WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) provides a complete development framework for building apps with high-quality user interface on Windows. This also gives an unprecedented opportunity to you to make full use of the processing ability of Windows computer.

As a tailor-made new programming language for Microsoft .NET Framework, C# (C Sharp) has both the powerful functions of C/C++ and user-friendly characteristics of Visual Basic. And now, it has evolved to 6.0, with various features emerging in endlessly. While it's rare to find C# teaching materials that can stand up to scrutiny on the market, and this might be because the reference on MSDN has been pretty comprehensive.

The TCP/IP Guide is a complete and detailed guide about TCP/IP protocol, called an encyclopedia type of classic work in the TCP/IP field. It has clear hierarchy and structure, accompanied with a large number of illustrations and tables to aid into its verbal expression, as well as a lot of notes, key points, etc., has extremely strong readability.

Speaking of Windows Internals, you must have heard of it as long as you are interested in the Windows architectures and internals. For it is committed to the underlying mechanism, it won't cover all Windows contents, such as Windows window management, graphics, COM/COM+, .NET, etc. If you are willing to know more about Windows underlying principle, then this book is very suitable to you.

The C language withstood test of time is absolutely not replaceable by its younger brother C++ (it just has not such ability, unless one day the computer does not use 0s and 1s any more). Experienced programmers can use C language to write fast and efficient programs all the time, and even now the running million lines of C codes everywhere fully demonstrate its formidable vitality.