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Title: The best book on the Win32 API, hands-down
Review: This book is by far the best book ever written on the Win32 API. If you are trying to avoid MFC and want to program for Windows the old-fashion way, then look no further. Actually, even if you do use MFC, you can still benefit from knowing the Win32 API as you can make calls to it from MFC. Charles Petzold has been there since the beginning of Windows and remains the true authority on learning to program for Microsoft Windows.
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