Once you've got some understanding of C# and .NET, I highly recommend Programming C# Components by Juval Lowy.


>Anyone have C# 3.0 in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition by Joseph Albahari and Ben Albahari? It is 30.95 at www.bookpool.com ISBN 0596527578. It looks like a really good reference book.
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>I'm considering:
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>C# 3.0 in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition , Albahari brothers
>Professional C# 2005 with .Net 3.0, Christian Nagel, et al
>Illustrated C# 2005, Dan Solis
>C# Cookbook, 3rd Edition, Jan Hilyard, et al
>C# 2005 Programmer's Reference, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Kathy Kingsley-Huges
>Programming Microsoft C# 2005: The Base Class Library, Francesco Balena
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>Any additional recommendations anyone? I was surprised at the discount at www.bookpool.com, but it may be that the shipping prices bring it back up (haven't ordered from them yet). Anyone have a better site for programming books (other than Amazon)?