A few questions for you guys...

Hello there, guys. I was wondering if you could answer a couple of
questions for me. First, a little background: I've always been
interested in physics but lets just say my highschool experience with
every teacher I ever had was less than stellar. So, like many folks out
there, I had a profound distaste for actual studying. I breezed through
it all figuring out the path of least resistance (High school physics
was ridiculously easy since it was all about pointless excercises that
were really all the same. Just apply the formula.) And math, well math
I just ignored completely. Ofcourse, now that I'm in college I see the
error of my ways. What I want is to go through all that highschool
material again to freshen up so I can start with college level stuff.
Both math and physics. I plan on taking physics as a second major
(Thats what you call them, right, majors? Sorry, not my native tongue)
Anyway, this is what I need:

Could you recommend some books that go through the entire material in a
more reasonable way than your regular highschool books? Physics and
mathematics. I dont need it to repeat stuff for me or take it slow like
they normally would. I do need them to go into detail so none of those
lite physics books with little math. This is important because I need
to familiarize myself with the proper vocabulary and symbology in the
english language mathematics (yes, its supposed to be universal but it
really isnt all that much) Recommend a few if you can because I might
not be able to find some.

Also, if you can point me to any valuable online resources on the
subject and communities dedicated to the learning of physics (besides
this one, ofcourse) it would be great.

Thanks a bunch

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