Bjarne Stroustrup has a new book that came out with the C++11 standard called 'A Tour of C++'. For someone who is just starting I think its a great starting point as it is literally a tour of C++11 (less than 200 pages). It basically gives a very high level overview of everything C++ has to offer as well as some best practices for 'Modern C++'.

While it will take a lot more that just this book to get anywhere I think its a good starting point for anyone with experience with other programming languages who want to see what C++ has to offer.