Essential .NET is not for the faint-of-heart
I have been reading lots of blog posts about Don Box's book. I agree with Sam and Scott, that this book is not for the people who are just getting started with .Net and certainly not for the people Sam describes in this great essay. In my opinion, this book sits along with Jefferey Richter's Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming book. BTW, I derived the title of this post from this review of the Essential .Net book. Check it out, much better than some other reviews.