Agree with Hybrid. The Bjarne Stroustrup book's nothing short of mental.
Do what I did. Start with C, takes about a month or so to know just about everything then get a good book which I'm using for C++ titled: "The Complete reference C++ 4th Edition by herbert Schildt"; Very good for both especially with the practical examples. In 3 days or so you should be where I am (posting "I don't have a clue" messages in the forum).
Hope that helps.
