I recently ordered two books and wanted to give a quick plug to the Albahari brothers. They have provided a great service to C# programmers by writing two excellent books that cover an incredible amount of material with examples in a very few pages. Unlike many technical books these are thorough, concise, and believe it or not, portable! I have many other books that have far more pages and simply don't measure up in explaining or providing good examples. I should also mention that they have also written the new O'Reilly C# In A Nutshell book. I own the older version, but find it more of a reference book and am less likely to throw it in my backpack.
In addition, they have written a lightweight tool that allows you to learn and write ad-hoc LINQ expressions. You can even connect to a SQL Server and write SQL queries as well. What's more, they have included all of the code samples from their books. (See screenshot below)
 | C# 3.0 Pocket Reference: Instant Help for C# 3.0 ProgrammersAuthors: Joseph Albahari and Ben Albahari Publisher: O'Reilly Publish Date: 02/26/2008 Pages: 172 Current Amazon Price: $10.19 (Used - $7.79) |
 | LINQ Pocket Reference: The Concise Reference to LINQ via C# 3.0Authors: Joseph Albahari and Ben Albahari Publisher: O'Reilly Publish Date: 02/26/2008 Pages: 242 Current Amazon Price: $10.19 (Used - $8.00) |
 | LINQPadAuthors: Joseph Albahari and Ben Albahari
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