Last month I watched a PDC session for Brad Adams and Krzysztof Cwalina, it was titled "Framework deign guidlines", they talked about the .NET Framework and how it was developed over the years. Thoes guidelines were also publish in a book called "Framework Design Guidelines 2nd Edition".
I normally don't tend to buy every new published book, but after that PDC session I insisted to get this book somehow. Because Amazon.com doesn't deliver books to Syria, all it took: visit some different bookstores, talk to a couple of dealers, pay extra money and wait for a whole month to get this book delivered.
Finally I got my own copy, I can't wait to get started.