>I'm looking for books that explains all of the properties and methods of controls in .NET in C# - something that is more descriptive than some of the online help (i.e. .Text "is the Text property" - which doesn't help me (or anyone)).
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>The VFP Hacker Books by Granor is the level I am looking for - thanks in advance.

Derek,
That kind of book is generally called "Core reference" from MS press but I don't think you can find one at the level you need (roughly calculating to match hackers guide by Granor it should be at least 30-50K pages long).
Documentation sucks, you're right but it gets updated and better every few months. There are literally thousands of books about .Net and I have bought 15+ with none matching the level you need.
C# itself is another book separate from controls (included as ebook or word doc in MSDN library but I warn you, you can simply fall asleep reading it:)
Cetin