Should i get a new reference book?

I have this book "Win32 programming" by Brent E.Rector n Joseph M.Newcomer. I been relying on this book to learn window programming. However, some of the examples n explanations had been too complicated for me. I feel the author tend to assume that the reader is familiar with win16 programming n cater the content more for win16 programmers. As a result, i feel my learning progress has been very slow.

I know there is another book "Programming Windows" by Charles Petzold which is suppose to be a "must-have" for learning window programming(but i heard it's outdated).

Could anyone, who is familiar with these two book, tell me should i get "Programming Windows" to help me in my learning. I dont know how much more of "win32 programming" i can understand. Or is there any other book i could get or what other knowledge i should have acquire before learning win32. I already know basic of C n much of C++(classes,inheritance,polymorphism), which i suppose is enough.

Thanks

I highly recommend these two books on Windows programming.

Programming Windows With MFC by Jeff Prosise

Programming Applications for Microsoft Windows (Microsoft Programming Series) by Jeffrey Richter

Kuphryn

Thanks for the recommendation. I have read the reviews on the books from Amazon. The reviews seem to suggest that "Programming Applications for Microsoft Windows " is for advance window programmers. Nonetheless i will check out the books at my local bookstore.