There may well be a lot of books out there covering CSS and HTML, but
this one stands out from the crowd by combining all the best aspects of
reference and tutorial books -- it teaches everything you need to know
to design great web sites, and moves at a fast pace, eschewing
unnecessary theory and obscure details. It is designed so that any level
of web designer or developer will find this to be an essential guide. It
teaches the basics of CSS and HTML before quickly moving on to cover in
depth all of the essential areas of web design, including forms, tables,
typography, layout, browser quirks and more. It also includes complete
case studies to inspire readers, and reference sections, so readers can
quickly look up syntactical details. It is also bang up to date,
covering support of the newest standards in all the latest browsers.