Honestly, I've never found HTML books that helpful. You can find the same information, and more, online. Visit w3c.org, htmlgoodies.com is the site that taught me HTML many many years ago (12 or 13 years ago, I feel old now
), but really the best thing to do is just visit sites that look cool, view their source, figure out how they did it, and then recreate it as best you can. This is actually the only HTML/CSS book I've ever bought
CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions - Andy Budd - Paperback (ISBN 9781590596142) - Buy Books, Music and Movies at Borders, and while helpful as a quick reference, a quick google search is just as adequate. There is something nice about being able to lay in bed and read a book instead of sitting and browsing a lit up screen with little black text on it though.