I am also a relative newbie to C++ and have also read that book...I agree with Zeusbwr it is quite a good book. It explains things quite well for people who havent programmed before and so far I havent found any directly wrong information in it (just as a side note - that doesnt go for all of the "Sams" books, I have read others there were...well...plain bad and didnt explain anything at all)
