i want to learn how to create web sites with c# and asp.net: recommend books please!!

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i've scoured amazon.com, but after reading most of the reviews for any book that looks promising i get cold feet. please recommend a book or books that are directed at pure beginners that want to work up to building pro level web sites with visual c# and asp.net i don't know anything about programming and i really want to learn. where do i start? what would you do? any and all help would be very much appreciated as i am totally exasperated at trying to figure out where to start. thanks!!