate student at the time, it opened my eyes about a whole bunch of theorems that I thought I already knew. And it is a lot more approachable than a textbook. It won an award for the best piece of expository writing on mathematics in 1996. It was a deserved win. :-)