There are some books like that out there, although they are standalone, not chapters in intro texts. Here are a couple:

http://www.amazon.com/Framework-Design-Guidelines-Conventions-Development/dp/0321545613/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227194856&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft%C2%AE-NET-Architecting-Applications-PRO-Developer/dp/073562609X/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227194856&sr=8-5

I have the first one (hot off the press) but haven't read it yet.

>I see it has a chapter on WCF. I may pick it up. I would like to see a book following the basics (assuming a developer has either gone through basic books or is experienced) covering patterns like the Model View Controller, Model View Presenter, and Presentation Abstraction Control pattern. I've seen walkthroughs for 'logical' separation of 3 layers, but not good tier architectural design patterns.
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>>>I am looking at learning net c# and I am looking for beginning .net books suggestions.
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>>I did some of the tech-editing of several chapters of this book:
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>>http://www.deitel.com/Books/CSharp/VisualCSharp2008HowtoProgram3e/tabid/2933/Default.aspx
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>>It starts out slow if you already are a programmer (I think it's targeted to 1st or 2nd year computer science students), but it covers everything by the time you're finished with it. It's current (in fact, I just got my "advance" copy a couple of weeks ago) and so it includes the latest and greatest stuff: LINQ, WCF, WPF, etc.
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>>~~Bonnie