COM and .NET Component Services - Provides both traditional COM programmers and new .NET component developers with the information they need to begin developing applications that take full advantage of COM+ services. - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/comdotnetsvs/
VB .NET Language in a Nutshell - Need to make sense of the many changes to Visual Basic for the new .NET platform? VB .NET Language in a Nutshell introduces the important aspects of the language and explains the .NET framework. - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/vbdotnetnut/