The Kimball books are a pleasure to read compared to other technical books, they are however very generic. Which goes for all data warehouse books I have read.
If you want complete hands on, do the Microsoft tutorials http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh231699.aspx
There are a few books that focuses on the Microsofts stack, they come with examples you can tinker with and provides more background than the tutorials.
Kimball The Microsoft Data Warehouse Toolkit, I know you said you don't want it, however it covers all the bases with downloadable examples. http://www.amazon.com/The-Microsoft-Data-Warehouse-Toolkit/dp/0470640383/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1380116875&sr=8-1&keywords=microsoft+toolkit
I have not finished this one yet, a more hands on than Kimball, less explanation of the whole process.
Brian Larson Delivering Business Intelligence with Microsoft SQL Server