>>I am looking at learning net c# and I am looking for beginning .net books suggestions.
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>I really liked "Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming" by Jeffrey Richter. It doesn't cover absolutely every topic, but it covers a lot of fundamentals that you really do need to understand (and does it in a way that is understandable). For example, I didn't really "get" delegates until I read this book. This book covers more of the foundation of the language than a lot of other books.
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>To be honest, I'm usually pretty disappointed with any of the various "Bible" style books that try to cover everything. They usually do a pretty poor job at covering all of them (stuff you could figure out within 10 minutes of playing with it).

I have the Richter book and you just inspired me to pick it up again. I was very new to C# when I tried to read it the first time and felt like I was in way over my head with an advanced text. Flipping through it again now, maybe it's just an organization issue. It starts right out with things like deployment, assemblies, the disassembler, and the like (after a brief overview of high level .NET concepts). Only then do you get into more basic concepts. I'm still not sure it's for someone brand new to C# but I am going to start reading it again. Thanks!