Beginner's Manual Advice

Can anyone give me advice on the best beginner's manual / idiot's guide to use in order to get a grasp of C++ from absolute zero with the minimum of pain? Ideally a book available via Amazon!
why not try this one?
http://cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/
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A good book for a beginner:
Programming -- Principles and Practice Using C++
Bjarne Stroustrup's
Addison-Wesley ISBN 978-0321543721

http://www.research.att.com/~bs/programming.html
If you really need a book for a beginner:
C++ all-in-one desk reference for dummies
ISBN 978-0-7645-1795-2

But I would reccomend that you learn from a tutorial online. There are plenty of good ones, and better, most of them are free.

try
http://www.learncpp.com/
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