what book did you buy?
and C++ is not a scripting language. It's an actual programming language.
if you want to learn, the best way is to work your way through the examples in the book.
Once you have figured that part out, think of something simple to create.
If you run into a problem, use one of the following code search engines:
http://codase.com/
http://www.koders.com/
Look at open source projects (most are written in C++, especially for linux).
And just progress from there.