Todd Daniele teamed up with Focal Press to release a book on poly modeling tips/techniques with 3ds Max. Although I'm very familiar with 3ds Max, I have always struggled with advanced/organic poly-modeling in 3ds Max. I found this book to be extremely helpful in explaining some of the missing links for me, and I highly recommend it!

Here's a link to the book on Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/Poly-Modeling...3384510&sr=8-47