Linq without using query syntax

In this post an possibly few upcoming posts, I will be playing with linq without using the query syntax provided by the language. Most of the example/articles on the linq uses query syntax provided by the language and the keywords like from, where, select etc for working with linq queries. Yes, using the query syntax is more readable and easy, however, it should be interesting to learn how to work with linq without the syntactic sweetness provided by the C# and vb.