I've studied music theory briefly when I was younger but forgot most of that stuff. Considering that I now have the time and the desire to learn, I'm looking for a few good books to teach myself what I've forgotten and what I never bothered to learn.  
 
A quick search on Amazon lead me to pick Book 1 and 2 of these:

 
Obviously, the name Berklee would lead me to believe that these are quite adequate, but I thought I'd ask you guys' input.

I'm not familiar with those book specifically, but I will say that I've found it's best (with anything - and it definitely was with music theory for me) to learn the same thing from two different sources.  You'll find that they're saying the same thing, just slightly differently and that can really help to get the concepts to sink in.
 
Just my two cents (change required). 

I agree with Craig - it's probably best to get 2 sources.the 2nd one should solidify the concepts.
 
I'm not familiar with the Berkley book, but it should be good.
 
I can't find the book I bought for music theory on amazon and I can't remember the details of it (I'd recognize it when I saw the cover).  I'll try to remember to post it for you tonight when I get home.
 
it was my "first" source and the other source I had was a text book where I took a year's worth (2 semesters) of theory at a local community college.

can't go wrong with Berklee.
 
a few good internet free sites:
 
8notes.com/theory
 
musictheory.net

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gHEIF0rT2w
(dig the hairdo - or not)

http://www.dolmetsch.com/theoryintro.htm

http://www.circleoffifths.com/
 
What part of music theory?
Different Scales probably is there somewhere also.
 
 
 

My theory is; if the music is good so is the theory.

I always thought that music was a fact, not just an ol theory.

Unless you like weird sounds like I do.
 

spacealf
 
What part of music theory?
 
 

The basic technical stuff - time signatures and modes and all... Obviously, I know some of that stuff, but I feel the need to re-immerse and start from scratch. I definitely want to get back to reading charts - which I haven't done in almost 25 years. Back then, my knowledge of theory lagged way behind my actual skills, and I always felt a bit as if I was cheating. 
 
Another motivation of mine is that, since we're planning a family, I feel it's my duty to be able to follow up with my kid should he/she want to take lessons. I know it may seem far fetched, but it's something that I keep in mind. Considering how musical the family is, it's not unlikely that the kid will want to play an instrument. 
 
 
Craig, Beagle and all: Thanks for your input guys and thanks for the suggestions. I do agree that a second source is always a good thing. To that effect, I'm still shopping around for another book. :)

http://www.amazon.com/4400-Guitar-Chords-Roy-Smeck/dp/0898988381
 
Ya, like synthesizers. They to me cut down the size of the keys. Regular pianos use to be around 1 1/4" for width, now keyboards are 1". My fingers get stuck between the black keys, and all those type of musical keyboards are harder for me to play - as well as it does not seem that you can do as much because of that.
I say female keyboards and male keyboards - and back to the regular used to be size for me.

Really!~