Found this out through the DOTNET-CLR mailing list: You can read a free chapter from Don Box's latest book Essential .Net, Volume 1, over at Amazon. Looks very promising. it's chapter 3 and it's called “Type Basics” but I fear that “basics” is hardly the word to describe it. Excellent :)
Update:
Download Ch 2 (Components) here - http://www.aw-bc.com/samplechapter/0201734117.pdf
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Excellent!