iba't iba talaga ang taste ng mga programmers

especially when it comes to books. may mga old books ako noong college. may mga books din kami dito sa office.
but here's my favorite up to date.
1. The C++ Standard Library - A Tutorial and Reference.
2. The C++ Programming Language by Bjarne Stroustrup.
3. International Standard for C++, ISO/IEC, 1998 (1st edition), 2003 (2nd edition).
tapos PDF na yung iba like C++ CookBook, Design Patters, STL, and most of the time discussion sa team, mga documentated library from 3rd parties...tapos mga internal trainings and an exciting MSDN magazines sa microsoft

I dont know if meron available sa pinas, pero you can try reading online version, monthly.
like cebugdev said "it takes time" which he mean years!