Accelerated C++: Practical Programming by Example

I'm on chapter 3 and I don't know but it doesn't seem that this book is good for beginners. I have some background in perl and I've written software for customers in VB. I'm not a complete noob but this book gives you exercises on code that it really doesn't cover and I'm finding that to do exercise 3-5 I'm having to read ahead to chapter 4. I've used disorganized books like this before and it's very discouraging to force yourself to go through exercises they don't cover well. I don't mean to just hand over code to the student but at least give some idea of how to go through the exercise without being on the internet the entire day looking for help and examples. I have 2 jobs and I'm trying to use this book. I don't have time to struggle through this. This book may be ok for someone that has gone through a basic beginner book first but not a C++ noob.