Windows API in C/C++

Help, I have no idea how to correctly use the API to create windows and fill them with text and shit.

Give me information, tutorials, etc.

http://www.google.com/search?q=Thinking+in+Sepples&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a
There isn't a book with that title