Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Save your money, read the online docs

While it may have been useful in 2003, in 2010 the book tells very little that can not be learned from the online documentation. I have been working with Windows Embedded Standard 2009 for four months. This book has helped me exactly once; everything else has come from Microsoft's MSDN or from online forums.Bottom line: Save your money. Other books may prove more valuable.