[mathias_10gen]

I think Effective C++ by Scott Meyers[1] is the gold standard when it comes to books on writing good clean C++. It assumes that you already know the basic syntax though and already know how to program. This allow him to skip the intro stuff that take up the most space in many books and get strait to telling you what you need to know to write better code.

[1] http://www.amazon.com/Effective-Specific-Improve-Programs-De... (Make sure you get the latest edition, a lot has changed for the better)

[cageface]

Meyers book has been the book I'd recommend to anybody moving beyond the beginner stage in C++, but there's so much critical stuff in the new standard that the last edition of his book doesn't cover that I'd hesitate to recommend it now. I think you're better off studying some of the resources available online, like the videos at http://channel9.msdn.com/

That is, of course, only until a new edition of Meyers' book comes out.