The very nice way is to take a c++ ide or compiler and start to practice together with your books. If you can't afford a comercial compiler you can try the OpenWatcom compiler
http://www.openwatcom.org/index.php/Main_Page or another free or GNU compiler, like the GNU C compiler
http://gcc.gnu.org/ OpenWatcom comes with very nice help in which you can search with key words or list the keywords, so you won't actually need books.