Windows 98 Programming from the Ground Up by Herbert Schildt
This guide provides in-depth coverage and a thorough explanation of the Windows 95 programming environment. It gets people through the basics, so that they can focus on doing sophisticated, real-world programming. Her bert Schildt is the author of C: The Complete Reference, C++: The Complete Reference, C++ From the Ground Up, MFC Programming From the Ground Up and NT Programing From the Ground Up.