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Here are some book recommendations if you want to do some reading up.

Programming Entity Framework: Code First
By Julie Lerman & Rowan Miller

Programming Entity Framework: DbContext
By Julie Lerman & Rowan Miller

Programming Entity Framework
By Julie Lerman

Effective REST Services via .NET
By Kenn Scribner & Scott Seely

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Essential LINQ
By Charlie Calvert, Dinesh Kulkarni

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Murach's ADO.NET 3.5, LINQ, and the Entity Framework with VB 2008
By Anne Boehm

Professional ADO.NET 3.5 with LINQ and the Entity Framework
By Roger Jennings

Data-Driven Services with Silverlight 2
By John Papa

LINQ Unleashed: for C#
By Paul Kimmel

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XML: Visual QuickStart Guide (2nd Edition)
By Kevin Howard Goldberg

Beginning XML, 4th Edition
By David Hunter et al

Professional XML (Programmer to Programmer)
By Bill Evjen et al

Murach's SQL Server 2008 for Developers
By Bryan Syverson

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Fundamentals
By Itzik Ben-gan

Beginning SQL Server 2008 for Developers: From Novice to Professional
By Robin Dewson

Entity Framework 4.0 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach

Entity Framework 4.0 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach
By Larry Tenny, Zeeshan Hirani

Programming the Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework
By David Sceppa

LINQ to Objects Using C# 4.0
By Troy Magennis

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Pro LINQ Object Relational Mapping in C# 2008
By Vijay P. Mehta

RESTful .NET: Build and Consume RESTful Web Services with .NET 3.5
By Jon Flanders

Programming Microsoft SQL Server 2008
By Leonard Lobel et al

LINQ Programming
By Joe Mayo

Programming Microsoft ADO.NET 2.0 Core Reference
By David Sceppa

ADO.NET 3.5 Cookbook
By Bill Hamilton

Pro ADO.NET Data Services: Working with RESTful Data
By John Shaw et al

Beginning XML with C# 2008: From Novice to Professional
By Bipin Joshi

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed
By Michael Lisin, Jim Joseph, Amit Goyal

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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services Unleashed
By Kirk Haselden

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