Check out www.codeproject.com for articles with full code samples. I find it much easier to follow the article when you have a local version of the application you can test as you go.

You don't say if you have any programming experience at all. So the answer could be different. I think the O'Reilly books have a lot of good information in them but there is a lot of stuff on the web you can also refer to, C# Tutorials are all over the place. You can also search daniweb there is a ton out there already on this subject

http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread154334.html

http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread3325.html

http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread36030.html

Perhaps you could read some suggestions of the book you suggested on this webpage
I would not buy it, I'd rather buy this one

Another good link to learn C# Language - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vcsharp/aa336809.aspx

READ PROGEAMMERS HEAVEN PDF DOCUMENT.
IT IS A REALLY GOOD ARTICLE