>>>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
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>Wow, $100. I'm not saying it's not worth it, because if you recommend it it probably is.

The Deitel books are essentially text books. Even the paper is extremely high quality, but as a consequence, each one weighs around 1200 pounds.