Good book that emphasizes vc++ compiler itself?

I know that the general 'good books' question has been answered a million times but I've not seen it answered in quite the way I want when searching.

The last thing I need is yet another book teaching general programming to collect dust on my shelf, but I find myself surprised a lot by what it's actually doing at times. If there's a good reference someone can point out that goes into all the nitty gritty details without spending days on end hunting through msdn every time something doesn't work as I expect it to that would be most helpful.

the most complete reference you can get from MSDN... books just helps if you are searching for especific things... like "multithreading", "network programming", and they will (almost 80% of the books), just give you a basic reference of the api, how to use it, and how to solve common mistakes

good "general" books are really hard to find

maybe if you tell us what you are searching for...