.NET Game Programming with DirectX 9, Alexandre Lobao. APress. Managed DirectX 9 Graphics and Game Programming, SAMS. Lobao's book was "panned" by lots of reviewers, and i have to admit i didn't build the projects (actually i hardly parse vb) but to me it seems like a great overview of how stuff is actually written (there are lots of technical books on 3d, kinematics etc for further reading if you get interested).